Military Aviation in the Gulf South: A Photographic History by Caire, Vincent P.
Military Aviation in the Gulf South: A Photographic History by Caire, Vincent P.

Military Aviation in the Gulf South: A Photographic History

In 1914, the U.S. Navy established its first air station in Pensacola, Florida. Two years later, the...
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Military Aviation in the Gulf South: A Photographic History by Caire, Vincent P.

Military Aviation in the Gulf South: A Photographic History

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Military Aviation in the Gulf South: A Photographic History by Caire, Vincent P.

Military Aviation in the Gulf South: A Photographic History

BD$60.12
Author: Vincent P. Caire
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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In 1914, the U.S. Navy established its first air station in Pensacola, Florida. Two years later, the U.S. Army, after training its pilots in the skies of Texas, conducted its first combat flights. In the decades that followed and through World War II, the Gulf South welcomed over two hundred air bases and Naval air stations. By the close of the twentieth century these installations had fostered critical advances in pilot training, producing many of the most acclaimed military personnel to take to the skies. Vincent P. Caire's authoritative and inspiring photographic survey recognizes Gulf South aviation heroes like Brig. Gen. Claire Chennault and honors the role of key southern military air facilities like Eglin and Maxwell Air Force bases.

For more than a hundred years, the Gulf South--defined here as Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas--has supported advancement in every branch of military aviation, contributing both technical prowess and fearless pilots to U.S. forces. Through many never-before-published photographs and an informative text, Military Aviation in the Gulf South celebrates these achievements, including the massive expansion of aviation in World War II, establishment of training facilities for officers--including Hollywood stars and the Tuskegee airmen--and commissioning of the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron. Caire's comprehensive history also highlights innovation--such as the designs of Lt. Harold L. Clark for Randolph Air Force Base--and sacrifice, like that of World War I pilot 2nd Lt. Samuel Keesler, the namesake of the Biloxi, Mississippi, base.

For generations of servicemen and women, their families, and the local civilian communities that support them, Military Aviation in the Gulf South pays tribute to the enduring impact of the region's aviation programs on America's security and the defense of freedom worldwide.

Author: Vincent P. Caire
Publisher: LSU Press
Published: 10/10/2016
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 9.80h x 10.21w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780807164112

About the Author

VINCENT P. CAIRE, writer and producer of the public television documentary film Sky Riders: Louisiana's Aviation Pioneers, is the author of Louisiana Aviation: An Extraordinary History in Photographs. He has also contributed to Air and Space Smithsonian magazine and Aviation International News, among other publications. In 1986, Caire earned his private pilot's license at New Orleans Lakefront "Shushan" Airport and now serves as director of the Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport.


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