Book Description
Covering both the theoretical and practical aspects of refrigeration and air-conditioning.
Author : James A. Harbach
Publisher : Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 22,63 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Technology & Engineering
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Covering both the theoretical and practical aspects of refrigeration and air-conditioning.
Author : Jay Stout
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,74 MB
Release : 2006-12-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0891418717
In Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Marine Corps’ ground campaign up the Tigris and Euphrates was notable for speed and aggressiveness unparalleled in military history. Little has been written, however, of the air support that guaranteed the drive’s success. Paving the way for the rush to Baghdad was “the hammer from above”–in the form of attack helicopters, jet fighters, transport, and other support aircraft. Now a former Marine fighter pilot shares the gripping never-before-told stories of the Marines who helped bring to an end the regime of Saddam Hussein. As Jay Stout reveals, the air war had actually been in the planning stages ever since the victory of Operation Desert Storm, twelve years earlier. But when Operation Iraqi Freedom officially commenced on March 20, 2003, the Marine Corps entered the fight with an aviation arm at its smallest since before World War II. Still, with the motto “Speed Equals Success,” the separate air and ground units acted as a team to get the job done. Drawing on exclusive interviews with the men and women who flew the harrowing missions, Hammer from Above reveals how pilots and their machines were tested to the limits of endurance, venturing well beyond what they were trained and designed to do. Stout takes us into the cockpits, revealing what it was like to fly these intense combat operations for up to eighteen hours at a time and to face incredible volumes of fire that literally shredded aircraft in midair during battles like that over An Nasiriyah . With its dynamic descriptions of perilous flights and bombing runs, Hammer from Above is a worthy tribute to the men and women who flew and maintained the aircraft that so inspired their brothers in arms and terrified the enemy.
Author : John P. Condon
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 16,42 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
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Today, U.S. Marine infantry and armored units can count on timely and effective close air support thanks in part to the intrepid Marine pilots and crews who pioneered carrier-based air support of amphibious landings in the final push to defeat Japan in World War II. This little-known part of the Pacific campaign is explored fully for the first time in this detailed history by one of the program's architects.
Author : E.R. Johnson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 48,57 MB
Release : 2018-04-04
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1476630658
Among the world's military air arms, United States Marine Corps Aviation occupies a unique tactical niche. As the air component of a combined-arms expeditionary force, it exists primarily to support Marine combat forces on the ground in their amphibious assault mission. From the "Banana Wars" of the 1920s to the present day "War on Terror," Marine aviation has undergone a lengthy fine-tuning process not only in terms of warfare doctrines and tactics, but also in the types of aircraft needed to accomplish the mission. This comprehensive survey provides the history, technical specifications, drawings, and photographs of every type of fixed and rotary-wing aircraft used by Marine Air from its origins prior to World War I up to current operations.
Author : William M. Armstrong
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 36,40 MB
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 1467127434
The heroic actions of one marine group's impact on World War II is captured through testimony and nearly 200 rare and historic images. Marine Air Group 25 was a pioneering combat air transport unit that entered overseas service during the Guadalcanal campaign in September 1942, helping to achieve the first American offensive victory of the war in the Pacific. It quickly gained fame for its rapid delivery of vital supplies and its lifesaving evacuation of casualties. During the fight for Guadalcanal, Marine Air Group 25 became the nucleus of the joint-service SOPAC (South Pacific) Combat Air Transport Command, or SCAT, partnering with troop carrier and medical units of the US Army Air Forces. SCAT would continue to play a crucial role in subsequent Allied operations throughout the Solomon Islands, including the battles for New Georgia and Bougainville. After SCAT was dissolved in February 1945, Marine Air Group 25 continued its mission in the Philippines and then Northern China until being deactivated in 1946. In 1950, the group was reactivated, seeing further service during the Korean War.
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Page : 428 pages
File Size : 37,50 MB
Release : 1999
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Author : Thomas O'Hara
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 22,25 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738501864
Beskrivelse af US Marine Corps flyvestationen El Toro i Californien, USA.
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Page : 452 pages
File Size : 22,51 MB
Release : 1992
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Author : United States. Marine Corps
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Page : 346 pages
File Size : 14,17 MB
Release : 1979
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Author : Robert F. Dorr
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 47,82 MB
Release : 2007-01-02
Category : History
ISBN : 144062447X
Think of the U.S. Marines and you’ll naturally think of the peerless ground force that has always bravely answered America’s call to arms. But the Marines also have an air arm with a tradition every bit as proud and legendary as the ground infantry they support. Now, military historian Robert F. Dorr presents the first fully illustrated, oral history of the Marine Air Wing, and gives the “Flying Leathernecks” the recognition they deserve. When America entered World War I in 1917, the Marine Air Wing had only thirty-five aviators. During World War II, it expanded to sixty-one squadrons—twenty with at least one flying ace—and over 10,000 pilots. Marine Air is a long-overdue, illustrated history, filled with the Flying Leathernecks’ own words and packed with photographs, of the “the few, the proud” of the skies, and of their unwavering commitment to protecting their comrades on the ground, and to defending the country they have never let down—no matter what the odds.