Defense Media Network, in conjunction with the Navy League Hampton Roads Council, announces a special publication to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of naval aviation – Airpower at Sea: A Century of U.S. Naval Aviation.

This special collector’s edition has been published in partnership with the Navy League of the United States Hampton Roads Council, based in Norfolk, Va., and home of the U.S. Navy’s Norfolk Naval Station. The expertly researched naval publication is authored by some of the leading experts in naval aviation, including Frank Colucci, Robert F. Dorr, Norman Friedman, George Galdorisi, John Gresham, Robert R. “Boom” Powell, Eric Tegler, J.R. Wilson, and Dwight Jon Zimmerman. Stories cover the history of naval aviation; the transition from propellers to jets; aviators’ nicknames for aircraft; naval aviators in space; naval helicopters; aircraft carrier development; the Blue Angels; the future of naval aviation; and more.

The publication also includes exclusive interviews with Vice Adm. David Architzel, Commander Naval Air Systems; Lt. Gen. Terry Robling, Deputy Commandant for Aviation, USMC; Vice Adm. John Currier, senior aviator and Chief of Staff, USCG; Tom Burbage, Lockheed Martin vice president for F-35 Program Integration, Mike Petters, president Huntington Ingalls Industries, and Matthew Moffit, vice president for Navy Systems, Boeing.

DMN members have unlimited access to the digital version here.

This publication is not for sale to the general public – it is only available at approved centennial events and to senior U.S. Navy personnel. However, the publisher has reserved a few hundred copies for advance purchase exclusively by DMN members.

DMN members are eligible to buy an advanced copy NOW at the special price of only $9.95 plus $4.95 S&H (U.S. and Canada only). Offers expires June 30.

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