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Publisher's summary
The ability of the US Navy to fight and win a protracted war in the Pacific was not solely the result of technology, tactics, or leadership.
Naval aviation maintenance played a major role in the US victory over Japan in WWII.
The naval war against Japan did not achieve sustained success until enough aircraft technicians were available to support the high tempo of aviation operations that fast carrier task force doctrine demanded.
When the US realized war was imminent and ordered a drastic increase in the size of its aviation fleet, the Navy was forced to develop new policies in maintenance, supply, and technical training.
Not only did a shortage of technicians plague the Navy, but the scarcity of aviation supply and repair facilities in the Pacific soon caused panic in Washington.
While the surface Navy's modernization of at-sea replenishment was beneficial, it didn't solve the problems of sustaining wartime aircraft readiness levels sufficient to winning a naval air war.
Fisher outlines the drastic institutional changes that accompanied an increase in aviation maintenance personnel, the complete restructuring of the naval aviation technical educational system, and the development of a highly skilled labor force.
This book is the first comprehensive study on the importance of aircraft maintenance and the aircraft technician in the age of the aircraft carrier.
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Beyond the Horizon: The Declassified History of the CIA’s Office of Special Activities at Area 51 invites readers into a concealed world where innovation, secrecy, and ambition seamlessly intertwine, revealing the unrecounted narratives and unveiled mysteries of America's most enigmatic military base. In the sequestered expanses of the Nevada desert, Area 51 silently veils its secrets beneath layers of history and silent machinations. This mysterious base, obscured by both physical desolation and governmental silence, emerges as the nerve center for the CIA’s Office of Special ...
By: TD Barnes
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The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club
- Naval Aviation in the Vietnam War
- By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 17 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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The 'Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club' was the tongue-in-cheek nickname of the US Seventh Fleet that was stationed off the coast of Vietnam and this book tells the full story of the US Naval air campaign in the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1975.
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Tired drivel
- By Kevin Warren on 01-11-22