Into the jet age: (Record no. 8761)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 1557509328 (hbk.)
100 #1 - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name WOOLDRIDGE E T (ed.)
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Into the jet age:
Remainder of title conflict and change in naval aviation, 1945-1975
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Annapolis, Md.:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Naval Institute Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1995
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 321p.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. U.S. naval aviation emerged from World War II unmatched in history for its offensive power and mobility, having expanded at an unprecedented rate to a fleet of ninety-nine carriers of all types and 29,125 combat aircraft. After war's end, however, this mix of offensive power and skilled manpower began to erode in alarming fashion. The abrupt shift from war to peace, followed by the onset of the "Cold War," precipitated periods of change so dramatic, intense, and revolutionary that naval aviation found itself in a fight for survival. In addition, advancing technologies such as jet propulsion, guided missiles, and atomic weapons began to effect fundamental changes in the entire fabric of U.S. naval aviation. The navy's immediate and pressing problem was to begin the evolutionary process of matching new technologies with obsolete weapons and doctrine, all the while maintaining an overseas presence and redefining roles and missions in the newly created national defense establishment. The challenges associated with taking jet aviation to sea were aggravated by the need to respond to crisis after crisis on the littorals of practically every sea and ocean of the world. Twice in three decades violent peace gave way to so-called limited wars - Korea and Vietnam. Korea became a proving ground for carrier-based jet combat operations, and in Vietnam, aircrews contended with politically motivated constraints on their actions and a new and deadly element of aerial warfare - the surface-to-air missile. This book is a tribute to the foresight, wisdom, and great courage of the navy's senior military leadership, who, during an era of demobilization, reorganization, unification, crises and wars, technological and scientific advances, and nationwide social upheaval, met the challenges and led the U.S. Navy into the jet age and to its present position as the preeminent naval force in the world.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element NAVAL AVIATION
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Mindef Library & Info Centre Mindef Library & Info Centre On-Shelf 06/03/1998 1 359.940973 WOO 0002758 16/09/2022 1 03/01/2024 Book