Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Carrier Air Wings

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  1. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    3:14:39From S-2 Tracker to S-3 Viking and helicoptersQ&A
  2. How many Warships does your Navy need?
    1:14:46Carrier air wings are the US Navy's hidden bottleneckChapter
  3. Izumo Class; Building for the future or planned preperation?
    35:10Building a sustainable Izumo air groupChapter
  4. Izumo Class; Building for the future or planned preperation?
    37:52Airborne early warning is the next carrier enablerNotable Point
  5. J-15 Flying Shark; The Foundation of a New Era
    0:46Why the J-15 matters as China's first carrier fighterChapter
  6. J-15 Flying Shark; The Foundation of a New Era
    6:50Organic air defense for Chinese carrier groupsNotable Point
  7. J-15 Flying Shark; The Foundation of a New Era
    12:41J-15 variants and the two-seat electronic-warfare roleChapter
  8. J-15 Flying Shark; The Foundation of a New Era
    45:32Electronic warfare, CAP packages, and air-group depthNotable Point
  9. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:08:09Why an A-6 cannot be judged apart from its air wingQ&A
  10. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:11:19Should an interceptor attack the Intruder or its Tomcat escort?Q&A
  11. Grumman A6 Intruder: Utilty Bomb Truck that gave Aircraft Carriers Reach, Punch & Flexibility
    0:00The Intruder as the carrier air wing's long-range punchChapter
  12. Grumman A6 Intruder: Utilty Bomb Truck that gave Aircraft Carriers Reach, Punch & Flexibility
    18:48Five hardpoints built for heavy ordnanceChapter
  13. Grumman A6 Intruder: Utilty Bomb Truck that gave Aircraft Carriers Reach, Punch & Flexibility
    22:34Reassembling the Intruder's attack package with modern aircraftNotable Point
  14. Grumman A6 Intruder: Utilty Bomb Truck that gave Aircraft Carriers Reach, Punch & Flexibility
    32:11The A-6F and a mixed common-engine air wingChapter
  15. Grumman A6 Intruder: Utilty Bomb Truck that gave Aircraft Carriers Reach, Punch & Flexibility
    34:17Specialisation versus air-wing commonalityChapter
  16. Grumman A6 Intruder: Utilty Bomb Truck that gave Aircraft Carriers Reach, Punch & Flexibility
    38:21Utility aircraft make the carrier system workChapter
  17. Grumman A6 Intruder: Utilty Bomb Truck that gave Aircraft Carriers Reach, Punch & Flexibility
    40:29A carrier is only as flexible as the air wing it sustainsNotable Point
  18. Grumman A6 Intruder: Utilty Bomb Truck that gave Aircraft Carriers Reach, Punch & Flexibility
    42:33Why warfare demands adaptable aircraft typesNotable Point
  19. Grumman A6 Intruder: Utilty Bomb Truck that gave Aircraft Carriers Reach, Punch & Flexibility
    45:09Fixed-wing consolidation as a test of war preparationNotable Point
  20. Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s
    33:22Why useful carrier drone pools must be largeNotable Point
  21. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:54:01A modern carrier rearmed with 1942 aircraftQ&A
