Naval Air Station Atlantic City / Richard V. Porcelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porcelli, Richard V., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of aviation.

Images of America

Images of aviation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Naval Air Station Atlantic City (N.J.)--History--Pictorial works.

Naval Air Station Atlantic City (N.J.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2012]

Summary:

Few would guess Atlantic City has a rich aviation history, being instrumental in many technical advances and playing a key role in the defense of the nation. The wartime role of Naval Air Station Atlantic City, commissioned in 1943, was training naval fighter pilots as well as developing technology and procedures for ground controlled interception of enemy aircraft. After the war, Atlantic City was the site of testing new Navy aircraft as well as the development of all-weather, night-fighting, and attack capabilities. After the Navy left in 1958, the airfield became home to the Federal Aviation Administration's premier research center, a New Jersey Air National Guard jet fighter base, a US Coast Guard air station, and Atlantic City International Airport.

Contents:

AC fledglings and first "air port"

Pine barrens to fighter base

Postwar technical developments and Korea

Goodbye Navy ... hello FAA

Guarding the state, protecting the nation

The spirit of Atlantic City.

OCLC:

885208699