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United States Air Force History
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language : en
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Release Date : 1973
United States Air Force History written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Government publications categories.
Abstract : This guide seeks to aid scholars and researchers to locate collections of primary and secondary documents on the Air Force. The first part deals with official Air Force depositories, which are essential to the historian writing about its operations worldwide. The second part describes the equally important collections of the National Archives and its depositories, including the pertinent papers in the Presidential Libraries. The third part covers university and college collections of personal papers of various military and civilian leaders, as well as other documents, which deal with the Air Force. Other governmental depositories-federal, state, and local-plus a number of private collections where Air Force material may be found are listed in part four. Finally, the last section describes a variety of other collections where primary and secondary materials on military, naval, and civil aviation-which directly or indirectly have impinged on the development of the Air Force-may be found.
Makers Of The United States Air Force
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Author : John L. Frisbee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Makers Of The United States Air Force written by John L. Frisbee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Aeronautics, Military categories.
This volume commemorates the contributions of twelve officers who played important roles in the building of our Air Force.
A Concise History Of The U S Air Force
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Author : Stephen Lee McFarland
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 1997
A Concise History Of The U S Air Force written by Stephen Lee McFarland and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
Except in a few instances, since World War II no American soldier or sailor has been attacked by enemy air power. Conversely, no enemy soldier orsailor has acted in combat without being attacked or at least threatened by American air power. Aviators have brought the air weapon to bear against enemies while denying them the same prerogative. This is the legacy of the U.S. AirForce, purchased at great cost in both human and material resources.More often than not, aerial pioneers had to fight technological ignorance, bureaucratic opposition, public apathy, and disagreement over purpose.Every step in the evolution of air power led into new and untrodden territory, driven by humanitarian impulses; by the search for higher, faster, and farther flight; or by the conviction that the air way was the best way. Warriors have always coveted the high ground. If technology permitted them to reach it, men, women andan air force held and exploited it-from Thomas Selfridge, first among so many who gave that "last full measure of devotion"; to Women's Airforce Service Pilot Ann Baumgartner, who broke social barriers to become the first Americanwoman to pilot a jet; to Benjamin Davis, who broke racial barriers to become the first African American to command a flying group; to Chuck Yeager, a one-time non-commissioned flight officer who was the first to exceed the speed of sound; to John Levitow, who earned the Medal of Honor by throwing himself over a live flare to save his gunship crew; to John Warden, who began a revolution in air power thought and strategy that was put to spectacular use in the Gulf War.Industrialization has brought total war and air power has brought the means to overfly an enemy's defenses and attack its sources of power directly. Americans have perceived air power from the start as a more efficient means of waging war and as a symbol of the nation's commitment to technology to master challenges, minimize casualties, and defeat adversaries.
United States Air Force History Publications
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
United States Air Force History Publications written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Military history categories.
Publications
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Author : United States. Air Force. Office of Air Force History
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Publications written by United States. Air Force. Office of Air Force History and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with categories.
A Concise History Of The U S Air Force
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Author : Stephen L. McFarland
language : en
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Release Date : 1997
A Concise History Of The U S Air Force written by Stephen L. McFarland and has been published by Government Printing Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with categories.
Except in a few instances, since World War II no American soldier or sailor has been attacked by enemy air power. Conversely, no enemy soldier or sailor has acted in combat without being attacked or at least threatened by American air power. Aviators have brought the air weapon to bear against enemies while denying them the same prerogative. This is the legacy of the U.S. Air Force, purchased at great cost in both human and material resources. More often than not, aerial pioneers had to fight technological ignorance, bureaucratic opposition, public apathy, and disagreement over purpose. Every step in the evolution of air power led into new and untrodden territory, driven by humanitarian impulses; by the search for higher, faster, and farther flight; or by the conviction that the air way was the best way. Warriors have always coveted the high ground. If technology permitted them to reach it, men, women, and an Air Force held and exploited it -- from Thomas Selfridge, first among so many who gave that "last full measure of devotion"; to Women's Air Force Service Pilot Ann Baumgartner, who broke social barriers to become the first American woman to pilot a jet; to Benjamin Davis, who broke racial barriers to become the first African American to command a flying group; to Chuck Yeager, a one-time noncommissioned flight officer who was the first to exceed the speed of sound; to John Warden, who began a revolution in air power thought and strategy that was put to spectacular use in the Gulf War. This book provides a short history of military air power in the United States from the Civil War to the Persian Gulf War. Chapters are as follows: The Genesis of American Air Power; Trial and Error in World War I; Interwar Doctrine, Organization, and Technology; World War II -- Global Conflict; Air Power in the Nuclear Age; Limited War in Korea; The "New Look" Air Force; Flexible Response and Vietnam; The Cold War Concluded; Air Power Triumphant -- The Gulf War; and The Future7.
The United States Air Force Basic Documents On Roles And Missions
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Author : United States. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE. OFFICE OF AIR FORCE HISTORY.
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 1987
The United States Air Force Basic Documents On Roles And Missions written by United States. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE. OFFICE OF AIR FORCE HISTORY. and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with categories.
The United States Air Force Centennial Of Flight Office Presents Significant Events In Air Force History
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Author : Phillip S. Meilinger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
The United States Air Force Centennial Of Flight Office Presents Significant Events In Air Force History written by Phillip S. Meilinger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Aeronautics, Military categories.
United States Air Force History
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Author : Carl Berger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
United States Air Force History written by Carl Berger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with categories.
Air Force
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Author : Chester G. Hearn
language : en
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Air Force written by Chester G. Hearn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with History categories.
From its beginnings in 1907 as the Aeronautical Division of U.S. Armys Signal Corps, which consisted of one officer and two enlisted men, the United States Air Force has grown to become the foremost aerial armed force in the world. Although they had to fly French and British planes as the fledgling army aeronautical bureaucracy failed to procure any combat-worthy American aircraft, which arguably did not exist, American aviators performed valiantly in World War I with intrepid pilots of the such as Eddie Rickenbacker and Frank Luke leading the way. Between the wars, all of aviation, commercial and military around the world grew by leaps and bounds as the numbers of aircraft in service and their capabilities tremendously increased. Although the Army Air Corps, as it was known at the time, was no better prepared for World War II than the rest of the army, it had developed a highly professional corps of experienced officers who would be able to take advantage of the latest American aircraft technology such as the B-17 Flying Fortress and the P-51 Mustang. With the end of the war and the creation of an independent armed force in 1947, the United States Air Force leapt into the jet age with such icons as the F-86 Sabre and the remarkable B-52 Stratofortress, which "soldiers" on today more than fifty years after going into service in 1955 and with the youngest of the 744 plane production run being forty years old, having been built in 1962.Air Force covers the entire history of the U.S. Air Force and its development from its beginnings early in the last century to becoming the worlds largest, most powerful, and most versatile air-combat force. Special attention is paid to the air forces recent, post-Vietnam history, and an entire chapter is devoted to Americas air force of the future.