US Navy & Marine Corps - Air Power Yearbook 2016
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Язык: Английский
Год издания: 2015
US Navy & Marine Corps - Air Power Yearbook 2016
4 WELCOME
This year sees many signi cant milestones in US Navy and Marine Corps aviation, with eet readiness and the so-called ‘strike ghter shortfall’ at the forefront of many senior o cers’ agendas
6 UNITED STATES NAVAL AVIATION IN 2016 INTERVIEW WITH RADM MIKE MANAZIR
RADM Mike Manazir is the new deputy chief of naval operations for warfare systems. In his new position, he oversees the introduction of new capabilities as well as some of the challenges facing US naval aviation. James Deboer talked to him
14 UNITED STATES NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AVIATION A YEAR IN REVIEW
A review of the major news stories around Navy and Marine Corps aviation from mid-2015 to the present
18 LAST PROWL OF THE ‘BANSHEES’
The US Marine Corps has started winding down operations with the EA-6B Prowler. Jamie Hunter reports from MCAS Cherry Point as training squadron VMAQT-1 ‘Banshees’ closes its doors
26 INTEGRATED TEST AT PAX
James Deboer meets the test pilots of the F-35B and C variants at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, to hear the stories from recent testing as part of the Integrated Test Force
34 FIGHT’S ON!
The US Navy takes adversary training seriously, but it is a mission own primarily by its experienced reserve forces under the Tactical Support Wing, as José M. Ramos details
38 DESERT SNIPERS
Johan Franken and Frank van der Avoort head to of VMFT-401 — the ‘Snipers’
44 VICTORY VIKINGS
Jamie Hunter meets the famous ‘Vikings’ of with their stalwart F/A-18Ds
52 THE EVALUATORS
VX-9 ‘Vampires’ is one of the Navy’s most in uential and import units. Jamie Hunter talks to the squadron’s commander CAPT Gordon Cross about how his squadron provides the litmus test for new kit and capabilities for the eet’s fast jet force
58 ‘RED DOG’ RESERVES
Jamie Hunter visits the Marine Corps’ reserve attack helicopter community under HMLA-773 ‘Red Dogs’
62 HIGHER, FURTHER, FASTER
As the aircraft completes its sixth deployment since achieving initial operational capability in late November 2013, Brad Elward reviews the Boeing P-8A Poseidon program
68 UNITED STATES NAVY AIR POWER REVIEW
Tom Kaminski provides an extensive overview of US Navy air power including a detailed directory of units, bases and aircraft
86 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AIR POWER REVIEW
An in-depth look by Tom Kaminski at the units, bases and aircraft that comprise US Marine Corps air power in 2016
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