One Hundred Years of U.S. Navy Air Power (81 page)

AV-8 Harrier,
251
,
342

aviation: beginnings of military aviation,
6–8
; Curtiss' contributions,
9–10
; first military aircraft,
8–9
; German development of military aviation,
12
; government funding for,
8
; Wright brothers flight research and testing,
8–9
.
See also
naval aviation

aviation safety,
262–64

B

B-17 bombers,
310

B-24 Liberator aircraft,
214
,
308
,
309
,
313
,
316

B-25 bombers,
310

B-26 Invader,
271

B-29 Superfortress,
271
,
282

B-36 Peacemaker,
243
,
273
,
312
,
324–25

B-52 Stratofortress,
293

Badoeng Strait
,
274
,
276

balloons,
6
,
10
,
24
,
303
,
304

battleships: anti-aircraft capabilities,
89
; capabilities of,
83
,
319n29
; construction and commissioning of,
138
,
143
; design of,
153
; expansion of fleet,
10
,
137
,
140
,
150n20
,
151n31
; improvements to,
92n26
; loss of,
143
,
308
; naval aviation and future of,
26–28
,
123
,
124
,
132
; planes on,
15
,
18
,
22
,
24
,
26
; treaty tonnage limits,
158–59
,
193n11

Bennington
(CV-20),
143

Birmingham
,
5
,
7
,
12
,
23
,
153

bombing: aircraft for,
171
,
195n23
,
203–4
,
210–15
,
304
,
309
,
344–46nn7–8
; dive-bombing,
86–87
,
106–7
,
119
,
123
,
169
,
212
; effectiveness of,
203
,
214–15
; horizontal bombing,
106–7
,
119
,
123

Bon Homme Richard
(CV-31),
143
,
289

Boxer
,
272
,
274

Bristol, Mark,
22–26
,
27
,
28
,
190n2

Bunker Hill
(CV-17),
141
,
151n35
,
179
,
220
,
221
,
224–25

Bush, George H.W.,
351

C

Carrier Strike Groups,
353

Carrier Task Force,
95
,
123–24

Catalina aircraft.
See
PBY Catalina aircraft

catapults: advances in,
27–28
,
330
; development of,
17–18
,
153
; effectiveness of,
164
; hydraulic,
186
,
197n29
,
258
,
330
,
334
; importance of,
164–65
,
178
; installation of,
23–24
,
161
,
330–31
; problems with,
25
; purpose of,
161
; steam,
258–59
,
333–34

Chambers, Washington Irving: aeronautics board chairmanship,
19
; aircraft development and flight testing,
13–14
; aviation program, control of,
18–19
; aviation program, promotion and development of,
5
,
11–13
,
15–16
,
18
,
27
; catapult development,
17–18
,
23
,
27–28
; legacy of,
27–28
; pilot recruitment,
13
; pilot training,
13
; replacement of,
22
; role in transformation of Navy,
11
; safety concerns of,
20
; sea duty of,
18
,
19
; seaplanes, interest in,
15

Civil War,
6

Coast Guard, U.S.,
220–21
,
222
,
223
,
224
,
227
,
315

Cold War,
243
,
273
,
293–94
,
311–16
,
323
,
325–28

Constellation
,
286–87

convoy escort operations.
See
escort operations

crew,
256
,
260

Curtiss, Glenn: aircraft demonstration by,
12
; aircraft demonstrations,
153
; aircraft development and flight testing,
9–10
,
13
,
21
; aircraft manufacturing by,
24–25
; flying boat development,
17
,
33–34
; Navy's relationship with,
27
; seaplane development,
12
,
15
,
16
,
17
,
200
; speed record,
9
,
21

D

D-558-1 Skystreak,
247

D-558-2 Skyrocket,
247

Daniels, Josephus,
18
,
19
,
23
,
24
,
77n39
,
133

Desert Storm Operation,
236
,
243

disarmament: peacetime reductions,
54
,
59–60
,
64–65
,
71
,
72
,
74–75n16
,
95–96
,
272
,
273
,
304
; post–World War II drawdown,
272
,
273
.
See also
Washington Naval Treaty

