This up-to-date and expanded electronic book on four CD-ROMs has a comprehensive collection of military documents, publications, image files, photo galleries, and movie clips on America's fleet of aircraft carriers, along with the history of the carrier and the technology behind today's awesome machines. This extraordinary, encyclopedic collection of detailed material is heavily illustrated with color photographs, historical pictures, drawings, tables, and charts. In addition to over 40,000 pages reproduced with Adobe Acrobat, there are photo galleries with thousands of pictures, and five movie clips in MPG and MOV formats. Topics covered include: Carrier Strike Groups * Carrier Air Wings * Nimitz-class carriers (9 operational, 1 under construction) USS Nimitz (CVN 68), USS Eisenhower (CVN 69), USS Vinson (CVN 70), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), USS George Washington (CVN 73), USS Stennis (CVN 74), USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) (under construction, in service 2009). Earlier carriers still in active status: USS Enterprise, USS Kitty Hawk. Next generation of carrier, CVN 21, hull number CVN 78, the USS Gerald Ford, is slated to replace USS Enterprise in 2014. * Illustrated history of the Aircraft Carrier, beginning with the USS Langley (CV-1) * Space recovery for the early American space program splashdowns * The Forrestal Fire, 1967 - Heroes on the Deck * F/A-18 Hornet, F/A-14 Tomcat, EA-6B Prowler, S-3 Viking, all aircraft and weapons * Phalanx Close-in Weapons System * Commander, Naval Air Force, US Atlantic Fleet and Pacific Fleet * Air Test and Evaluation Squadron * Carrier Roadmap 2020 * Evolution of Aircraft Carriers * USS Reagan Under Construction * Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division * Naval Aviation Enterprise CNAF * History of Baby Flat Tops * History of U.S. Navy carriers in conflicts * Escort Carriers * Rainbow Wardrobe, colors worn by flight deck pers
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