One Hundred Years of U.S. Navy Air Power (83 page)

Midway
and
Midway
-class carriers,
180–81
,
292
,
329–30
,
331
,
333
,
344n6
,
347–48n9

Military Flyer
,
8–9

missile development,
335–36

Mississippi
,
22–23

Missouri
(BB 63),
215
,
311

Moffett, William A.: air attacks against ships,
107
; airships, support for use of,
35
,
45
,
48
; bombing, effectiveness of,
203
; death of,
35
,
48
,
131
; flight-deck cruisers,
175
; as naval aviation observer,
74n13
; Naval Aviation Reserve Policy,
61
; naval aviation, support for,
131
,
306

N

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA),
22
,
27

national aeronautical laboratory,
12
,
20–22

Naval Academy: appointments to,
59
,
64
; enrollment numbers,
60
,
61
,
62
; length of coursework,
65

naval aviation: acceptance of and response to,
10
,
54
,
80
,
131–32
,
133–35
; accident rate,
262
; aircraft development and flight testing,
9
,
13–14
; airfield for,
14–15
; Army aviation, cooperation with,
14–15
; birth of,
6
,
16
; under Bristol,
22–26
; Centennial activities,
2
; challenges of development of program,
5
,
8
,
26–28
; culture of,
261–64
; demise of and lack of support for,
272–73
,
294
; development of program for,
5
,
11–13
,
15–16
,
18
,
19
,
302–3
,
318n6
; effectiveness of,
53
,
73
,
215
,
294
,
353–54
; fleet-based versus land-based aircraft,
35
,
208
,
214
,
305–7
; funding for,
10
,
12
,
15
,
16–17
,
18
,
24
,
26
,
28
,
305
; growth of,
148–49
,
152nn53–54
,
302–3
,
307–8
,
319nn37–39
; importance of,
1–2
,
243
,
305
; inattention to,
25–26
; modernization of,
26
; naval control of,
166–67
; responsibility and control of program,
11–12
,
15–16
,
18–19
,
25–26
; roles and missions of,
2–3
,
52–53
,
352
; shore air facilities and bases and,
38–40
,
137
,
148
,
150n22
,
303
,
305
; standards for,
134–35
; technological advances,
3
,
315
; wartime expansion and peacetime reduction,
54
,
59–60
,
64–65
,
71
,
72
,
74–75n16
,
95–96
,
304
,
318n16

naval aviation cadets,
62–63
,
64
,
65
,
76n31

Naval Aviation Maintenance Program (NAMP),
260
,
265

naval aviation observers,
57
,
67
,
74n13
,
83

naval aviation pilots,
57

Naval Aviation Reserve Act,
64

naval aviators: commanding officer qualifications,
135
,
158
; definition of,
57
; flight time,
123
,
130n72
; helicopter pilot qualifications,
228
; hostility toward,
77n39
; independence of and self-reliance characteristics,
261–62
;
insignia for,
77n39
; at Pensacola,
55
; uniform for,
77n39

Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC),
61
,
65
,
71
,
75nn26–27

Naval Reserve, U.S.: creation of,
59
,
74–75n16
; disestablishment of,
61
; officers, number of,
59–60
,
62–63
,
64–65
,
75nn19–20
,
76n36
; pilots for, authorization of,
137
,
150n17
; reorganization of,
64
; training of officers,
63–64
,
75n19
,
76n34
; wartime expansion and peacetime reduction,
59–60
,
71
,
74–75n16

Naval War College: instructors at,
11
,
82–83
; presidents of,
80
,
90
,
91n4
,
133
; war games and concept generation at,
80
,
81–83
,
89
,
133

Navy, U.S.: Aide System organization,
10
,
15–16
; aircrew, replacement of,
174–75
; air-surface-undersea actions,
110
,
128n46
,
301
; battleships of, capabilities of,
83
; Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Fleet,
90
,
96
,
109
; fleet expansion,
10
,
148–49
;
152nn53–54
,
157
,
175
,
304
; fleet expansion, funding for,
135–40
,
150n27
,
151n29
,
151n31
; fleet expansion, public support for,
157
; Fleet organization,
96
; maneuvers with aviation unit,
17
; maritime strategy,
327–28
,
344n4
,
352–53
; roles and missions of,
311–12
,
318
,
324
; sea duty requirement,
18
,
19
,
25
,
57
,
68–69
,
78nn44–45
; superiority of,
149
,
274

