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Podcast: Ready 4 Pushback
Episode: Ep. 244 Wrenches, Waves, and Warbirds: Maintaining Naval Air Dominance in WWII
Description: Welcome back to Ready 4 Pushback! Host Nik Fialka welcomes Stan Fisher — Naval Academy professor, PhD, aviator, and author of Sustaining the Carrier War — for a deep dive into the untold story of aircraft maintenance during World War II. Together, they explore how the U.S. Navy transformed from a fledgling aviation force in the 1930s into a dominant carrier-based power in the Pacific. Stan takes us beyond dogfights and carrier landings to uncover the vast network of training schools, technical manuals, and industrial support that made sustained naval airpower possible in the Pacific theater. From corrosion control and carrier oper...