The year 2011 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of U.S. Naval Aviation, an organization founded under quite humble circumstances. It began, literally, with the stroke of a pen. Spectacular takeoffs and landings heralded the coming of aircraft at sea in late 1910 and early 1911but Naval Aviation officially started on the desk of Captain Washington I. Chambers, who on 8 May 1911 prepared a requisition for two aircraft to be purchased from the Curtiss Companythe Navys first aircraft. U.S. Marine Corps Aviation measures its origins somewhat differently, by commemorating the date (22 May 1912) on which its first pilot1st Lieutenant Alfred A. Cunninghamreported for training at Marblehead, Mass. As Marine Corps Aviation celebrates its own centennial in a series of events throughout 2012, it is worthwhile to ponder how the Marine Corpss use of aircraft in its amphibious and expeditionary strategies has transformed how air, sea, and land power interact and combine wit h e ach ot her.


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    Title :

    Naval Aviation Vision, January 2012


    Publication date :

    2012


    Size :

    128 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English