United States Navy Aircraft Since 1911

United States Navy Aircraft Since 1911

Author: Gordon Swanborough

Publisher: US Naval Institute Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 632

ISBN-13:

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'United States Navy Aircraft since 1911' has been completely revised and updated and, like the earlier editions, will become the standard reference work covering all the aircraft of the US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.


US Navy F-14 Tomcat Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom

US Navy F-14 Tomcat Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom

Author: Tony Holmes

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2012-11-20

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1782006702

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Since the limited Desert Fox campaign against Iraq in December 1998, the Tomcat has been integral to virtually all combat operations involving the US Navy in the Arabian Gulf. Indeed, on every carrier deployment to the Persian Gulf since Desert Fox, the F-14 unit(s) on station has ventured into 'The Sand Box' over southern Iraq and prosecuted targets operating in contravention to United Nations security council resolutions. This illustrated history covers the F-14 Operation Iraqi Freedom actions against battlefield targets and integrated air defence sites, command and control centres, regime leadership targets and military installations in Baghdad, Tikrit, Mosul and Kirkuk.


US Navy F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War 1964-68

US Navy F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War 1964-68

Author: Peter E. Davies

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-08-25

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 1472814533

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The F-4 Phantom II is perhaps the most famous post-war fighter. Primarily used as a land-based fighter-bomber and reconnaissance platform, its naval origins and the immense contribution made to the US war effort in Vietnam by its original carrier-based versions began its legend. This title examines the unique aspects of the Phantom that made it so crucial to US Navy pilots during the Vietnam War – its massive engine power, long range, speed, the most powerful airborne search and fire-control radar installed in a fighter at the time, and of course its versatility as a ground attack and air-to-air platform. Packed with first hand accounts, unique profile artwork and rare photographs this is the history of one of the most important aircraft to be stationed on carriers off Southeast Asia during the war.


U.S. Navy Air Combat

U.S. Navy Air Combat

Author: Robert L. Lawson

Publisher: Motorbooks International

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780760310441

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This photohistory uses a collection of remarkable colour photos from the period, along with quotes and anecdotes from pilots and crewmembers, to relate the story of U.S. Naval aviation during World War II. Included in the collection are legendary warbirds like F4F Wildcat, F6F Hellcat, and F4U fighters.


A-7 Corsair II Units 1975-91

A-7 Corsair II Units 1975-91

Author: Peter Mersky

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-02-18

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 147284064X

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At the A-7 Corsair II's peak in the mid-1980s, some 30 US Navy squadrons flew various versions of the aircraft, including six Naval Air Reserve units, and these many of these units saw action across the Middle East. By the time the jet saw combat in Operation Desert Storm (1991), there remained only two fleet squadrons – many fleet squadrons having either disestablished or transitioned to the F/A18 Hornet – but both of these units (VA-46 and VA-72) played a major role in the campaign to free Kuwait. The book details the technological development and improvements that were introduced to the airframe post-Vietnam (the FLIR targeting pod from 1979 and AGM-88 HARM missile from 1983 being the most important), and how they shaped operational employment of the aircraft. The jet's combat experiences in conflicts during the 1970s (Cambodia), 1980s (Lebanon, Grenada, Libya and Iran), and 1990s (Iraq) are explained in detail, and Peter Mersky's expert analysis is supported by numerous first-hand accounts from naval aviators that saw action with the A-7 during these campaigns.


U.S. Navy Attack Aircraft, 1920-2020

U.S. Navy Attack Aircraft, 1920-2020

Author: Norman Friedman

Publisher: US Naval Institute Press

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781682474174

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"This book examines previously classified documents to explain and discuss how technology and operation requirements for aircraft changed over the course of a century from the Navy's point of view"--


US Navy A-1 Skyraider Units of the Vietnam War

US Navy A-1 Skyraider Units of the Vietnam War

Author: Rick Burgess

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2013-01-20

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1472800303

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Nicknamed the 'flying dump truck', the A-1 was a key component in naval air wings from the end of World War II into the 1960s, allowing the aircraft to play its part in the escalating conflict in Vietnam. Both A-1 attack and EA-1F airborne early warning aircraft saw action in Southeast Asia from 1960 through 1969, when the last examples were finally retired from carrier decks. The A-1s in particular bombed targets in both North and South Vietnam, despite the aircraft being highly vulnerable to enemy flak and fighters. Co-written by a two-tour Vietnam War combat veteran in the A-1, this is the first book that focuses exclusively on the aircraft's service in Vietnam.


U.S. Naval Air Superiority

U.S. Naval Air Superiority

Author: Tommy H. Thomason

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781580071109

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Naval Air Superiority examines the Navys internal struggle to adapt the jet engine to its style of warfare as well as the development and evolution of carrier-borne fighters, their airframes and engines, from the closing days of World War II through Vietnam.


A Concise History of the U.S. Air Force

A Concise History of the U.S. Air Force

Author: Stephen Lee McFarland

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13:

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Except in a few instances, since World War II no American soldier or sailor has been attacked by enemy air power. Conversely, no enemy soldier orsailor has acted in combat without being attacked or at least threatened by American air power. Aviators have brought the air weapon to bear against enemies while denying them the same prerogative. This is the legacy of the U.S. AirForce, purchased at great cost in both human and material resources.More often than not, aerial pioneers had to fight technological ignorance, bureaucratic opposition, public apathy, and disagreement over purpose.Every step in the evolution of air power led into new and untrodden territory, driven by humanitarian impulses; by the search for higher, faster, and farther flight; or by the conviction that the air way was the best way. Warriors have always coveted the high ground. If technology permitted them to reach it, men, women andan air force held and exploited it-from Thomas Selfridge, first among so many who gave that "last full measure of devotion"; to Women's Airforce Service Pilot Ann Baumgartner, who broke social barriers to become the first Americanwoman to pilot a jet; to Benjamin Davis, who broke racial barriers to become the first African American to command a flying group; to Chuck Yeager, a one-time non-commissioned flight officer who was the first to exceed the speed of sound; to John Levitow, who earned the Medal of Honor by throwing himself over a live flare to save his gunship crew; to John Warden, who began a revolution in air power thought and strategy that was put to spectacular use in the Gulf War.Industrialization has brought total war and air power has brought the means to overfly an enemy's defenses and attack its sources of power directly. Americans have perceived air power from the start as a more efficient means of waging war and as a symbol of the nation's commitment to technology to master challenges, minimize casualties, and defeat adversaries.