The Aviation Magazine Volume 6, Issue 4, May 2015 Special Edition | Page 4
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This is our first special supplementary edition featuring a specific topic: Naval Aviation.
When most people think of the navy, they conjure an image of the classic man‐o‐war battleships from the
16th century or of the more modern dreadnaughts from the early 20th century when the navy ruled. A lot
has changed, especially during WWII and the subsequent years after that. Instead of heavy battle ships the
navies of the world focused more on smaller and quicker cruisers, destroyers, and to show their might on
aircraft carriers.
Every major power has an aircraft carrier these days, but the US Navy not only has the biggest but the larg‐
est quantity in its fleet, and by this fact also makes it most powerful one.
In this special issue The A viation Magazine is featuring the USS America LHA‐6, the latest
amphibious assault ship in the US Navy’s fleet, which is essentially a smaller aircraft carrier carrying part of
a US Marines expeditionary force into battle and putting them ashore with MV‐22 Osprey tilt‐rotor air‐
craft and helicopters supported by the AV‐8B Harrier and eventually by the F‐35B Lightning II aircraft and
helicopter gunships, and the USS Carl Vinson CVN‐70 which is a Nimitz class supercarrier in action in the
Persian Gulf area.
The images taken aboard USS Carl Vinson represent the typical day‐to‐day action that one can experience
being on the flight deck; bringing our readers “the closest as you can without being enlisted” visual experi‐
ence!
In addition, we feature the 2015 members of the US Navy's Blue Angels, one of the most famous and best
known demonstration teams in the world with a brief history and images from the past as well as current
images.
The US Navy and Marine Corps will demonstrate the tactical capabilities of the F/A‐18 Hornet and Super
Hornet, the AV‐8B Harrier II and the MV‐22 Osprey at a limited number of air shows this year. We've al‐
ready seen them in action at several air shows and give you previews of the action in our two TACDemo
articles.
With this special issue by The Aviation Magazine we wish to honour all naval aviators world‐
wide.