air warfare Flashcards
AW
Air Warfare
SUW
Surface Warfare
ASW
AntiSub Warfare
CAS
Close Air Support
SAR/CSAR
combat search and rescue
C5I
command, control, communication, computers. combat systems, and intellegence
LOG
logistics support operations
ISR
Intel, Surveilance, and reconnaissance
MIW
Mine warfare
STW
Strike Warfare
First Pilot to successfully land and take off an aircraft on deck of a ship
took of on?
Eugene Ely on USS Birmingham
First Naval Station was in
Annapolis at Greenbury Point in 1911
First Aircraft Carrier
USS Langley
CVN-68 Nimitz
superstructure location? weapons? aircraft it can carry? crew size?
2/3 from bow to stern
CWIS, NATO, RAM
60 aircraft
3000 total / 1500 air / 500 other
CVN-78 Ford
superstructure location? weapon? aircraft it can carry? crew size? ship?
aft superstructure
Evolved NATO, CWIS, RAM, and small weapons
70
2600 total / 2480 air
25 ft longer and 1106 ft