Author: Roy A. Grossnick
Publisher: Naval Historical Center
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 586

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Author: Roy A. Grossnick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airplanes, Military
Languages : en
Pages :

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The dictionary of American naval aviation squadrons provides a brief history, by community, of every squadron the Navy has established since the post-World War I era.

Author: Roy A. Grossnick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airplanes, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 588

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Author: Roy A. Grossnick
Publisher: Naval Historical Center
ISBN: 9780945274292
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages :

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The dictionary of American naval aviation squadrons provides a brief history, by community, of every squadron the Navy has established since the evolution of the squadron concept in the post-World War I era.

Author: Gordon Press Publishers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780849061530
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
Publisher:
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Category : Military history
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Author: James E. Wise, Jr.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476615683
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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Only the best officers are given command of U.S. Navy ships, and only the elite of these are selected for aircraft carriers. The USS America was the third of four Kitty Hawk–class super-carriers. Commissioned in 1965, decommissioned in 1996, she served three times in Vietnam, and once each in Libya, the Persian Gulf and Bosnia. This book profiles the 23 men who commanded the America and her crew of 5,000 during 31 years. Most of them were combat veterans—World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Mayaguez Rescue Operations, Lebanon, Haiti, Libya, Bosnia, and Desert Storm. Four were Naval Academy graduates; seven were test pilots; one became Inspector General of the Navy; one wore both Navy wings and submariner dolphins; and one was a prisoner of war in Vietnam for nearly six years. Two retired as admirals—one was Chief of Naval Operations—five as vice admirals, and 11 as rear admirals. Each profile gives a career account based on official biographies, published memoirs, and interviews with the commanders or their families.

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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1034

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Author: Carol Reardon
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700616772
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 442

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Each pilot and bombardier/navigator sat side by side in an all-weather jet built for low-level bombing runs, precision targeting, and night strikes. Their success--and their very lives--depended on teamwork in flying their versatile A-6 Intruders. And when the North Vietnamese mounted a major offensive in 1972, they answered the call. Carol Reardon chronicles the operations of Attack Squadron 75, the “Sunday Punchers,” and their high-risk bombing runs launched off the U.S.S. Saratoga during the famous LINEBACKER campaigns. Based on unparalleled access to crew members and their families, her book blends military and social history to offer a unique look at the air war in Southeast Asia, as well as a moving testament to the close-knit world of naval aviators. Theirs was one of the toughest jobs in the military: launching off the carrier in rough seas as well as calm, flying solo and in formation, dodging dense flak and surface-to-air missiles, delivering ordnance on target, and recovering aboard safely. Celebrating the men who climbed into the cockpits as well as those who kept them flying, Reardon takes readers inside the squadron’s ready room and onto the flight decks to await the call, “Launch the Intruders!” Readers share the adrenaline-pumping excitement of each mission--as well as those heart-stopping moments when a downed aircraft brought home to all, in flight and on board, that every aspect of their lives was constantly shadowed by danger and potential death. More than a mere combat narrative, Launch the Intruders interweaves human drama with familial concerns, domestic politics, and international diplomacy. Fliers share personal feelings about killing strangers from a distance while navy wives tell what it’s like to feel like a stranger at home. And as the war rages on, headlines like Jane Fonda’s visit to Hanoi and the Paris Peace Accords are all viewed through the lens of this heavily tasked, hard-hitting attack squadron. A rousing tale of men and machines, of stoic determination in the face of daunting odds, Reardon’s tale shines a much-deserved light on group of men whose daring exploits richly deserve to be much better known.