The US Navy is celebrating its centennial in 2011 and one of the unique things being done is authorization to paint a number of aircraft in historical "retro" paint schemes. Kingsville's TW-2 has released T-45A 163656 as B200 in a 1930's-ish era carrier scheme, with white fuselage, yellow wings and black nose and tail. TW-1, at Meridian, will follow with 165598 having blue trim. TW-6 at Whiting has a TH-57 in an all gray scheme with the original USN anchor insignia on it. Other aircraft are supposed to follow in other motifs, which are being developed by an office at Airpac.

Rick Morgan

anybody got pic's posted yet?

Here it is,

photo taken from link below.

and there's a whole series of pics from the painting process,

http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=211333&st=60
Here's the 60 in an offical US Navy photo.



and a TH-57C (again US Navy photo)

US Naval Forces and the Centennial have a Facebook page. They are adding new photos of the CONA special schemes and also pictures from times long past.
As one who served in The United States Naval Aviation, I have been following this. I hope to head to NAS Lemoore in October for the Airshow where many of the commemoratives are going to be visiting. I also did a tour there in the eighties.