Naval Air Station Patuxent River / Mark A. Chambers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chambers, Mark A., 1967- author.

Series:

Images of aviation.

Images of aviation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Airplanes, Military--United States--History--Pictorial works.

Airplanes, Military.

Naval Air Station Patuxent River (Md.)--History--Pictorial works.

Naval Air Station Patuxent River (Md.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Publishing, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Naval Air Station Patuxent River (NAS Pax River) played a crucial role in forging Americas naval air arm. This unique center proved to be vital for flight testing and evaluating naval aircraft and weapons systems destined for operational fleet service. NAS Pax River taught fleet pilots new tactics by conducting aircraft weapons tests, a tradition supplemented today by ground-based simulation. During and after World War II, it served as a primary center for flight testing and evaluating foreign aircraft. Some of the worlds best test pilots and eventual astronauts came to NAS Pax River to hone their flight skills and to participate in the testing of naval aviations premier aircraft. It is also home to the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) and the US Naval Test Pilot School, and it is the headquarters of the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).

Contents:

Cedar Point - St. Mary's County history : the foundation of a naval aviation legacy

Birth of an American flight-test and evaluation stalwart, World War II, 1942-1945

The US Navy enters the Jet Age and the Allied effort in Korea, 1946-1960

Advent of the modern Jet Age and the American effort in Vietnam, 1961-1975

Pax helps America win the Cold War and establish superpower supremacy, 1976-1999

Maintaining the edge, 2000-2014.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781439648360

1439648360

OCLC:

936537575