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...This study examines the development of military night aviation from its origins through the First World War. Emphasis is on the evolution of night flying in those countries which fought on the Western Front, namely France, Germany, Great Britain, and the United St...

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...Catalogiing-in-Publication DataFischer, William Edward . The development of military night aviation to 1919 / William Edward Fischer, Jr. p. cm I... ...Publication DataFischer, William Edward . The development of military night aviation to 1919 / William Edward Fischer, Jr. p. cm Includes bibliog... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Military Applications . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Military Trials of Airships . . . . . . . . .... ... . . . . . . . . 44 Changes in French Aviation . . . . . . . . . . 49 Britain... ... Page French Bombardment Aviation Reorganization . . . . . . . .... ... . . . . . . , . . , , . , . 123 6 Sketch Showing Wing Tip and Parachute Flare Use for Night ... ... in Europe, Northern Bombing Group, Night Wing . . . . . . 60 10 Comparison of All... ... in Conjunction with RNAS No. 3 (N) Wing, October-December 1916 . . . . . . . ...

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...gress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Whitcomb. Edgar D. On Celestial Wings / Edgar D. Whitcomb. p. cm. Includes bibliographical referen... ... v Foreword In November 1940, 44 young military cadets graduated from the first Army Air CorpsNavigational Class a... ...Corps saw the essential requirement fortrained celestial navigators in our military aircraft. The instructor for this navigational class was a 34-yea... ...ft as they sat parked atClark Field when the Japanese destroyed that vital military air base on the afternoon of 8December 1941. CHARLES J. MOTT, Col... ...they struggled with the intricacies of celestial navigation. On Celestial Wings tells of the development of the first program to mass produce celesti... ...reCharles J. Lunn and Fred Noonan. The latter name is indelibly written in aviation history as thenavigator who accompanied Amelia Earhart on her ill-... ... two days as a technical advisor in a short that they are filming here “Wings of Steel...” Last night they invited me to a big party at the old ... ...eneralin August 1941 was entitled, “Plan for the Employment of Bombardment Aviation in theDefense of Oahu.” The report was uncanny. It predicted that ... ...was there. He could have been taken for a movie actor in one of the early aviation movies. He was tall,handsome, and soft-spoken, with dark hair and ...

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...This paper presents an historical account of the operations of United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) special operations units in the French campaign of 1944. The purpose of this paper is two-fold. First, it is intended to be a brief history of the creation, development and combat record ...

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...nse. In accordance withAir Force Regulation 110-8, it is not copyrighted, but is the property of the United StatesGovernment A... ...t ABSTRACT This paper presents an historical account of the operations of United States Army AirForces (USAAF) special oper... ...attack the Germans in north-west Europe. Britishmilitary weakness in the face of overwhelming German military might made that idea unrealisticin the e... ...on the coast of north-west Europe, followed by adecisive offensive aimed at Germany itself. American military weaknesses and the dominance ofBritish m... ...r, even as the Anglo-3American armies moved from North Africa, to Sicily, to Italy in 1943, American military leaderssought to shift the focus of the ... ... OSS, theuse of airplanes for secret operations actually had its origins in the First World War. WINGED DAGGER: THE ORIGIN OF AIR FORCE SPECIAL OP... ...s designated the Special Flight Section and was attached to the TwelfthAir Force's Fifth Bombardment Wing. The Fifth Wing was the operational headquar... ...bombers.50 Air crews and airplanes for the Special FlightSection were provided by three of the Fifth Wing's heavy bomber groups. The 2nd, 99th and301s... ... Special Air Service (SAS).167 USAFAFSOF helicopters, in conjunction with US Army Special Operations Aviation, successfullyinserted several U.S. SOF t...

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...from enemy combatants, the latter intermingled with large numbers of noncombatants in very confined spaces, creates serious dilemmas for maneuver and aviation forces. Colonel Kemper believes that this mission, though well documented, has received neither the priority nor the resources necessary to ensure operational excellence and success on the modern battlefield. Thus, h...

