![]() ![]() ![]() In addition, the need to sustain carrier air power over a landmass for extended periods imposed command and logistical burdens.Ĭarrier aircraft flew deep support missions attacked supply lines roamed over enemy territory for targets of opportunity bombed bridges interdicted highways and railroads attacked refineries, railroad yards, and hydroelectric plants and escorted land-based bombers on special missions. The seesaw clashes on the ground during the first six months of the war demanded flexibility of force. The introduction of jet aircraft created a composite force in which either jet or propeller-driven aircraft that differed in performance characteristics, maintenance requirements, and tactical applications equipped comparable commands. New weapons and equipment had not been fully integrated and tactical doctrine and operating techniques for their employment were still under development. Successive budgetary decreases had reduced the size of the service, and a reorganization of operating forces to keep them within the prescribed limits had begun. The establishment of the National Military Establishment in 1947 and its reorganization in 1949, when it was renamed the Department of Defense, required adjustments that had not been completed by the outbreak of war. The outbreak of the Korean War caught naval aviation in the midst of transition. ![]()
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