Author: Air Force Association
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1563114097
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Air Force Fifty
Author: Air Force Association
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1563114097
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1563114097
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Air Force
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
A Concise History of the U.S. Air Force
Author: Stephen Lee McFarland
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
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.
Air Force Fifty
Author: Air Force Association. Anchorage Chapter
Publisher:
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Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Air Force Combat Units of World War II
Author: Maurer Maurer
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428915850
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428915850
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Air Force
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1
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United States Air Force 50th Anniversary
Author: United States. Air Force. Air Combat Command
Publisher:
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Category : Aerial reconnaissance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Aerial reconnaissance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Dedicated Citizen Airmen
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
The Air Force Turns 50
Author: Baker Spring
Publisher:
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Category : Air defenses
Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Air defenses
Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
Fifty Shades of Friction
Author: Mark Clodfelter
Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160934803
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160934803
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description