Drone Antisubmarine Helicopter (DASH) program,
232
,
235

DT aircraft,
201–2

E

E-2 Hawkeyes,
338

EA-6B Prowler,
282

ejection seats,
259–60
,
276

Ellyson, Theodore,
13
,
15
,
17
,
18
,
19
,
27
,
28

Ely, Eugene Burton,
3
,
5
,
7
,
12–13
,
19
,
27
,
95
,
153
,
302

Enterprise
(CV-6): Battle of Midway,
89
; construction and commissioning of,
109
,
135
,
143
,
152n54
,
171
; design of,
335
; effectiveness of,
172
; Fleet maneuvers, participation by,
117–19
,
130n68
; nuclear carrier,
338
; Vietnam War,
284

Enterprise
-class carriers,
282

Erickson, Frank,
222
,
223–24
,
226–27
,
229–30

escort operations: air cover for shipping,
309
; Battle of the Atlantic,
308–9
; blimps,
49–50
; escort carriers (CVEs),
146–47
,
160
,
187–88
; sea control ships,
338
,
339
,
349n14

Essex
(CV-9),
137
,
142
,
145
,
146
,
177–79
,
196n27

Essex
-class carriers,
89
,
137
,
146
,
150n21
,
163
,
172
,
181
,
284–85
,
331
,
344n6
,
347–48n9

F

F2H Banshee fighters,
244
,
245
,
246
,
254
,
259
,
282

F3D Skyknight fighters,
245
,
246
,
282

F3H Demon fighters,
246
,
247

F-4 Phantom II fighter,
241
,
248
,
253
,
255
,
266
,
282
,
285
,
290
,
291
,
292

F4D Skyray fighters,
247
,
251
,
265

F4F Wildcat fighters,
87
,
147
,
148
,
206
,
210

F4U Corsair fighter-bomber,
147
,
148
,
210
,
213–14
,
260
,
271
,
272
,
274
,
275
,
280

F-5L flying boats,
33
,
207

F6C Hawks,
203

F6F Hellcat fighter,
147
,
148
,
210

F6U Pirate fighters,
245

F7U Cutlass fighters,
244
,
245
,
246
,
247
,
251
,
266

F-8 Crusader fighter,
241
,
242
,
248
,
251
,
265
,
266
,
282
,
285
,
286
,
292

F8C aircraft,
204

F9F-2 Panther fighters,
244
,
245
,
246
,
247
,
251
,
254
,
266
,
271
,
274
,
275
,
276
,
281

F9F-6 Cougar fighters,
246
,
247
,
254
,
257–58
,
266

F-11 Tiger fighters,
244
,
247
,
265

F-14 Tomcat fighters,
248
,
249
,
255
,
315
,
327
,
340
,
343

F-18 Hornet fighters,
248
,
249
,
252
,
253
,
264

F-35C aircraft,
342
,
343

F-80 Shooting Star,
241
,
271
,
275

F-86 Sabre fighters,
247
,
275
,
282

F/A-18 Hornet fighters,
241
,
243
,
267
,
315
,
343

fan jet engines,
255

FF-1 fighter,
205–6

FH-1 Phantom fighters,
241
,
245–46

fighter aircraft,
173–74
,
204–6
,
212–13
,
244

Fiske, Bradley,
18–19
,
22
,
24
,
27

FJ-1/FJ-3 Fury fighters,
245–46
,
247

Fleet Plan WPPac-46,
41–42

Fleet Problems and joint exercises: air operations during,
97
; areas used for,
98
,
125n10
; aviation's role in,
94–95
; communications relay plane,
100
,
125n22
; contributions of,
123–24
; deficiencies identified during,
39
; diversion of fleet during,
96–97
,
124–25n5
; Exercise M,
109–10
; FP I,
97
; FP II,
97
; FP III,
98
; FP IV,
98
; FP IX,
100–101
,
206
; FP V,
98–99
; FP VI,
84
; FP VII,
88
,
99
; FP VIII,
100
; FP X,
101–3
; FP XI,
103
; FP XII,
103–4
,
126nn28–29
; FP XIII,
105–7
,
123
; FP XIV,
107–9
; FP XIX,
116–17
,
129nn64–65
; FP XV,
109
,
126n29
; FP XVI,
110–12
,
128nn50–51
; FP XVII,
112–13
; FP XVIII,
113–16
,
129n58
,
208
; FP XX,
117–19
,
126–27n22
,
129–30nn67–68
; FP XXI,
119–23
; Grand Joint Exercises,
89
,
94
,
99
,
100
,
104–5
,
126–27n33
; naval force, creation of,
110–23
; number held,
93n27
; operational methods, doctrine, and tactics development during,
89
,
94
,
95
,
134
; phases of,
95

flight-deck cruisers,
175–76
,
196n26