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Take the Long Range Strike Aircraft Out Your Carrier

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USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) approach, 1970s. USN photo, licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

My latest at the Diplomat looks at one of the more impressive recent salvos in the ongoing Carrier Wars:

Jerry Hendrix traces the history of the carrier air wing, with emphasis on how the World War II experience led American naval aviators to appreciate the need for long range attack aircraft. Especially late in the war, the effectiveness of Japanese land-based kamikaze aircraft helped create interest in longer range attack planes, which in turn drove an increase in deck and ship size. This culminated in the mid-1970s, when US carrier wings could boast the long-range F-14 interceptor and the A-6 strike aircraft, as well as organic aerial refueling capabilities.

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