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... ii Foreword Doctrine for joint urban operations, which include aviationurban operations, combined with revised tactics, techni... ...erland operations on urbanterrain. In this study, Lt Col Todd Kemper, USMC, arguesthat aviation urban operations, particularly urban close airsupport,... ...rs of noncombat-ants in very confined spaces, creates serious dilemmas formaneuver and aviation forces. Colonel Kemper believes thatthis mission, thou... ...tion (MCAS) Iwakuni,Japan, and as aviation safety officer for the 3rd Marine Air-craft Wing, MCAS Miramar, California. He has completedtours at MCAS Y... ...B, and a grad-uate with academic distinction from AWC, Colonel Kemperholds a master of military operational art and science de-gree from ACSC and a ma... ...ve hampered US forces’ability to conduct effective aviation urban operations withfixed-wing aircraft. Thus, this paper emphasizes the fire sup-port co... ...ctrine on the subject, although adequate, remains incom-pletely implemented into fixed-wing training syllabi. Conse-quently, aircrews receive improper... ... Procedures for Close Air Support, 3 September2003, the study considers whether the US military has suf-ficient training to execute multiservice TTPs.... ...r Support in anUrban Environment. In “Urban Offensive Air Support: Is theUnited States Military Prepared and Equipped?” Maj JonM. Davi...

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...Lt Col John J. Zentner’s The Art of Wing Leadership and Aircrew Morale in Combat addresses the role that the air force wing commander plays in affecting the level of aircrew morale during combat. More specifically, Colonel Zentner’s study seeks to identify and ...

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...1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 Leadership and Morale in Air Combat . . . . .91 Existing Thoughts on Military Morale . . . . . .92 Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 Findings . . ....

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... was his success as a Bf 109 pilot and commander ofJagdgeschwader (fighter wing) 26 (JG26) in the Battle ofBritain that gained him the reputation as G... ...e summer of 1944.Col James R. McCarthy assumed command of the 43dStrategic Wing on 1 December 1972, just in time forLinebacker II to begin. Faced with... ... Circle, Maxwell AFB AL 36112–6428. The Art of Wing Leadership ... ...itutions of higher learn-ing, public policy institutes, and the media. All military members and civilian employees assigned to AirUniversity are invit... ...and Morale in Air Combat . . . . . . . 91 Existing Thoughts on Military Morale . . . . . . . 92 Methodology . . . . . . . . ... ...lZentner recommends the USAF take steps to modify doctrineand professional military education in order to relate the find-ings of this study to the co... ...ern Iraq. 6. The author is indebted to David R. Jones, M.D., instructor of aviationneuropsychiatry at the USAF Flight Surgeon’s School, who brought th... ...rship, 228; quoted in Manning,454. 11. David R. Jones, M.D., instructor of aviation neuropsychiatry at theUSAF Flight Surgeon’s School, telephone inte... ... 15. “Psychological Factors in Morale” (research report, US Naval Schoolof Aviation Medicine, 1954), 2; quoted in Diebolt, 19. 16. Manning, 455. 17. K...

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... AIR SITY UNIVERThe Army and Its Air Corps Army Policy toward Aviation 1919–1941 DR. JAMES P. TATE ... ...ing-in-Publication DataTate, James P. The Army and its air corps : Army policy toward aviation, 1919–1941 / James P. Tate. p. cm. Includes biblio... ...ter1918, were dashing, romantic, and heroic. They were challenging thefuture; they had wings and could soar; they had no patience withany hesitation t... ...n to their 1THE ARMY AND ITS AIR CORPSpeacetime tradition of ignoring military questions except those relat-ed to the defense of the ... ...ances in the war, partic-ularly the introduction of the airplane, so changed the world militarybalance as to demand a change in the cost of defense—pe... ...e on peacetime priorities would center on airpower, its def-inition, and its effect on military policy. In the postwar Americanarmy, where money was s... ...e returned from France provedto be Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, a moderate on the aviationissue, who saw himself as a realist with a healthy civi... ...ed from director to chief of the Air Service.55 The Air Service was organized into two wings, one headquarteredat Kelly Field, Texas, and the other at... ...e headquarteredat Kelly Field, Texas, and the other at Langley Field, Virginia. Thetwo wings consisted of seven groups, four of which were in the con-...