Nimitz, Chester,
17
,
81
,
141
,
149
,
158
,
311

Nimitz
and
Nimitz
-class carriers,
282
,
338
,
339

North Carolina
(ACR-12/CA-12),
23
,
24
,
25
,
95
,
153
,
190n2

North Carolina
(BB-55),
89
,
90–91

nuclear weapons delivery operations,
245
,
247
,
326

O

officer personnel system: development of,
54
,
72–73
; Marine officers,
73n4
; naval aviation corps,
54–55
,
56
; number of officers,
58–66
,
72
,
75nn19–20
,
318n16
; promotion,
54
,
61
,
66–72
,
73n6
,
76–77n38
,
77n40
,
77n42
,
78nn44–45
; retirement,
61
,
75–76n28
; specialization,
54–58
; staff corps,
55
; structure and components of,
53
; transfer of officers,
60
,
75n22
,
76n36
; two-tier system,
66
,
76n37

Oriskany
(CV-43),
143
,
181
,
289
,
290
,
331

P

P-2 Neptune,
290
,
313
,
314
,
329–30

P2Y aircraft,
34
,
207
,
208
,
209

P-3 Orion,
290
,
308
,
315
,
316–17
,
321nn71–72
,
337

P6M SeaMaster aircraft,
250
,
315
,
321n67

P-8 Poseidon,
317

PB-1 bombers,
310

PB2Y Coronado aircraft,
37
,
209
,
310

PB4Y-1 aircraft,
214
,
308
,
309
,
310

PB4Y-2 Privateer aircraft,
214

PBJ Mitchell aircraft,
214

PBJ-1 aircraft,
310

PBM Mariner aircraft,
37
,
209
,
310

PBY Catalina aircraft,
34
,
36–38
,
40
,
42
,
113
,
119
,
176–77
,
208
,
215
,
250
,
309
,
310

PBY-5A aircraft,
40
,
214

Pearl Harbor: airship reconnaisance and,
49
; attack on,
42
,
105
,
176–77
; base at,
41
,
42
; battleships lost at,
143
,
308
; development of,
32
; fleet transfer to,
41
; investigation of,
91
;
Langley
in,
96
; Navy expansion following attack on,
148–49

Pennsylvania
,
3
,
12–13
,
15
,
90
,
92n26
,
153
,
302

Pensacola Naval Air Station: aviation unit relocation to,
22–23
; bomb runs,
23
; establishment of,
22
,
137
,
200
; naval aviators at,
55
; training at,
23–24
,
228–29
,
303
; training of,
150n22

Philippine Islands,
31
,
32
,
33
,
35
,
41

Philippine Sea
,
274
,
277

pilots: aircraft crash injuries and deaths,
19–20
,
25
,
164
,
165
,
194n15
,
241–42
,
244–45
; best two percent of humanity,
2
,
4n2
; confidence of,
2
,
4n2
; courage of,
3–4
; helicopter pilots, training of,
224
,
227
,
228–29
; increase in number of,
137
,
147
,
150n17
; jet pilots, training of,
253
,
263
,
265
; naval aviation pilots,
57
; number of for World War II,
308
,
320n42
; training of,
13
,
158
,
263
,
303
,
353

PM aircraft,
209

poem on aviation,
2

Pratt, William V.: Fleet manuevers, participation by,
100
,
102
; fleet-based versus land-based aircraft for Navy,
35
,
208
,
214
,
306
; flight-deck cruisers,
175
; Reeves, promotion of,
90

Princeton
,
280–81

PV Ventura/Harpoon aircraft,
214

R

RA-5C Vigilante,
266

radar,
174
,
182
,
189
,
215
,
256

Rainbow Five plan,
41–42

Randolph
(CV-15),
142
,
144
,
151n35

Ranger
(CV-4): construction and commissioning of,
137
,
149–50n10
; design of,
168–72
,
194n18
,
195–96nn20–24
; Fleet manuevers, participation by,
110–19
; launching of,
108–9
; size and specifications,
89
; speed of,
170
,
195n22
; Vietnam War,
287
,
289

Reeves, Joseph Mason “Bull”: air show demonstrations,
87–88
; air wing, types of aircraft for,
87
; aircraft for War Plan Orange,
35
,
37
; carrier and air-strike tactics, development of,
80
,
82–83
,
85–87
,
89
; carrier procedures, modification of,
83–85
,
162–64
; carrier scouting and offensive operations,
99–100
; Commander positions,
80
,
83
,
90
; Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Fleet,
90
,
109
,
110
; contributions of,
74n13
,
79
,
88
,
91
; death of,
91
; Fleet manuevers, participation by,
100
,
104
,
109
,
110
; General Board assignment,
90
,
92n26
; as naval aviation observer,
74n13
,
164
; naval aviation, support for,
135
; Naval War College education and career,
81
,
82–83
,
162
; Pearl Harbor investigation,
91
; safety record of aircraft carriers,
88
; seaplane tenders, priority of,
39
; wartime service,
91