American naval aviation drew on more than one institutional doctrine. For land-based patrol aviation, the US Navy and US Coast Guard developed similar but distinct approaches to long-range operations over the sea. Aboard carriers, the Navy and Marine Corps also brought different methods. Their eventual fusion gave US doctrine contrasting foundations and a wider pool of operational ideas.
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US naval aviation doctrine fused Navy, Marine, and Coast Guard experience
The closing preview identifies separate institutional strands behind American carrier and land-based maritime-air doctrine before their fusion.