E. R. Johnson

American Attack Aircraft Since 1926

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides a concise historical survey of the various types of aircraft used by the United States Army Air Corps, Army Air Forces, and Air Force, and the Navy and Marine Corps to accomplish air attack missions since 1926. The text covers four types of fixed-wing aircraft: designated attack aircraft; light, medium, and tactical bombers; fighter-bombers; and adapted attack aircraft.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 851g
• ISBN-13: 9780786471621
• ISBN-10: 078647162X
• Artikelnr.: 35363155

Autorenporträt

E.R. Johnson is a retired attorney at law and aviation writer who lives in the Ozark region of north-central Arkansas. As an instrument-rated private pilot, he accumulated pilot-in-command experience in more than 20 types of aircraft, including seaplanes, and is the author of eight books and more than 60 magazine articles on aviation topics.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface      PART I-USAAC, USAAF, AND USAF ATTACK AIRCRAFT Historical Note The Emergence of Tactical Air Power      Attack Aircraft Procurement      First Series
1926-1944      Second Series
1946-1961      Third Series
1962-present      Fourth Series (Adapted Attack Aircraft)
1950-Present      PART II-USN AND USMC ATTACK AIRCRAFT Historical Note The Role of the Aircraft Carrier      The Emergence of Marine Corps Aviation      Attack Aircraft Procurement      First Series
1926-1946      Second Series
1946-1962      Third Series
1962-present      Appendix 1: Aircraft Designations and Nomenclature      Appendix 2: Attack Aircraft Unit Organization      Appendix 3: Attack Aircraft Designs That Never Flew      Appendix 4: Evolution of Weapons and Tactics      Bibliography      Index