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...ress Cataloging-in-Publication DataChallenge and response: anticipating US military security concerns/ Karl P. Magyar, editor-in-chief; associate edit... ...Mitchum, Lewis B. Ware.443p. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Military planning-United States. 2. National Security-United States. 3. Wor... ...1The Changing Nature of Alliances ..................................117The Military's Changing Sociological Concerns .............141US National Secur... ... See David Hughes, “Regional Nuclear Powers Pose New Risks to USMilitary,” Aviation Week & Space Technology, 13 January 1992, 65. 14. Frederick R. St... ...hum. “US Weighs Use of Nonlethal Weapons in Serbia ifUN Decides to Fight,” Aviation Week & Space Technology, 17 August 1992,64. 22. Fulghum, 62. 23.... ... comprised of Navy ships, USAF aircraft, USCoast Guard and Customs Service aviation units, and state andlocal law enforcement agencies among others. T... ...iate the enemy’shomeland. 9. The dominance of air power: Air power (fixed wing,helicopter, cruise missile, satellite), if not checked, will destroy a... ...nce. Most interestingly, the US can no longer count on the old left-right wing political divisions in American politics to guide solutions. Solution... ..., HeadquartersGulf War planner, and has been a USAFE, Washington, D.C.wing commander and specialassistant to the vice president of .the Unite...

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... S. Fairchild Research Information Center Cataloging Data Military airpower : a revised digest of airpower opinionsand thoughts / com... ... power—Quotations, maxims, etc. 2. Air warfare—Quotations, maxims, etc. 3. Military art and science—Quotations, maxims, etc. I. Westenhoff, Charles M.... ...yof the US Air Force as an independent service.It’s also the centennial of military aviation. In1907, the Signal Corps established its Aero-nautical D... ...S Air Force as an independent service.It’s also the centennial of military aviation. In1907, the Signal Corps established its Aero-nautical Division a... ...rove from everybriefing and debriefing. I’ve had the honor offlying on the wing of many outstanding flightleads, too many to mention, but will singleo... ...ce . . . . The Airpowerother Services have aviation arms essentialto their specific roles and functions butwhich also ... ... 28 elements of AirpowerAir power is the total aviation activity—civil- Airpowerian and mil... ...g war itself . Whateverthe future may hold, victory in war now rideson the wings of the fighter and the bomber,and air power is essential to national ... ...operation . United States Army Air Forces 42d Bomb Wing report, World War II Air interdiction and ground maneuver must...

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...Dr. David R. Mets’s The Long Search for a Surgical Strike: Precision Munitions and the Revolution in Military Affairs is a broad, thought-provoking examination of the relationship between the advancement in conventional weapons guidance technology and the “revolution in military affairs” (RMA). He defines an RMA as a rapid c...

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...INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 WHAT IS A REVOLUTION IN MILITARY AFFAIRS (RMA)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 WHAT WERE THE NOTIONS OF THE FIRST AIRPOWER ADVOCATES OF RMA? . . . . . . . .4 HOW DID RMA WORK OUT IN WARS FROM 1939 TO 1972?. . . . . . . . . . ....

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... Precision Munitions and the Revolution in Military Affairs Thank you for your assistanceCO... ... for a Surgical Strike Precision Munitions and the Revolution in Military Affairs DAVID R. METS, PhD School of Advanced Airpower S... ...g search for a surgical strike : precision munitions and the revolution in military affairs / David R. Mets. p. cm. -- (CADRE paper ; no. 12) — ISSN... ...new armament, command andcontrol, and intelligence technologies to matured aviationtechnology resulted in a combination that yielded a greatimprovemen... ...the usual PGM with the samestandoff capability.110 It has a set of folding wings that enableit to glide a considerable distance and still hit a target... ...t,Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1975); and William Mitchell,Winged Defense: The Development and Possibilities of Modern Air Power—Econo... ...e aresamples of that huge literature. 7. Peter R. Faber, “Interwar US Army Aviation and the Air Corps TacticalSchool: Incubators of American Airpower,... ... Richard Muller, The German Air War in Russia(Baltimore, Md.: Nautical and Aviation Publishing, 1992), 149–88. 10. Among those using such a concept ar... ...he weapon—where it also could beused repeatedly. 76. AFSC, AD, 3246th Test Wing, report, “GBU-22/B and GBU-24/BLow-level Laser Guided Bombs [LGB] Deve...

