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1942- The Year of the Aircraft Carrier; Part 10 – Guadalcanal Campaign Major Events Overview

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Ed

Blown Slick Series #13 Part 10 Watchtower Guadalcanal is no longer merely a name of an island in Japanese military history. It is the name of the graveyard of the Japanese army. —Major General Kiyotake Kawaguchi, IJA Commander, 35th Infantry Brigade … Continue reading →

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1942- The Year of the Aircraft Carrier; Part 9 – Guadalcanal Introduction

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Ed

Blown Slick Series #13 Part 9 On Land, on Sea, in the Air 9 February, 1943 Major General Alexander Patch, USA, Commander, U.S. Forces on Guadalcanal to Vice Admiral William Halsey, Jr., USN, Commander, South Pacific Area,  TOTAL AND COMPLETE DEFEAT … Continue reading →

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1942 – The Year of the Aircraft Carrier; Part 8 – Midway Trilogy Epilogue

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Ed

Blown Slick Series #13 Part 8 Decisive victory? Depends on how you look … a fundamental transformation in naval power had just taken place. Carriers usurped the prime strategic role of battleships in that their principal opponents were their enemy … Continue reading →

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1942 – The Year of the Aircraft Carrier; Part 7 – Midway Trilogy (3 of 3)

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Ed

 Blown Slick Series #13 Part 7  “what did Midway really mean?”   “An aircraft carrier is a noble thing. It lacks almost everything that seems to denote nobility, yet deep nobility is there. A carrier has no poise. It has   no  … Continue reading →

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1942 – The Year of the Aircraft Carrier; Part 6 – Midway Trilogy (2 of 3)

Posted on June 10, 2018 by Ed

 Blown Slick Series #13 Part 6 Into the Shredder The Battle of Coral Sea had provided the first hints that the Japanese high-water mark had been reached, but it was the Battle of Midway that put up the sign for … Continue reading →

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Thinking Airpower in Context: American War in Seven Charts

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Ed

Blown Slick Series #9  Seven Charts That Help Explain American War How Many Years In Its History Has America Been at War? Where Has America Fought? Why Has America Fought? How Does America Fight ? Who Are America’s Formal Defense Partners? … Continue reading →

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BLOWN SLICK – Light Attack Fast Pursuit; Airpower Analysis by Boris

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Ed

Blown Slick Series#4 “… it has been decades since the last significant contribution to airpower theory. Given the shifting character of war and rapid technological change, a solid modern airpower theory will be required for the West to achieve strategic … Continue reading →

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The Mission of “Attack” – The Blown Slick Series Introduction

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Ed

Blown Slick  Series #1 (See also :  Preface to Blown Slick -the series: The evolution of fighter, attack, and strike warfare) He would go on to be Vice Chief of Naval Operations and head the FAA, but in mid-December 1971 … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 1, 2014 by Ed

I can never pass up the artist booths at airshows. Last weekend at the Camarillo Air Show (lead guy was Bill Thomas, President of the Corsair II Association) I visited Christopher Cross’s both of airbrush aviation art. Picture above caught … Continue reading →

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Morning After Reflection: 5 June 1942 “we sank a carrier”

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Ed

They had no right to win. Yet they did, and in doing so they changed the course of a war. More than that, they added a new name— Midway— to that small list that inspires men by shining example. Like … Continue reading →

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