The History of US Naval Air Power
Author | : Robert L. Lawson |
Publisher | : Crescent |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Robert L. Lawson |
Publisher | : Crescent |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Mark Peattie |
Publisher | : Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2013-09-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1612514367 |
This acclaimed sequel to the Peattie/Evans prizewinning work, Kaigun, illuminates the rise of Japanese naval aviation from its genesis in 1909 to its thunderbolt capability on the eve of the Pacific war. In the process of explaining the navy's essential strengths and weaknesses, the book provides the most detailed account available in English of Japan's naval air campaign over China from 1937 to 1941. A final chapter analyzes the utter destruction of Japanese naval air power by 1944.
Author | : Douglas V Smith |
Publisher | : Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2010-10-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1612514235 |
Published to coincide with the centennial celebration of U.S. Navy Aviation, this book chronicles Navy aviation from its earliest days, before the Navy’s first aircraft carrier joined the fleet, through the modern jet era marked by the introduction of the F-18 Hornet. It tells how naval aviation got its start, profiles its pioneers, and explains the early bureaucracy that fostered and sometimes inhibited its growth. The book then turns to the refinement of carrier aviation doctrine and tactics and the rapid development of aircraft and carriers, highlighting the transition from propeller-driven aircraft to swept wing jets in the period after WW II. Land-based Navy aircraft, rotary-wing aircraft and rigid airships, and balloons are also considered in this sweeping tribute.
Author | : Laurence M Burke |
Publisher | : Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2022-05-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1682477509 |
At the Dawn of Airpower: The U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps’ Approach to the Airplane, 1907–1917 examines the development of aviation in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps from their first official steps into aviation up to the United States’ declaration of war against Germany in April, 1917. Burke explains why each of the services wanted airplanes and show how they developed their respective air arms and the doctrine that guided them. His narrative follows aviation developments closely, delving deep into the official and personal papers of those involved and teasing out the ideas and intents of the early pioneers who drove military aviation Burke also closely examines the consequences of both accidental and conscious decisions on the development of the nascent aviation arms. Certainly, the slow advancement of the technology of the airplane itself in the United States (compared to Europe) in this period affected the creation of doctrine in this period. Likewise, notions that the war that broke out in 1914 was strictly a European concern, reinforced by President Woodrow Wilson’s intentions to keep the United States out of that war, meant that the U.S. military had no incentive to “keep up” with European military aviation. Ultimately, however, he concludes that it was the respective services’ inability to create a strong, durable network connecting those flying the airplanes regularly (technology advocates) with the senior officers exercising control over their budget and organization (technology patrons) that hindered military aviation during this period.
Author | : Theodore Roscoe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 510 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ashbrook Lincoln |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 1946 |
Genre | : Aeronautics, Military |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Martin W. Bowman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 2006-08-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781422355237 |
The US has commercial, political & social interests on every continent. To protect them, the US has come to rely on its fleet of aircraft carriers & the squadrons of aircraft aboard. This book looks at the developments that have taken place to US Navy flying since Pearl Harbor. Towards the end of WW2, America had control of the Pacific & had improved the science of naval flying dramatically. Soon after, in both the Korean & Vietnam Wars, the US military would rely heavily on carriers to fight those wars on the opposite side of the Pacific. Now armed with supersonic fighters & bombers, reconnaissance, tanking & rescue aircraft, a US carrier can fight a war alone. Over 100 striking full-color photos.
Author | : Patrick Roegies |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2022-05-30 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781913870249 |
The US Naval Aviation service celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2011. In that time, the service has dealt with highlights and various challenges. Focusing on USN and USMC squadrons, and with over 150 images, this book delves into the various carrier air wings, the aircraft, and the training that make US Naval Aviation the force it is today.
Author | : David Hobbs |
Publisher | : Seaforth Publishing |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 2020-11-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1526793849 |
“If you only read one book on the development of the Fleet Air Arm and Naval air warfare in the Mediterranean during World War 2 then this should be it.” —Military Historical Society After the Italian declaration of war in June 1940, the Royal Navy found itself facing a larger and better-equipped Italian surface fleet, large Italian and German air forces equipped with modern aircraft and both Italian and German submarines. Its own aircraft were a critical element of an unprecedented fight on, over and under the sea surface. The best-known action was the crippling of the Italian fleet at Taranto, which demonstrated how aircraft carriers and their aircraft had replaced the dominance of battleships, but every subsequent operation is covered from the perspective of naval aviation. Some of these, like Matapan or the defense of the “Pedestal” convoy to Malta, are famous but others in support of land campaigns and in the Aegean after the Italian surrender are less well recorded. In all these, the ingenuity and innovation of the Fleet Air Arm shines through—Taranto pointed the way to what the Japanese would achieve at Pearl Harbor, while air cover for the Salerno landings demonstrated the effectiveness of carrier-borne fighters in amphibious operations, a tactic adopted by the US Navy. The author’s years of archival research together with his experience as a carrier pilot allow him to describe and analyze the operations of naval aircraft in the Mediterranean with unprecedented authority. This provides the book with novel insights into many familiar facets of the Mediterranean war while for the first time doing full justice to the Fleet Air Arm’s lesser known achievements. “A full and fascinating story.” —Clash of Steel
Author | : Martin W. Bowman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 1999-01 |
Genre | : Air power |
ISBN | : 9781840370508 |
This book examines the dramatic developments in U.S. Naval aviation from Pearl Harbor to present with special attention to the role of naval hardware in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War, and the Balkans. Armed with a huge selection of photography spanning six decades, author Martin Bowman explains how dynamic geo-political circumstances have influenced the design and capabilities of the carriers and their aircraft. Absolutely remarkable color photography from World War II and Korea looks as though it was staged and taken yesterday.