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...This is a book of quotations and comments about air power, war, and military matters. But it would be a great mistake to simply read the quotes and take them literally. Each selection presents a picture that you can look at again and again. Taken together, different views of the same subject ...

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...1990Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataWestenhoff, Charles M. Military Air Power: The CADRE Digest of Air Power Opinions and Thoughts/c... ... 1990."Includes bibliographical references. 1. Air warfare. 2. Air power. 3. Military art and science.1. Air University (US). Center for Aerospace Doc... ...Foreword This is a book of quotations and comments about air power, war, and military matters. But it would be a great mistake to simply read the quot... ...shal Montgomery Elements of Air PowerAir power is the total aviation activity--civilian and military, commercial and private, potenti... ...sity of increments (more exotic fuel, innovations in engine design, improved wings and soon). Nonetheless, the cumulative result is likely to approxim... ...f the objective. J. F. C. FullerSuccessful operations depend on the entire wing organization working as a team with but onepurpose in mind. The purp... ...on which we must study well. Maj Gen "Hap" Arnold and Col Ira C. Eaker in Winged Warfare, 1941 Perhaps the clearest example of the consequences of... .... One of theelements of victory in North Africa was the speed with which our aviation engineers constructedairfields behind the front lines and presse... ...ffice of AirForce History, 1986. Twelve brief biographies that span military aviation history.The Harmon Memorial Lectures in Military History 1959-19...

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...This study seeks to answer the question, “How can airpower help resolve time-induced tensions between political and military imperatives in the conduct of modern warfare?” To answer this question, the study begins by exploring time in the theory of war with an emphasis on time as a fourth dimension that provides a distinct perspective on w...

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.... . 5 War Theorists on Time . . . . 6 Characteristics of Time in War . . . 7 Physical and Psychological Aspects of Time . . . . . 8 Political and Military Dynamics of Time . . . . . . 9 Summary . . . 10 Notes . . . . . 11 3 THE ARAB-ISRAELI WAR OF 1967 . . . . . . 13 The Course of the War . . . . 13 Political Imperatives . . . . . 14 Military Imperatives . . . . ...

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...reflect the official policy or positionof the Department of Defense or the United States government.This publication has been reviewed by security and... ...ical Aspects of Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Political and Military Dynamics of Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Summary... ... Imperatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Military Imperatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15... ... Imperatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Military Imperatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24... ...o fly F-15Cs at Bitburg Air Base(AB), Germany, where he also served as the wing executive officer. During the GulfWar, Major Givhan served as US air l... ...igned to the Checkmate Divisionof the Operations Directorate, Headquarters United States Air Force. vii Acknowl... ...rd, xviii. 20. Air Force Manual (AFM) 1-1, Basic Aerospace Doctrine of the United States Air Force,vol. 1, March 1992, 1. 21. Richard E. Simpkin, Race... ...e IIIs and A-4 Skyhawks, as well as nine squadrons oftransports, auxiliary aviation, and trainers among its 450 aircraft. Navalaviation assets supplem...

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... AIR UNIVERSITY Back to the Basics An Aviation Solution to ... ... To that end, this series reflects our desire to perpetuate the intellectual spirit of early military aviation pioneers who availed the... ...end, this series reflects our desire to perpetuate the intellectual spirit of early military aviation pioneers who availed themselves o... ... through asymmetric means. Of late, these individuals have selected as a primary target the military and civilian convoy operations ... ... 12/8/05 6:05:46 AM Back to the Basics An Aviation Solution to ... ...he past 50 years. Although the US Department of Defense currently seeks to transform the US military into a lighter, leaner force capa... ...r led to the crea- tion of the Front de la Libération Nationale (FLN) in 1954 and its armed wing—the Armée de Libération Nationale (AL... ...st the ALN. Through the adaptation of new technology in helicopter gunships, the use of rugged fixed-wing aircraft, and close coordinat... ...r still must move forces from one point on the battlefield to another. Both rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft often aid the ground-force c...

