One Hundred Years of U.S. Navy Air Power (82 page)

Flyer
,
8

FM Wildcat aircraft,
210

Formosa,
269
,
270

Forrestal
,
243
,
258
,
289
,
322
,
332
,
333
,
335

Forrestal
-class carriers,
282
,
285
,
347–48n9

France,
9
,
17
,
18
,
21
,
26
,
139
,
179
,
303

Franklin
(CV-13),
142
,
151n35
,
179

Franklin D. Roosevelt
(CVB-42),
143

G

Germany: airships,
43
,
45
,
46
,
154–55
; aviation, funding for,
17
; Battle of the Atlantic,
308–9
; jet aircraft development,
242–43
; naval aviation development,
12
; number of planes,
26
,
307
,
320n40
; Rainbow Five plan,
41

gold wings,
77n39

Grand Joint Exercises (GJEs),
89
,
94
,
99
,
100
,
104–5
,
126–27n33

Great Britain,
41
,
83
,
303
.
See also
Royal Air Force (RAF)
;
Royal Navy

H

H-2 Sea Sprite helicopters,
231
,
232
,
235
,
237

H-3 helicopters,
232

H-3 Sea King helicopters,
231–32
,
234
,
237

H-16 flying boats,
303

H-21 helicopters,
229

H-34 helicopters,
230

H-46 Sea Knight helicopters,
231
,
234
,
237
,
292

H-53 helicopters,
236
,
292

H-60 helicopters,
235
,
237

Halsey, William F.,
41–42
,
73
,
113
,
158

Hancock
(CV-19),
141
,
144
,
151n35
,
287

Hawaii: exercises in waters around,
99
,
100
,
104–5
,
107–8
,
110–12
,
116–17
,
128nn50–51
,
129n58
,
129n65
,
134
; shore air facilities in,
137
.
See also
Pearl Harbor

helicopters and rotary-wing aircraft: acceptance of and response to,
221
,
222–24
; anti-submarine warfare use,
221
,
223
,
224
,
227
,
229–30
,
231–32
,
235
,
236
,
337
,
339
; capabilities of,
227–28
; changing role for,
236–37
,
283
; demonstrations of,
220–22
,
223–25
; design of,
230–34
; development of program for,
220–27
; flight tests,
225–26
,
227
; importance of,
237
; Korean conflict use of,
230
,
233
,
276
,
313
; Light Airborne Multi-Purpose System (LAMPS) configuration,
232
,
235
,
236
; LSTs as base for,
230
; minesweeping operations,
234
,
235
,
236
; procurement of,
223
; rescue operations with,
222–23
,
227
,
228
,
230
,
232–34
,
236
,
237
,
281
,
313
; training of pilots,
224
,
227
,
228–29
; vertical replenishment missions,
234
,
235
,
281

HH-2C helicopters,
233

HH-3A helicopters,
233

HNS-1 helicopters,
226
,
227

HO3S helicopters,
230
,
276

HO4S helicopters,
229

Horne, Frederick J.,
38
,
76n35
,
114
,
115–16

Horne Board,
65
,
70
,
71–72
,
76n35

Hornet
(CV-8): construction and commissioning of,
137
,
143
,
176
; loss of,
142
; Pacific campaign,
310
,
343n2
; sinking of,
178

Hornet
(CV-12),
89
,
138
,
142

Hornet
-class carriers,
145–46

HOS-3 helicopters,
228

HRS helicopters,
229

HSS-1 helicopters,
229

HSS-1N Sea Bat helicopters,
230

HUP helicopters,
229

I

Independence
-class light carriers,
143
,
146
,
180
,
188

Intrepid
,
138
,
151–52n46

J

Japan: air wing, number of aircraft in,
163–64
; aircrew, replacement of,
174–75
; airship reconnaissance missions,
46
; carrier-building program,
139
,
156
; China, dominance of by Japan,
31
; conflict with, plans for,
134
; disarmament conference and treaty,
158–59
; Doolittle raid on Tokyo,
189–90
,
342n2
; number of planes,
307
,
320n41
; Pearl Harbor attack,
42
,
176–77
; Rainbow Five plan,
41–42
; Russia, defeat of,
31
; surrender of,
310–11
; War Plan Orange strategy against,
31

