One Hundred Years of U.S. Navy Air Power (80 page)

EDWARD S. MILLER

Edward S. Miller, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Syracuse University, also attended the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program. In his career at a Fortune 500 international mining corporation in New York he rose to Chief Financial Officer. He was later CFO of the U.S. government's Synthetic Fuels Corporation. From his interests in comparing corporate planning to war plans, and in the roots of the Pacific
War, he wrote
War Plan Orange: The U.S. Strategy to Defeat Japan, 1897–1945
, published by the Naval Institute Press. The book won five distinguished history prizes. He recently wrote
Bankrupting the Enemy: The U.S. Financial Siege of Japan before Pearl Harbor
. Mr. Miller lives in the now infamous Watergate in Washington, D.C.

DR. ALBERT A. NOFI

Albert A. Nofi, an educator, military historian, defense analyst, and game designer, has written or edited some forty books and wargames, most recently
“To Train the Fleet for War”: The U.S. Navy Fleet Problems, 1923–1940
, released in 2010 by the Naval War College Press.

DR. GARY J. OHLS

Gary J. Ohls currently serves as Associate Professor of Joint Maritime Operations in the Naval War College Program at the Naval Postgraduate School. He received a PhD in History from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, holds three master's degrees, and is a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. Prior to his current assignment, Professor Ohls served as a member of the Maritime History Department at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. Colonel Ohls served thirty-five years in the United States Marine Corps including duty as an enlisted man, a regular officer, a Reserve officer, and a Reserve officer on active duty. Additionally, he has worked in management positions with Northrop Grumman Corporation and the Aerospace Corporation. His professional publications include one book and five articles on various military issues.

DR. S. MIKE PAVELEC

Dr. Pavelec currently teaches at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies at Maxwell AFB after teaching two years at the U.S. Naval War College and three years at Hawaii Pacific University. He received his PhD in History from The Ohio State University after BA and MA degrees from University of Calgary (Canada). His research focuses on military technology and innovation, and the interconnected nature of the military-industrial complex.

CAPT. ROBERT C. (BARNEY) RUBEL, USN (RET.)

Captain Rubel was a career light attack and strike fighter aviator and Landing Signal Officer. He commanded VFA-131 and accumulated over three thousand hours and nine hundred arrested landings in the A-7 and F-18. He is currently Dean of the Center for Naval Warfare Studies at the U.S. Naval War College; at this institution
he directed the research and gaming effort that resulted in the current U.S. Maritime Strategy.

DR. DOUGLAS V. SMITH

Dr. Douglas V. Smith is Professor of Strategy and Policy and Head of the Strategy and Policy Division for the College of Distance Education at the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island. A career Navy officer and aviator, he earned his BS at the United States Naval Academy, his MAs at the Naval Postgraduate School and the Naval War College, and his PhD in Military History at Florida State University. He is the author of
Carrier Battles: Command Decision in Harm's Way
(Naval Institute Press, 2006), and a chapter titled “Gunboat Diplomacy: Presidential Use of Aircraft Carriers and Their Embarked Air Wings,” part of the forthcoming
Statesmen and Air Power
.

DR. STEPHEN K. STEIN

A graduate of The Ohio State University, Dr. Stephen K. Stein teaches at the University of Memphis and also directs its online history program. His recent publications include
From Torpedoes to Aviation: Washington Irving Chambers and Technological Innovation in the New Navy, 1877–1913
(2007), and “The Greely Relief Expedition and the New Navy,”
International Journal of Naval History
5 (December 2006), which won the Rear Admiral Ernest M. Eller Prize in Naval History.

INDEX

A

A-1/AD Skyraider aircraft,
213
,
270
,
274
,
275
,
278
,
280
,
285
,
286
,
292
,
314

A-3 Skywarrior aircraft,
247
,
262
,
331
,
340
,
345n8

A-4 Skyhawk aircraft,
247–48
,
259
,
265
,
282
,
285
,
286–87
,
290
,
292

A-5 Vigilante bomber,
248
,
266

A-6 Intruder bomber,
248
,
256
,
266
,
267
,
282
,
285
,
292
,
336

A-7 Corsair II aircraft,
248
,
249
,
253
,
255
,
256
,
259
,
266
,
267
,
285

Abraham Lincoln
,
336

aeronautics research,
12
,
19
,
20–22
,
27–28

Air Force, U.S.: accident rate,
241
,
265
; bombing role of,
311–12
; establishment of,
311
; jet aircraft, transition to,
241
; Korean conflict,
274–75
,
277
,
313
; maintenance practices,
261
; rescue operations,
226
,
229
; roles and missions of,
311–12
,
318
,
324
; safety issues and initiatives,
262–63

air wings: number of aircraft in,
88
,
159
,
160
,
167–68
,
170–71
,
193n12
,
194n17
,
194n19
,
340
; types of aircraft for,
87
,
110
,
147–48
,
150n21
,
173–74
,
176
,
188–89
,
307–8

