Revolt of the Admirals
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The "Revolt of the Admirals" was a policy and funding dispute within the United States government during the Cold War in 1949, involving a number of retired and active duty United States Navy admirals
President Truman with Secretary of State Dean Acheson (left) and Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson (far right)
The Convair XB-36 Peacemaker bomber prototype dwarfs a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, the largest bomber of World War II.
President Harry S. Truman with Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington and Chief of Staff of the Air Force Hoyt Vandenberg
USS Midway in 1952
USS United States (CVA-58)
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USS United States was to be the lead ship of a new design of aircraft carrier. On 29 July 1948, President Harry Truman approved construction of five flush deck "supercarriers", for which funds had bee
Revolt of the Admirals
…the debate escalated from differences over strategy to the question of civilian control over the military. The cancellation of the aircraft carrier USS United States and accusations of impropriety by Johnson in regard to the purchase of the Convair B-36 Peacemaker bomber for the Air Force led to an investigation by…
Artist's rendering of the proposed USS United States handling McDonnell FH-1 Phantom fighters and Lockheed P2V-3C Neptune twin-engine bombers
A preliminary design model undergoing seakeeping tests in a water tank
Keelplate laid
Commencement of construction