Description
| Product ID: | 9781445698724 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | US Naval Aviation in the 1980s: Atlantic and Pacific Fleet Air Stations |
| Authors: | Author: Adrian Symonds |
| Page Count: | 96 |
| Subjects: | History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Military history, Naval forces and warfare, Air forces and warfare, Military history, Naval forces & warfare, Air forces & warfare, USA, c 1980 to c 1990 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The lavishly illustrated story of US Naval Aviation in the 1980s. Take a step inside the day-to-day operations. The final decade of the Cold War saw unprecedented peacetime expansion of the US Navy, including Naval Aviation. President Reagan’s plan for a 600-ship Navy resulted in stepped-up construction of Nimitz class supercarriers and the aircraft to operate from them, including new types like the F/A-18 Hornet. Naval aviation was highly diverse, from carrier-borne F-14 Tomcats to P-3 Orions keeping vigil over the world’s oceans, SH-2 Seasprites operating from tiny landing pads on warships in heaving seas, and land-based adversaries playing the opposing force ‘bad guys’ during training.Tensions were high in the 1980s. While US carrier battle groups prepared for confrontation with the Soviets, should the Cold War turn ‘hot’, they also engaged in combat operations in the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf.Take a step inside the day-to-day operations of Naval Aviation in the 1980s. |
| Imprint Name: | Amberley Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Amberley Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-04-15 |
