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One Hundred Years of U.S. Navy Air Power

One Hundred Years of U.S. Navy Air Power

Bush, George Herbert Walker
Smith, Douglas V., USN (Ret ).

Hardcover

Air CombatArmed ForcesNaval History

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ISBN10: 1591147956
ISBN13: 9781591147954
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: Oct 15 2010
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.50
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
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.

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