Blunt and direct in manner, Saville had been an outspoken proponent of tactical aviation in the 1930s against a brotherhood of airmen who promoted strategic bombing.
This loose-deuce fighting formation has worked for two generations of Navy pilots, and it's still the best approach in tactical aviation.
Dunedin and Strong had assembled a good group, he concluded, officers with excellent though varied backgrounds, from all over tactical naval aviation.
Continued analyses have established that there is no viable alternative to the warfighting prowess of sea-based tactical aviation embarked in large-deck carriers.
Third year, which includes training on a simulator, mountainous and low training, in addition to aviation, tactical and night aviation.
Despite their fractious relationship, Mitchell and Foulois were of one mind on the necessity of forming an "air force" to centralize control over tactical aviation.
This includes motor vehicle support, mobile electric power, heavy equipment, tactical aviation refueling, essential runway services, and second echelon maintenance.
They had been destroyed by our tactical aviation before they ever got up.
He taught tactical aviation and salvaged damaged aircraft, some of which he would go on to purchase himself and later sell.
Its primary tasking is to provide tactical aviation to the army.