Title: Aircraft carrier requirements and strategy, 1977-2001 /
Authors: Peeks, Ryan; Naval History & Heritage Command (U.S.)
Year: 2020
Subjects: United States. Aviation History; United States. Procurement History; United States. Appropriations and expenditures History; United States. Operational readiness History; United States.; United States.; Aircraft carriers United States History; Naval strategy History; Aircraft carriers; Armed Forces Appropriations and expenditures; Armed Forces Aviation; Armed Forces Operational readiness; Armed Forces Procurement; Naval strategy; United States
Abstract: "This publication looks at aircraft carrier requirements in the U.S. Navy between 1977 and 2001, covering the Carter, Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Clinton Presidential administrations. It examines the process by which the Navy, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Joint Staff, Congress, and Presidential administrations determined how many aircraft carriers the Navy needed, how to pay for and build those carriers, and what to do with those vessels once they were in service. Taking this wider view of defense resourcing and planning will allow readers to see how the Navy fit in the wider national security picture"--