Full Description
The U.S. did not become the world's foremost military air power by accident. The learning curve--World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and more recently the war on terror--has been steep. While climbing this curve, the U.S. has not only produced superior military aircraft in greater numbers than its foes, but has--in due course--out-trained them, too. This book provides a comprehensive historical survey of U.S. military training aircraft, including technical specifications, drawings and photographs of each type of fixed and rotary-wing design used over a 98-year period to accomplish the first step of the learning process: the training of pilots and aircrews.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Walter J. Boyne
Preface
Training the American Air Armada
Series I—Fixed Wing Trainers, 1917 to 1947
A. USAAS, USAAC and USAAF
B. USN, USMC and USCG
Series II—Fixed Wing Trainers, 1947 to 1962
A. USAF and U.S. Army
B. USN and USMC
Series III—Fixed Wing Trainers, 1962 to Present
Series IV—Rotary Wing Trainers, 1942 to Present
Appendix 1: Training Gliders
A. USAAF, USN and USMC, 1934 to 1945
B. USAF, 1957 to Present
Appendix 2: Fixed and Rotary-Wing Trainer Aircraft Designation Systems
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
