Robert Dunn

Robert F. Dunn is a naval aviator who commanded a jet squadron in combat, the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga and the Naval Safety Center. His last Navy assignment was as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air Warfare. In retirement he served as Deputy Chairman of the NASA Aerospace Advisory Panel and Chairman of a GSA Blue Ribbon Panel to examine non-DOD government aircraft safety.

Articles by Robert Dunn

From Langley to Lincoln

Text by Vice Admiral Robert F. Dunn, U.S. Navy (Retired) and Art by R.G. Smith

April 1990

Two principal players in that history, team up for this portrait of the U.S. aircraft carrier.

The Spirit of Saratoga

By Vice Admiral Robert F. Dunn, U.S. Navy (Retired)

December 1997

On the 70th anniversary of the first aircraft carrier Saratoga, a former skipper of the second carrier by that name pays tribute to all the Saras in U.S. naval history.

The Bomb and I

By Vice Admiral Robert F. Dunn, U.S. Navy (Retired)

October 2000

Throughout the Cold War, naval aviators trained to drop nukes—fortunately, it never came to that.

70 Years in the Taiwan Strait

By Vice Admiral Robert Dunn, U.S. Navy (Retired)

November 2021

The U.S. Navy and other nation’s ships have been transiting the Taiwan Strait for years.

Navy Air Strike North Vietnam

By Vice Admiral Robert F. Dunn, U.S. Navy (Retired)

December 2015

Dodging SAMs by pulling high ‘Gs,’ and weaving and jinking to avoid antiaircraft fire were key survival skills for the pilots of Operation Rolling Thunder.

Book Reviews

Reviewed by Vice Admiral Robert F. Dunn, U.S. Navy (Retired), Dr. Herman J. Viola, Commander Tyrone G. Martin, U.S. Navy (Retired), & Thomas B. Allen

February 2004

All the Factors of Victory: Admiral Joseph Mason Reeves and the Origins of Carrier Airpower Thomas Wildenberg. Washington, DC: Brassey’s, 2003. 326 pp. Photos. Bib. Index. $27.50. Reviewed by Vice ...