jet aircraft: advances in,
3
; carrier launching and landing procedures,
254
,
257–59
; cockpit design and system management,
255–56
,
267
; crashes and accidents,
241–42
,
244–45
,
252–53
,
255
,
260
,
261–63
,
264–65
; design of,
241
,
244
; development of,
240
; development of for carrier use,
242–45
,
248–49
; downing defective aircraft,
263–64
; echelons of,
245–50
,
252
; ejection seats,
259–60
,
276
; engine design and performance,
240–41
,
253–55
; flight controls,
256–57
; fuel management,
256
; handling characteristics and performance of,
240–41
,
245–46
,
251–53
,
264–67
; maintenance of,
260–61
; man-made interferences,
255–57
; naval aviation culture and transition to,
261–64
; night/all-weather operations,
245
,
252
,
265
,
267
; nuclear weapons delivery operations,
245
,
247
; pilot training,
253
,
263
,
265
; seaplanes and flying boats,
250
; sorties with, increase in,
282
; transition to,
241
,
264–67
; VTOL aircraft,
251
.
See also
swept-wing jets

Johnson, Lyndon B.,
286
,
287
,
294

Joint Strike Fighter,
249
,
251

K

Kearsarge
(CV-33),
143

Kimmel, Husband E.,
41–42
,
91

King, Ernest J.: aircraft demonstrations,
17
; aircraft for War Plan Orange,
37
,
208
; airship reconnaisance missions,
46
; attack role of aircraft,
38
; aviation training,
158
; contributions of,
73
; Fleet manuevers, participation by,
103
,
104
,
105–6
,
116–17
,
126–27n22
,
129n65
; promotion criteria,
68–69
,
78n44
; ship construction, rate of,
141

kites and kite-balloons,
9
,
10
,
13

Kitty Hawk
,
289
,
335
,
338

Korean conflict: American air superiority,
274–75
; Battle of Carlson's Canyon,
280
; carrier-based air support,
271–72
,
274
,
279–80
; command arrangement for aviation units,
280
; evacuation operations,
270–71
,
281
; ground forces, fighting by,
273–74
; helicopter use during,
230
,
233
,
276
,
281
,
283
,
313
; jet aircraft and carrier operations,
243
,
244
,
246
,
312–13
,
320nn52–53
,
325
,
352
; losses during,
313
,
320n53
; naval air power role in,
273–83
,
294
; start of,
269–70
,
312

L

Landing Signal Officer (LSO),
193n14
,
254
,
257–58
,
334

Langley
(CV-1): air show demonstrations,
87–88
; air wing, number of aircraft in,
88
,
163
; air wing, types of aircraft for,
87
; capabilities and specifications of,
80
; commissioning of,
80
,
201
,
305
,
319n29
; conversion to aircraft tender,
129n57
; design of,
168
; equipment modifications,
84
; Fleet manuevers, participation by,
84
,
88
,
95
,
97
,
98–100
,
101–2
,
105
,
109
,
110–12
; flight-deck operations,
85
; launching and landing procedures,
83–85
; in Pearl Harbor,
96
; Reeves as commander,
80
,
83
; safety record on,
88
; ship conversion,
80
,
97
,
134
,
156
; Washington Naval Treaty and,
170
,
172

Langley, Samuel Pierpont,
6–8

Langley aeronautical laboratory,
21–22

Lexington
(CV-2): air wing, number of aircraft in,
88
,
169
; capabilities of,
38
,
80
,
89
; construction and commissioning of,
98–99
,
143
,
201
,
319n29
; Fleet manuevers, participation by,
95
,
100
,
101–3
,
104–6
,
107–9
,
110–23
,
129n64
,
199
; safety record on,
88
; sinking of,
161
,
178
; specialized air groups,
126–27n22

Lexington
(CV-16),
141
,
144
,
151n35

lighter-than-air craft.
See
airships

London Treaty,
175

Long Island
(CVE-1),
146–47
,
186

Los Angeles
,
103–4
,
106
,
126n29

M

MacArthur, Douglas: fleet-based versus land-based aircraft for Navy,
35
,
208
,
214
,
306
; Japan, surrender of,
311
;
Korean conflict,
270
,
271
,
276
,
277
,
279
; Pacific campaign,
141

Macon
,
35
,
46
,
47
,
106
,
109
,
110
,
126n29

Maddox
,
286

Mahan, Alfred Thayer,
10
,
27
,
32
,
137
,
150n19
,
301

Marine Corps, U.S.: close air support,
292–93
; demise of and lack of support for,
272–73
,
294
; independence of,
311
; Korean conflict,
276–80
; officers in,
73n4
; promotion in,
68
; roles and missions of,
311–12
,
324
; Vietnam War,
290

Mars aircraft,
37

Midway: bases at,
40
; Battle of Midway,
89
,
163–64
,
179
,
264
; exercises in waters around,
110–12
; Rainbow Five plan,
41–42