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...This paper briefly traces the evolution of the military/media clash and identifies the Vietnam War as the turning point where mutual trust seemed to be permanently damaged. Government and military leadership pathologies combined with press distortions to leave the impress...

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...ir Force Regulation 110-8, it is not copyrighted but isthe property of the United States Government. ABSTRACT Principles of... ... as“media spin.” Media spin is the product of a clash between media and military that has existed as longas the Union itself. Finding its roots in ... ...rveoperational security. This paper briefly traces the evolution of the military/media clash and identifies theVietnam War as the turning point whe... ...g point where mutual trust seemed to be permanently damaged.Government and military leadership pathologies combined with press distortions to leave th... ...hat a prudent commander must considerbefore conducting combat operations.2 United States General Donn A. Starry, explains: Modern warfare requi... ...000-mile communications link that repeatedly beat military couriers andthe United States mails with the news from the front lines.”14 President Polk w... ...age of television and instantaneous reporting.Media spin had begun to take wings. When the United States entered World War I, President Woodrow Wil... ...New Republic. February 11, 1991, 16-17. “Bridge the Information Gulf.” Aviation Week and Space Technology. January 28, 1991.Brown, Charles H. The ...

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...s and speeches in this volume are some of Dennis Drew's best and most important. They reflect the struggle over the past 30 years to relate classical military theory to modern airpower, the difficulties of dealing with the new realities of the post–Cold War era, the struggle to understand the true nature of airpower and put it into perspective, and finally the importance ...

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...Air Force Intellect Essays on War, Airpower, and Military Education Dennis ... ... air Force intellect Essays on War, Airpower, and Military Education ... ...tes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 MILITARY ART AND THE AMERICAN TRADITION: T... ...d theory of airpower. Placing much hope in the emergence of a “Clausewitz with wings on his chest” is probably foolhardy. However,... ...rmy’s adoption of AirLand Battle doctrine (and the possession of their own large, rotary-wing air force) and the importance of int... ... carrier airpower can provide the fastest possible American mili- tary response. Carrier aviation requires no bases ashore in the ... ...hree most influential books were Our Air Force (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1921); Winged Defense (New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1925... ...onal Warfare, 1918–1988 (London: Brassey’s, 1989). 6. Although carrier-based aviation has many inherent advantages, its ... ...n has many inherent advantages, its utility may be limited when facing strong land-based aviation with its inher- ent advantages i...

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...In 1989 years of Soviet control over political, economic, and military systems had left Poland unprepared to significantly contribute to NATO. However, Poland accepted the challenge of building a capable air arm for NATO as it began to reform its political system, modernize its air forc...

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...AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE AIR UNIVERSITY On the Wings of the White EaglePoland’s Air Force Reform and Modernization, 1989... ... greatest will to be a strongNATO member have a good plan to modernize its military?Using research opportunities at DSMC, I found there wasa void of i... ...s my admiration for charting a potential acquisitionprocess for the Polish military. Finally, I thank Dr. RichardMuller, ACSC, for reviewing my paper ... ... Abstract In 1989 years of Soviet control over political, economic,and military systems had left Poland unprepared to signif-icantly contribute to... ...liance that ensures peace and stability inEurope. 12 ON THE WINGS OF THE WHITE EAGLE Poland’s Politics, Economy, and Milit... ... of small,outdated farms. The country’s state-owned industries re-4 ON THE WINGS OF THE WHITE EAGLElied on heavy, inefficient, smoke-belching factorie... ...lls of not only a capable and sometimes out-standing air force but also an aviation industry suited toproducing weapons systems of foreign designs. Th... ... suited toproducing weapons systems of foreign designs. The earliestPolish aviation plants maintained only foreign-designed,foreign-built aircraft. In... ...ed,foreign-built aircraft. In the early 1920s companies suchas the Central Aviation Workshop, Warsaw, the KrakówWorkshops, Kraków, and the Lwów Worksh...

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...s Agency and System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 3 National Military Command System . . . . . 33 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 4 WWMCCS Is Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 5 Three WWMCCS Failures ...

