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During the Pacific War, Imperial Japan built its early air superiority on extreme maneuverability and turning combat. American pilots learned quickly that matching this doctrine meant death.
From the hard lessons of 1942 to the decisive arrival of the F6F Hellcat, the United States shifted the air war from agility to energy, firepower, radar coordination, and industrial dominance.

By refusing turning fights and exploiting speed, armor, and altitude, US naval aviation dismantled Japanese air power — culminating in the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot, where disciplined tactics and superior logistics decided the outcome of the Pacific air war.

This is not a story of individual heroics — but of doctrine, engineering, and adaptation winning a modern war.

📚 HISTORICAL REFERENCES (Verified & Reliable)

John B. Lundstrom, The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway — Naval Institute Press

John B. Lundstrom, The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign — Naval Institute Press

Norman Friedman, U.S. Naval Weapons and Fighters Over the Fleet — Naval Institute Press

U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, WWII aircraft performance reports (1942–1945)

Samuel Eliot Morison, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II — Volumes IV–XIII

Richard B. Frank, Guadalcanal — Penguin Books

Jonathan Parshall & Anthony Tully, Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway — Potomac Books

Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) archival combat reports and after-action summaries

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