  22. Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat
    33:30TARPS turns the Tomcat into the Navy's reconnaissance aircraftChapter
  23. Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat
    42:22Desert Storm, later wars, and the path to retirementChapter
  24. Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat
    43:14The post-Cold War budget paradigm turns against specialistsNotable Point
  25. Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat
    48:01Specialist aircraft versus one-airframe efficiencyChapter
  26. Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat
    48:23The Swordfish and the recurring one-airframe temptationNotable Point
  27. Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat
    50:47A carrier's aircraft mix sets its practical capabilitiesNotable Point
  28. Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat
    53:40A Super Tomcat would impose fleet-wide opportunity costsNotable Point
  29. How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?
    2:47:29How F-35A orders narrow Britain's carrier aircraft poolNotable Point
  30. Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:03:02Why carrier air wings moved away from dedicated strike aircraftQ&A
  31. Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:11:41How a naval F-22 could reshape the carrier air wingQ&A
  32. What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?
    58:18A carrier is a support node, not a substitute for its escortsNotable Point
  33. Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:37:01Low observability in future carrier aircraftQ&A
  34. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:56:29Why a light carrier needs more aircraft than its patrolNotable Point
  35. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    1:25:25Carrier endurance depends on logistics and adaptationNotable Point
  36. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    1:27:22Uncrewed aircraft size still depends on the missionNotable Point
  37. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    1:30:00The carrier debate is also an air-wing and maintenance debateChapter
  38. So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 3
    4:48Air-group size, sortie cycles, and human limitsNotable Point
  39. So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 3
    1:01:42Why larger US carriers gain operating efficiencyChapter
  40. So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 3
    1:03:07How eighteen aircraft sustain a combat air patrolNotable Point
  41. So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!
    1:30An aircraft carrier carries the support facilities of an advanced air baseChapter
  42. So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!
    8:00Air-group size determines how much of the carrier's force a strike consumesNotable Point
  43. So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!
    1:19:10Shore air bases sustain carrier aircraft and retain their crewsChapter
  44. So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!
    1:23:20Experience turns training into carrier aviation capabilityNotable Point
  45. Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...
    1:19:08Why the E-2 Hawkeye did not need external drop tanksQ&A
  46. Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...
    3:14:26Why ninety aircraft marks a practical upper carrier air wingQ&A
  47. Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...
    4:29:14Catapult type does not determine carrier sizeQ&A
  48. Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!
    3:14:10Why the US Navy is likely to retain supercarriersQ&A
  49. The Plane as imagined by a 5yr old! The A5 Vigilante - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 10
    29:09Why carrier air-wing arithmetic retired the specialist VigilanteChapter
  50. The Plane as imagined by a 5yr old! The A5 Vigilante - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 10
    31:54The Swordfish and Skua as carrier multirole precedentsNotable Point
  51. Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song
    13:50A surviving CVA-01 fleet into the F-35 eraQ&A
  52. Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!
    9:10A carrier as an enabler, command ship, and national symbolNotable Point
  53. Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!
    35:36Rafales, helicopters, and space for troopsChapter
  54. Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!
    40:10Early operating experience and covering allied carrier gapsNotable Point
  55. Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!
    43:11Why France used American carrier-training facilitiesNotable Point
  56. Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!
    51:53Using three Rafale squadrons to sustain one carrierNotable Point
  57. Scuttlebutt 6: Responding to some History Hot Takes...
    12:37Why carrier personnel totals can disagreeQ&A
  58. Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carriers: Smoking the Mazut
    37:29Su-33s, MiG-29Ks, and the path to China's J-15Chapter
  59. Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carriers: Smoking the Mazut
    41:02Carrier capacity reveals the real demand for naval fightersNotable Point
  60. Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carriers: Smoking the Mazut
    43:59Helicopters extend carrier warning and rescue coverageChapter
  61. The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin
    30:30Carrier size, hangar volume, and future growthChapter
  62. The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin
    33:01The practical limits of tailored carrier air groupsNotable Point
  63. The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin
    35:08Falklands: when air control displaces amphibious liftChapter
  64. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    3:47Why cheaper sea-control carriers could not replace a supercarrierNotable Point
  65. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    38:02The scale and machinery behind a 100,000-ton carrierChapter
  66. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    48:17An aviation-first ship depends on escort depthNotable Point
  67. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    1:03:03The Cold War air wing’s layered specialist capabilitiesChapter
  68. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    1:08:02Modern air wings trade specialists for fewer aircraft typesChapter
  69. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    1:13:18Air-wing commonality can sacrifice specialist performanceNotable Point
  70. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    1:15:49Long-range specialists enlarge the ocean an enemy must searchNotable Point
  71. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    1:34:01The war on terror validates mobility but narrows combat experienceChapter
  72. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    2:05:59A historic class unlikely to leave a museum shipNotable Point
  73. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    2:17:56Design exercise: build a 2030s Nimitz carrier groupNotable Point
  74. Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...
