To protect commercial, political, and social interests on every continent, the U.S. relies heavily on its fleet of massive aircraft carriers and the squadrons of spectacular aircraft aboard each. In fact, a single Nimitz-class nuclear-powered carrier packs a bigger punch than the combined air, sea, and land forces of most countries. This book examines the dramatic developments that have taken place in U.S. Naval aviation.
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History in simple fashion.,
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This review is from: Shades of Blue: Us Naval Air Power Since 1941 (Hardcover)
Well, I've been involved with aerohistory for quite a while so I'm a bit beyond the level of this book. It's a good, basic, history of US Naval Aviation from 1941 to 1991. Nothing wrong with the book. It's just too simple for me. Some of the picture captions are a bit fishy, though. Watch yourself. The F3H Demon, for example, was hamstrung by a poor engine. The caption here seems misleading suggesting some other problem. Interesting pictures, however. A book I'm glad I bought second hand. Don't think I'd care to pay full price for it.
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Great Photos,
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This book is essentially a photo survey of carrier planes and operations from 1940 to the present. About 1/2 the pictures are color and they are all excellant images. The captions and the limited writing in the book is well founded and professional. Bowman is the author of several books on military aircraft and his expertise and first hand knowledge of the aircraft is obvious.
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At 0755 hours on the peaceful early morning of Sunday, 7 December 1941, the first wave of a Japanese strike force, some 350 aircraft in all, from their carriers 275 miles away reached the island of Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands, split into elements and headed for their objectives: Admiral Kimmel's American Pacific fleet at anchor in Pearl Harbor, and airfields nearby. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
steam catapult, fleet service, air group, escort carriers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Philippine Sea, Coral Sea, Pearl Harbor, Valley Forge, World War Two, North Korean, North Vietnam, Vietnam War, Kitty Hawk, Korean War, Battle of Midway, Carrier Air Wing, Theodore Roosevelt, Bunker Hill, Gulf of Tonkin, Gulf War, Bon Homme Richard, Fighter Collection, Red Sea, San Diego, Imperial Japanese Navy, Lt-Cdr John, Pacific War, South Vietnam, Far East New!
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At 0755 hours on the peaceful early morning of Sunday, 7 December 1941, the first wave of a Japanese strike force, some 350 aircraft in all, from their carriers 275 miles away reached the island of Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands, split into elements and headed for their objectives: Admiral Kimmel's American Pacific fleet at anchor in Pearl Harbor, and airfields nearby. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
steam catapult, fleet service, air group, escort carriers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Philippine Sea, Coral Sea, Pearl Harbor, Valley Forge, World War Two, North Korean, North Vietnam, Vietnam War, Kitty Hawk, Korean War, Battle of Midway, Carrier Air Wing, Theodore Roosevelt, Bunker Hill, Gulf of Tonkin, Gulf War, Bon Homme Richard, Fighter Collection, Red Sea, San Diego, Imperial Japanese Navy, Lt-Cdr John, Pacific War, South Vietnam, Far East New!
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- Korean War (Turning Points in American History) by Carter Smith on page 45, and page 46
- Theodore Roosevelt (First Books Series) by Eden Force on page 109, and page 142
- American Civil War (Praeger Illustrated Military History) by Angus Konstam on page 7
- Black Panthers 1968 by Ruth-Marion Baruch on page 106
- Western Pacific (U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II) by Charles R. Anderson on page 102
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