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Further Reading

Aircraft Carriers References

• Evolution of Aircraft Carriers

• Naval Aviation... Forward Air Power... From the Sea Naval Aviation Vision Statement: September 1997
• U.S. NAVY CRISIS RESPONSES, 1946-89 (Senator McCAIN - November 09, 1989)
• CHANGING THE PEACETIME DEPLOYMENT OF AIRCRAFT CARRIERS J. D. Oliver - NAVAL WAR COLLEGE - 10 March 1993 -- Viable options for increasing on-station time include deployment cycle adjustments and multiple crewing schemes, while homeporting changes hold little promise.
• The Self-Designing High-Reliability Organization: Aircraft Carrier Flight Operations at Sea Gene I. Rochlin, Todd R. La Porte, and Karlene H. Roberts Naval War College Review Autumn 1987
• Military Innovation and Carrier Aviation - An Analysis Jan M. van Tol Joint Forces Quarterly Autumn/Winter 1997-98 [819 kb PDF]
• Military Innovation and Carrier Aviation - The Relevant History Jan M. van Tol Joint Forces Quarterly Summer 1997 [262 kb PDF]
• Answering the Call: Carriers in Crises Response Since World War II By Jeffrey G. Barlow NAVAL AVIATION NEWS January-February 1997
• Steve's Navy Pages On U.S. Carriers
• THE ILLUSION OF POWER: AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AND U.S. MILITARY STRATEGY. by David Isenberg CATO Policy Analysis No. 134 June 8, 1990.
• DEF-06 REDUCE THE NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AND AIR WINGS TO 10 REDUCING THE DEFICIT: SPENDING AND REVENUE OPTIONS Congressional Budget Office - March 1997
• 62N-308 Catapults
• 62N3-8 Catapults - Slide Show
• Chapter 588 - Aircraft Elevators - 48 pages [PDF] (344 KB) Naval Ships' Technical Manual
• PENTAGON SPOKESMAN'S REGULAR BRIEFING MARCH 31, 1998 -- conventional versus nuclear aircraft carriers, aircraft carriers based at Yokosuka, Japan.
• The Big Mean War Machine U.S. News and World Report AUGUST 10, 1993
• Aircraft Carrier Funding Oct. 26, 1993
• Navy Aircraft Carriers: Cost-Effectiveness of Conventionally and Nuclear-Powered Carriers. NSIAD-98-1. 107 pp. plus 8 appendices (85 pp.) August 27, 1998.
• Navy's Aircraft Carrier Program: Investment Strategy Options (Letter Report, 01/01/95, GAO/NSIAD-95-17).
• Is the "Day of the Aircraft Carrier" Over? James Paulsen; Albert L. St. Clair (Faculty Advisor) Air Command and Staff College 1998 -- The aircraft carrier has answered the nation's call an average of four times a year in response to contingency and limited war operations since World War II; there is no evidence to suspect that this trend will decrease in the foreseeable future.
• Winning Wars Quicker, With Less Causualties, and Resulting in a Better State of Peace Liesel A. Golden; Jeffrey Jackson; William S. Harris; Matthew B. Caffrey Jr. (Faculty Advisor) Air Command and Staff College 1998 -- Land-based airpower brings twice as many aircraft, four times the sortie rate and three times the firepower to bear on the enemy compared to carrier-based airpower. We suggest reducing the number of carrier battle groups from 12 to 9 and increasing the number of tactical fighter wings from 20 to 26.

• Aircraft Carrier Study Group
• Aircraft Carriers of the World WebRing
• Office of the Director, Naval Air Warfare (N88)
• The Aircraft Carrier @ NavyLink
• Carrier Innovation Center @ Newport News Shipbuilding
• CV -- Aircraft Carriers. Includes CV, CVA, CVAN, CVB, CVL, CVN, CVS and CVT.
• Aircraft Carriers Special Issue NAVAL AVIATION NEWS Jan.-Feb. 1997