Author: J. P. Vieira
Publisher: Tempest Books
ISBN: 9781911639343
Category : Aircraft carriers
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
The United States Navy has a proud history of flying the fastest, best equipped and most powerful jet fighters in the world. This bookazine features more than 200 profiles including all 17 of the Navy's front line jet fighters, depicted by renowned artist JP Vieira.
US Navy Fighters
Author: J. P. Vieira
Publisher: Tempest Books
ISBN: 9781911639343
Category : Aircraft carriers
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
The United States Navy has a proud history of flying the fastest, best equipped and most powerful jet fighters in the world. This bookazine features more than 200 profiles including all 17 of the Navy's front line jet fighters, depicted by renowned artist JP Vieira.
Publisher: Tempest Books
ISBN: 9781911639343
Category : Aircraft carriers
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
The United States Navy has a proud history of flying the fastest, best equipped and most powerful jet fighters in the world. This bookazine features more than 200 profiles including all 17 of the Navy's front line jet fighters, depicted by renowned artist JP Vieira.
Naval Combat Aircraft
Author: Lane Pierrot
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aircraft carriers
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aircraft carriers
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Navy Combat Aircraft
Author: Samuel M. W. Caspersen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aircraft carriers
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aircraft carriers
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
United States Naval Aviation, 1919-1941
Author: E.R. Johnson
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 078648585X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Within 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.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 078648585X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Within 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.
U.S. Navy Air Combat
Author: Robert L. Lawson
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 9780760310441
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 9780760310441
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
British Naval Aircraft Since 1912
Author: Owen Thetford
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airplanes, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airplanes, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Fighters Over the Fleet
Author: Norman Friedman
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1848324065
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1247
Book Description
A tactical and technical history of the development of British, American, and Japanese naval air defense from the 1920s to the 1980s. This is an account of the evolution of naval fighters for fleet air defense and the parallel evolution of the ships operating and controlling them, concentrating on the three main exponents of carrier warfare: the British Royal Navy, the U.S. Navy, and the Imperial Japanese Navy. It describes the earliest efforts from the 1920s, but it was not until radar allowed the direction of fighters that organized air defense became possible. Thus, major naval-air battles of the Second World War like Midway, the Pedestal convoy, the Philippine Sea, and Okinawa are portrayed as tests of the new technology. This was ultimately found wanting by the Kamikaze campaigns, leading to postwar moves towards computer control and new kinds of fighters. After 1945 the threats of nuclear weapons and standoff missiles compounded the difficulties of naval air defense. The second half of the book covers R.N. and U.S.N. attempts to solve these problems, looking at the American experience in Vietnam and British operations in the Falklands War. It concludes with the ultimate U.S. development of techniques and technology to fight the Outer Air Battle in the 1980s, which in turn point to the current state of carrier fighters and the supporting technology. Based largely on documentary sources, some previously unused, this book will appeal to both the naval and aviation communities. “Fighters Over the Fleet provides more information about fleet air defense than any other work currently available. It is recommended for specialist as well aviation-minded readers.” —Naval Historical Foundation
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1848324065
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1247
Book Description
A tactical and technical history of the development of British, American, and Japanese naval air defense from the 1920s to the 1980s. This is an account of the evolution of naval fighters for fleet air defense and the parallel evolution of the ships operating and controlling them, concentrating on the three main exponents of carrier warfare: the British Royal Navy, the U.S. Navy, and the Imperial Japanese Navy. It describes the earliest efforts from the 1920s, but it was not until radar allowed the direction of fighters that organized air defense became possible. Thus, major naval-air battles of the Second World War like Midway, the Pedestal convoy, the Philippine Sea, and Okinawa are portrayed as tests of the new technology. This was ultimately found wanting by the Kamikaze campaigns, leading to postwar moves towards computer control and new kinds of fighters. After 1945 the threats of nuclear weapons and standoff missiles compounded the difficulties of naval air defense. The second half of the book covers R.N. and U.S.N. attempts to solve these problems, looking at the American experience in Vietnam and British operations in the Falklands War. It concludes with the ultimate U.S. development of techniques and technology to fight the Outer Air Battle in the 1980s, which in turn point to the current state of carrier fighters and the supporting technology. Based largely on documentary sources, some previously unused, this book will appeal to both the naval and aviation communities. “Fighters Over the Fleet provides more information about fleet air defense than any other work currently available. It is recommended for specialist as well aviation-minded readers.” —Naval Historical Foundation
Navy Combat Aircraft and Pilots
Author: Henry M. Holden
Publisher: Enslow Publishing
ISBN: 9780766017160
Category : Air pilots, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Provides information on the use of naval aircraft and the pilots as they hunt for enemy submarines, airplanes and missles.
Publisher: Enslow Publishing
ISBN: 9780766017160
Category : Air pilots, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Provides information on the use of naval aircraft and the pilots as they hunt for enemy submarines, airplanes and missles.
United States Navy Aircraft Since 1911
Author: Gordon Swanborough
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN:
Category : Airplanes, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
'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.
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN:
Category : Airplanes, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
'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.
TBD Devastator Units of the US Navy
Author: Barrett Tillman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782007202
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
The first monoplane aircraft ordered by the US Navy for carrier operations, the Douglas TBD Devastator was designed to fulfil a requirement for a new torpedo bomber. Just 129 were built, and when it entered service it was the most modern aircraft of its type anywhere in the world. Its only real taste of action came on 4 June 1942 in the pivotal Battle of Midway, when 35 were shot down in a clash with Japanese A6M Zero fighters. The aircraft was replaced by the Grumman Avenger weeks later.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782007202
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
The first monoplane aircraft ordered by the US Navy for carrier operations, the Douglas TBD Devastator was designed to fulfil a requirement for a new torpedo bomber. Just 129 were built, and when it entered service it was the most modern aircraft of its type anywhere in the world. Its only real taste of action came on 4 June 1942 in the pivotal Battle of Midway, when 35 were shot down in a clash with Japanese A6M Zero fighters. The aircraft was replaced by the Grumman Avenger weeks later.