    18:11Why a carrier's air group needs depthChapter
  75. Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...
    20:52A reserve fleet must be ready to surgeNotable Point
  76. Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...
    21:36Why a tailored air wing can become a trapNotable Point
  77. Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...
    33:40The carrier as a mobile airbase and command centreNotable Point
  78. Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...
    39:08A modular helicopter concept for carrier flexibilityNotable Point
  79. Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...
    40:45Designing carriers for larger future aircraftChapter
  80. Finding Forrestal Class... The First Supercarriers...
    22:50Air-group capacity depends on deck arrangementChapter
  81. Finding Forrestal Class... The First Supercarriers...
    26:29Forrestal enters service as a diplomatic presenceChapter
  82. Finding Forrestal Class... The First Supercarriers...
    38:26Multiple carriers concentrate air power and mutual supportChapter
  83. Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!
    25:50Deck and hangar capacity in US carrier doctrineNotable Point
  84. French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons
    41:37How modern French naval aviation groups its operating forcesChapter
  85. USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues
    20:43From carrier groups to wings and uncrewed aircraftNotable Point
  86. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    2:19:22What an FB-111-derived carrier bomber would emphasizeQ&A
  87. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    3:38:16Why an Invincible could operate only a small F-35 forceQ&A
  88. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    36:02The Audacious-class Ark Royal as a Cold War centerpieceChapter
  89. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    38:06The carrier as a reloadable air-defence and strike hubChapter
  90. Thoughts on Problems for Future of Strategy from a Naval Historian
    43:36Star Destroyers, battleships, and carrier rangeNotable Point
  91. CVA-58 USS United States: Range upon Range - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 1
    15:03Strike range as pressure on Soviet fleet developmentNotable Point
  92. CVA-58 USS United States: Range upon Range - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 1
    16:48Why carrier aircraft still matter beside missilesNotable Point
  93. CVA-58 USS United States: Range upon Range - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 1
    20:00CVA-58's scale and strike-escort air groupNotable Point
  94. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    3:51:14Why large carriers generate air power more efficientlyQ&A
  95. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    3:53:45How an 18-aircraft pool sustains four fighters on patrolNotable Point
  96. Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover
    12:07Nuclear carrier costs and air-wing optionsNotable Point
  97. Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build
    2:47:29Crewed and uncrewed carrier aircraft mixQ&A
  98. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    3:22:05How a Malta-class carrier might lose its twin islandsQ&A
  99. Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations
    1:42:59How to classify the Queen Elizabeth classQ&A
  100. Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations
    1:52:12Where the Cavour class fits among carrier typesQ&A
  101. Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations
    1:54:28A practical carrier classification by air-group sizeNotable Point
  102. Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations
    1:59:46Why strike drones do not erase carrier size limitsQ&A
  103. Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today
    32:02Why three CATOBAR carriers can be easier to sustain than twoNotable Point
  104. Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...
    2:38:08Why U.S. Marines valued British carrier deploymentsQ&A
  105. Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)
    3:11:31Carrier crew size reflects the operating modelQ&A
  106. British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper
    32:52Carrier capacity without a full British air wingNotable Point
  107. Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?
    3:11:14Why depleted carrier air groups cannot simply reinforce EuropeQ&A
  108. Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans
    38:40Carrier air wings and loyal-wingman tradeoffsQ&A
  109. Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...
    34:40Balancing carrier air groups and shore trainingQ&A
  110. Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books
    2:51:22Why carrier capability evolves through the air groupQ&A
  111. Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books
    3:08:48Why carrier value follows the air group and global missionQ&A
  112. Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A
    1:42:22Carrier air wings lost range when specialist aircraft disappearedQ&A