aircraft: advances in,
2
,
3
,
20–21
,
35
,
209–10
,
264
; bailing out,
259
; control systems for,
20
,
24
; cost of,
148
; crashes and accidents,
19–20
,
25
,
164
,
165
,
194n15
,
241–42
,
244–45
,
265
; design and development of,
8–10
,
13–14
,
210–15
; early research and development,
6–8
; funding for,
147
,
303
,
307
; interwar development of,
199–200
; loss of during Pacific campaign,
210
; manufacturing of,
24–25
,
151n40
,
200
,
209–10
,
303
,
307
; orders for,
26
,
139
,
151n29
; patent dispute over design of,
9
,
14
,
26
; procurement of,
16
,
17
,
149n7
,
167
,
303
; quality of,
24–25
; range of,
31
,
33–35
,
37
,
101
; system of aircraft-type symbols,
156
; technology transitions, dangers during,
49
; for World War I,
154
,
190n3
,
200
.
See also
air wings
;
jet aircraft
;
seaplanes and flying boats

aircraft carrier design: angled flight decks,
258
,
259
,
265
,
333
,
335
,
349n12
; armored flight decks,
172–73
,
183–86
; characteristics proposed by Aviation Division,
156
,
190–91n4
; construction time and,
145–46
; deck equipment for landings,
84
,
155–56
; deck size and specifications,
167–68
,
194n18
,
341
,
342
; elevators,
84
,
165–66
,
170
,
330
,
335
; flexible decks,
333
; guns on flight deck,
160–61
; larger carriers,
340–42
; nuclear carriers,
335
,
336–37
; preliminary characteristics,
157–58
,
190n2
,
192–93nn8–9
,
329–31
,
344–48nn6–10
; ship conversions,
24
,
80
,
97
,
134
,
153
,
156
,
157
,
159
,
186–88
,
192n7
,
193n10
,
197–98nn29–32
; size and specifications,
89
; smaller carrier designs,
338–40
,
349nn16–17
; treaty tonnage limits and,
146
; for two-ocean Navy,
177–82
,
196–97nn27–28
; Washington Naval Treaty and,
167–75
,
194n17
,
194n19
.
See also
catapults

aircraft carriers: annual building program,
335
,
336
; carrier task force, emergence of,
100–110
; construction and commissioning of,
138–39
,
140
,
141–45
,
151n35
,
156
,
179–81
,
189
,
340
; cost of,
141
,
143
,
191n5
; crashes aboard,
164
,
165
,
194n15
,
257
,
265
; deck park,
88
; disarmament conference and treaty and,
159–60
; effectiveness of,
53
,
215
,
343
; first American,
6
; flexibility of,
325
; flight deck hazards,
164
,
261
; flight-deck operations,
85
; independent operations by,
101
,
107–8
,
115
,
116
,
122–23
; launching and landing procedures,
83–85
,
134
,
162–66
,
193–94nn14–15
,
254
,
257–59
,
330
,
334
,
342–43
,
349n18
; logistical demands of operations with,
104
; night operations,
182–83
; nuclear carriers,
337–38
,
342
; offensive missions with,
53
,
81
,
88–89
,
97
,
99–100
,
104
,
110
,
189–90
,
201
; optical landing system,
258
,
259
,
265
,
334
; refueling of,
112
; role in fleet operations,
3
,
133
,
156–57
,
191n5
,
306
,
322–29
,
341
,
343–44nn2–5
,
351–54
; sinking of and damage to,
101
,
126n24
; specialized air groups,
126–27n33
; system of ship-type symbols,
156
,
185
; tactics and operational methods for,
80–83
,
85–87
,
89
,
134
,
182–83
; technological advances,
343
; vulnerability of,
101
,
108
,
123
,
177

airships: acquisition of,
44
; blimps,
44
,
49–50
; capabilities and value of,
44
,
106
,
123
; commercial airships,
43
; contributions of,
50
; development of,
6
,
43
; dirigibles,
24
,
44
,
304
,
305
; interest in,
24
,
302
; military missions with,
35
,
43
,
44
,
46–50
,
155
,
194n16
; purchase of,
24
; range of,
35
; requests for,
26
; rigid airships,
44–49
,
194n16
,
208
; scouting missions,
208–9
; size and specifications,
43
,
47
,
49
,
50
; termination of operations with,
50
,
305
,
319n25
; terminology,
44
; value of,
110

Akron
,
35
,
46–48
,
106

Antietam
,
258
,
333

anti-submarine warfare: aircraft and carrier operations for,
331–32
,
337
,
338–39
; Battle of the Atlantic,
309
; helicopters and rotary-wing aircraft for,
221
,
223
,
224
,
227
,
229–30
,
231–32
,
235
,
236
,
337
,
339
; Navy's role in,
313–14

Army/Army Air Force/Army Air Corps, U.S.: Aeronautical Division,
8–9
; aircraft development and flight testing,
13–14
; aviation program, development
of,
5
,
6–8
,
16–17
,
302
,
318n6
; aviation program, future of,
311
; bombing role of,
304
,
309
,
310
; coastal defense operations,
214
,
306–7
; fleet-based versus land-based aircraft for Navy,
35
,
208
,
214
,
305–7
; funding for aviation program,
16–17
; helicopter demonstration,
220
,
221
; Korean conflict,
273–74
,
276–79
,
313
; Navy aviation, cooperation with,
14–15
; roles and missions of,
311–12
,
324
; Wright brothers
Military Flyer
,
8–9