Gear Up, Mishaps Down: The Evolution of Naval Aviation Safety, 1950-2000 - Paperbackby Estate Of Robert F. Dunn (Author) Fewer than five years after naval aviation led the forces that defeated Imperial Japan, that very organization was in serious trouble. The force had been drastically reduced and, despite the Korean War, growing sentiment supported by no less than the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff argued that the new Air Force could do anything that might be required of naval aviation. Meanwhile, the Navy's mishap rate