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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060

Historical Data on Naval Aviation

• U.S. Navy Squadron Designations and Abbreviations
• U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Aces
• Repositories with Naval Aviation Records (download as .pdf file)
• Naval Aviation's Involvement in the Berlin Airlift
• Naval Aviation Monographs (a short book, article or paper written on a particular subject)
• Naval Aviation Books (published by the Naval Aviation History Branch)
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The following data files on Naval Aviation are excerpts from the book United States Naval Aviation 1910-1995. They are in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format and include photographs.

• The History of Naval Aviator and Naval Aviation Pilot Designations and Numbers, The Training of Naval Aviators and the Number Trained (Designated) (700 kb file)
• Aviation Commands (186 kb file)
• Aviation Ships (288 kb file)
• Aircraft on Hand (27 kb file)
• Aircraft Designations and Popular Names (218 kb file)
• Combat Aircraft Procured (98 kb file)
• Transport and Training Aircraft (202 kb file)
• Naval Helicopters (63 kb file)
• Bureau (Serial) Numbers of Naval Aircraft (340 kb file)
• Aviation Personnel on Active Duty (22 kb file)
• Navy and Marine Corps Air Stations and Fields Named for Naval Aviators and Others (38 kb file)
• Ships Named for Naval Aviators (39 kb file)
• Medal of Honor Awards in Naval Aviation (41 kb file)
• Aviation Ratings (61 kb file)
• Evolution of Carrier Air Groups and Wings (49 kb file)
• U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Squadron Designations and Abbreviations (114 kb file)
• The Navy in Space (122 kb file)
• Honorary Naval Aviator Designations (106 kb file)
• Naval Aviation Hall of Honor (19 kb file)
• Evolution of Navy Wings (314 kb file)
• List of Naval Aviation Drones and Missiles (51 kb file)
• U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Aces (42 kb file)
• Visual Identification System for Naval Aircraft (Tail Codes) (116 kb file)
• Current Squadron Lineage List (How to Trace Squadron Lineage) (56 kb file)
• Carrier, Carrier Based Squadrons and Non-Carrier Based Squadron Deployments During the Korean War (36 kb file)
• Carrier, Carrier Based Squadrons and Non-Carrier Based Squadron Deployments to Vietnam (139 kb file)
• Grenada Combat Operations (25 October-2 November 1983 (22 kb file)
• Carrier Squadrons and Non-Carrier Based Squadrons Involved in 1986 Libyan Operations (24 March-15 April 1986) (76 kb file)
• Naval Aviation Units Involved in the Persian Gulf War (16 January-27 February 1991) (21 kb file)
• List of Early Naval Jet Pilots (81 kb file)
• List of Early Helicopter Pilots (92 kb file)
• Gray Eagle Award (84 kb file)
• List of Navy and Marine Corps Shoot Downs Since 1950 (65 kb file)
• Cold War Incidents Involving U.S. Navy Aircraft (24 kb file)

Certain files now are being saved and made available to you in Adobe's "Portable Document Format" (.pdf) which preserves formatting and greatly compresses their size for quicker downloading. You will need the Acrobat Reader, downloadable free from Adobe, to view them. Note: You must use Adobe's Acrobat Reader 3.01 or greater for successful viewing of .pdf files from the book United States Naval Aviation 1910-1995.

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5 June 2000