Author: Lloyd S. JonesPublisher:
ISBN: 9780816892549
Category : Fighter planes
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
U.S. Naval Air Superiority
Author: Tommy H. ThomasonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781580071109
Category : Aircraft carriers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
U.S. Navy Attack Aircraft, 1920-2020
Author: Norman FriedmanPublisher: US Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 9781682474174
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"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"--
U.S. Navy Fighters of WW II
Author: Barrett TillmanPublisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 9780760305591
Category : Fighter planes
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Looks at the most famous Navy fighter planes used by the Allies from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay, including the Grumman planes and the Vought F4U Corsairs.
Author: Angelo RomanoUS Navy Fighters
Author: J. P. VieiraPublisher: 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.
MiG Alley
Author: Thomas McKelvey CleaverPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472836065
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Following the end of the Korean War, the prevailing myth in the West was that of the absolute supremacy of US Air Force pilots and aircraft over their Soviet-supplied opponents. The claims of the 10:1 victory-loss ratio achieved by the US Air Force fighter pilots flying the North American F-86 Sabre against their communist adversaries, among other such fabrications, went unchallenged until the end of the Cold War, when Soviet records of the conflict were finally opened. Packed with first-hand accounts and covering the full range of US Air Force activities over Korea, MiG Alley brings the war vividly to life and the record is finally set straight on a number of popular fabrications. Thomas McKelvey Cleaver expertly threads together US and Russian sources to reveal the complete story of this bitter struggle in the Eastern skies.
U.S. Navy Fighter Squadrons in World War II
Author: Barrett TillmanPublisher: Specialty Press (MN)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
US Navy Fighter Squadrons In World War IITillmanSubtitled: Chronologies, Deployments, Combat Records. This first-ever chronology of VF squadrons describes their history, deployments, battle highlights, commanders, aces, losses and aircraft. Appendices supply information on shoot down claims, biographies of 12 famous aces, a list of 371 naval fighter aces, aces in a day, top scoring squadrons, and more. Hdbd., 7 1/4x 1 1/2, 16 pgs., 65 bandw ill.
One Hundred Years of U.S. Navy Air Power
Author: Douglas V SmithPublisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612514235
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
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.
Wildcats over Casablanca
Author: M. T. WordellPublisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1839741104
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Wildcats Over Casablanca, first published in 1943, is a first-hand account by U.S. naval aviators in World War Two's 'Operation Torch' – the November 1942 British-American invasion of French North Africa and their fighting against the Vichy French. The exploits of the airmen, based on the aircraft carrier USS Ranger, and flying their trusted Grumman F4F “Wildcats” are described, as are sorties of the carrier’s bomber and scout squadrons. French battleship Jean Bart, still under construction following the French surrender to Germany, was in the Casablanca Harbor, and sunk as part of the Operation. The Operation was also significant as it was one of the first wartime engagements to use carriers in support of an amphibious landing. During the combat, co-author “Mac” Wordell, who commanded the squadron – known as the “Red Rippers” – was shot down and taken prisoner by the Vichy French, and an interesting perspective is provided of the divided French loyalties prevalent at that time.
