United States Marine Corps aircraft since 1913 /

"Among the world's military air arms, United States Marine Corps Aviation occupies a tactical niche. This comprehensive survey provides the history, technical specifications, drawings, and photographs of every type of fixed and rotary-wing aircraft used by Marine Air from its origins prior...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Johnson, E. R., 1948-
Other Authors: Jones, Lloyd S., 1931-2020 (Illustrator), Doll, Thomas E. (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jefferson NC : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2018.
Subjects:
United States. > Marine Corps > Aviation > History.
United States. > Marine Corps.
Airplanes, Military > United States > History.
Avions militaires > États-Unis > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Marine & Naval.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Airplanes, Military.
Armed Forces > Aviation.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The emergence of Marine Corps Aviation
  • Fixed-wing tactical aircraft
  • Fixed-wing transport, trainer and utility aircraft
  • Rotary-wing aircraft
  • Appendix I: Unmanned air systems
  • Appendix II: Aviation-related ships
  • Appendix III: Aviation installations
  • Appendix IV: Aircraft squadrons and aircraft assignments
  • Appendix V: Aviation unit organization
  • Appendix VI: Organization of expeditionary and amphibious operations
  • Appendix VII: Aircraft weapons and tactics
  • Appendix VIII: Aviation designations, terms and abbreviations.

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