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Author: Roy A. Grossnick
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 826
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book was donated as a part of the David H. Hugel Collection, a collection of the Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore.
Author: Roy A. Grossnick
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Published: 1997
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mark Llewellyn Evans
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Published: 2016-01-27
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ISBN-13: 9781523715565
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnited States Naval Aviation, 1910–2010, first published by the Naval History and Heritage Command in 2015, is the authoritative work on the history of the U.S. Navy's aviation program, from its beginnings at the turn of the 20th century, through World Wars I and II, the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, and up to the modern day. This book (Volume One) is a year-by-year, detailed chronology of important events, and is illustrated throughout with hundreds of rarely seen archival photographs. The companion Volume Two is a compendium of statistics and information about naval fliers, aircraft, and programs. United States Naval Aviation, 1910–2010 will serve as an up-to-date, invaluable reference for historians, researchers, and those interested in naval aviation.
Author: Roy A. Grossnick
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 834
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book was donated as a part of the David H. Hugel Collection, a collection of the Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore.
Author: E.R. Johnson
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2014-01-10
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 078648585X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWithin six months of the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy had checked the Japanese military advance in the Pacific to the extent that the United States could return to its original "Defeat Germany First" strategy. That the Navy was able to accomplish this feat with only six fleet aircraft carriers and little more than 1,000 combat aircraft was not sheer luck but the culmination of more than two decades of determined preparation. This thorough study, with detailed drawings and photographs, explains and illustrates the trial and error process which went into developing the aircraft, airships and ships of the interwar period. The critical factors that shaped Naval Aviation after World War I--naval treaties, fleet tactics, government programs, leadership and organization, as well as the emergence of Marine Corps and Coast Guard aviation--are discussed in depth.
Author: Roxanne M. Kaufman
Publisher: Department of the Navy
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 338
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Published: 1921
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Stephen Lee McFarland
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 96
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcept 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.
Author: Mark Llewellyn Evans
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Published: 2015
Total Pages: 498
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