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FIGHT FIGHT – Book Recommendation
Highest recommendation for Kevin Miller’s (CAPT. USN, Ret) newest novel Fight Fight. I was going to do a normal “book review”/recommendation but decided to just leverage my comments to Kevin along with his response instead. I had done a recommendation on … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Blown Slick Series, Book Reviews, War and Remembrance
Tagged A2AD, Aircraft Carriers, Airpower, AirSeaBattle, Guadalcanal, SEAD, Strike Warfare, War-at-Sea
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1942- The Year of the Aircraft Carrier; Part 10 – Guadalcanal Campaign Major Events Overview
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
Posted in Analysis, Blown Slick Series, Christmas 1972, On their Shoulders, War and Remembrance
Tagged Aircraft Carriers, Airpower, Guadalcanal, War-at-Sea
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1942- The Year of the Aircraft Carrier; Part 9 – Guadalcanal Introduction
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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Tagged Aircraft Carriers, Airpower, Guadalcanal, War-at-Sea
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1942 – The Year of the Aircraft Carrier; Part 8 – Midway Trilogy Epilogue
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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Tagged Aircraft Carriers, Airpower, Battle of Midway, War-at-Sea
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1942 – The Year of the Aircraft Carrier; Part 7 – Midway Trilogy (3 of 3)
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
Posted in Blown Slick Series, On their Shoulders, War and Remembrance
Tagged Aircraft Carriers, Battle of Midway, War-at-Sea
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1942 – The Year of the Aircraft Carrier; Part 6 – Midway Trilogy (2 of 3)
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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Tagged Aircraft Carriers, Battle of Midway, War-at-Sea
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Thinking Airpower in Context: American War in Seven Charts
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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Tagged A2AD, Aircraft Carriers, Airpower, AirSeaBattle, Strike Warfare, War-at-Sea
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BLOWN SLICK – Light Attack Fast Pursuit; Airpower Analysis by Boris
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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Tagged A2AD, Aircraft Carriers, Airpower, AirSeaBattle, Attack, Close Air Support, F-35, Fifth Generation Fighter, Fighter, Strike Warfare, Vietnam Air War, War-at-Sea
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The Mission of “Attack” – The Blown Slick Series Introduction
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
Posted in Blown Slick Series, War and Remembrance
Tagged A2AD, Airpower, AirSeaBattle, Attack, Close Air Support, F-35, Fifth Generation Fighter, Fighter, SEAD, Strike Warfare, Vietnam Air War, War-at-Sea
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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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Tagged Airpower, Attack, Close Air Support, Strike Warfare, Vietnam Air War, War-at-Sea
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