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...oging-in-Publication DataPearson, David E. (David Eric), 1953- The world wide military command and control system : evolution and effectivenss / David... ...ncludes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-58566-078-7 1. Worldwide Military Command and Control System—History. I. Title. UB212.P43 2000 35... ...f theauthor and do not necessarily represent the views of Air University, the United States Air Force,the Department of Defense, or any other US gover... .... 19 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 National Military Command System . . . . . . . . 33 Notes . . . . . . . . .... ...August 1992, 34. 10. Kenneth J. Stein, “E-4B Boosts SAC’s Communications Net,”Aviation Week & Space Technology, 16 June 1980, 77. 11. Bruce G. Blair, ... ... Kissinger with news of thecritic, and Kissinger immediately went to his West Wing base-ment office in the White House to assemble a crisis-workinggro... ...d for setting priorities within the overallWWMCCS mission at a meeting of the Aviation Space WritersAssociation. Reviewing the evolution of WWMCCS ove... ... oflife-cycle management. Examples from the commercial sectorinclude banking, aviation, and telecommunications. Manyother systems have to deal with hi... ...d serve over 27,000individual American and allied users, which included fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, surface ships, submarines, land ve-hicles, a...

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...This study analyzes and assesses the changes in organization and structure of the active Air Force and ANG fighter maintenance units from the time the ANG became a separate reserve component in 1946 to the present-day organization, paralleling it with the active Air Force. It takes the reader from the ANG maintenance unit's beginning, through the cha...

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...tes . National Guard Bureau-Equipment-Maintenance and repair. 2.Airplanes, Military-United States-Maintenance and repair . 3. United States . National... ...ed States-Maintenance and repair . 3. United States . National GuardBureau-Aviation. 4. United States . National Guard Bureau-Organization. 5. United ... ... for public release. To The Forgotten MechanicThrough the history ofwor<d aviationMany names have come to the fore.Great deeds ofthe past in our memo... ...Tofly you have to haveguts,And they blazed their names in the HaltofFameOn wings with baiting wire struts.Butfor each of theseflying heroesThere were ... ...chiefs?.A thousand to one you cannot.Nowpilots are highly trainedpeopleand wings are not easily won.But without the workofthe maintenace manOurpilots ... ...lowances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515 ANG Aviation Contribution to USAF Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...Air Defense Command(ADC) to avionics officer in the 127th Tactical Fighter Wing(TFW) of the Tactical Air Command (TAC), to maintenancecon... ...1981 while assigned toSelfridge ANG Base. His professional military education includesSquadron Officer School, Air Comma... ...rform his or her wartime tasks. The part played by the full-time force of military air techniciansin maintaining combat readiness is critical. M...

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... Circling the EarthUnited States Plans for a Postwar Overseas Military Base System, 1942–1948 ELLIOTT V. CONVER... ...ty Library Cataloging DataConverse, Elliott Vanveltner. Circling the earth : United States plans for a postwar overseas military base sys- tem, 194... ... Vanveltner. Circling the earth : United States plans for a postwar overseas military base sys- tem, 1942–1948. / Elliott V. Converse III. p. ;... ... ; cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-58566-141-4 1. Military bases, American—Planning—History. 2. United States. Dept. ofDe... ...he part of civilian intereststo further the development of American commercial aviation,the disparate requirements of which did not always mesh wellwi... ... base planning and in the expansion of US militaryactivity abroad. Commercial aviation promised to be a vital element in post-war American economic p... ... American economic prosperity. Indeed, some maintainedthat American commercial aviation was on the verge of thesame sort of tremendous growth that the... ...x-ploring Beard’s acquaintance with the ideas of Eckart Kehr, the leading left-wing German historian of German navalism and the Wilhelminian socialstr... ...mmer of 1946, Strategic Air Command (SAC)units, including the 28th Bombardment Wing, a VHB unit, de-ployed to Ladd Field, Alaska.61 The Polar Concept ...

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...retly issued on 3 February 1972 in the Oval Office. It is clear that they loyally and bravely served, protected, and defended the Constitution of the United States."...

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... . . 11 4 Saint Rose Basketball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 5 West Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 6 Diane Muennink, Silver Wings, and the Air Force Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 7 The B-47 Bomber and the General’s Aide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 8 The Blackbird SR-71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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...es. Air Force—Officers—Biography. 3. Generals—United States—Biography. 4. Air pilots, Military—Biography. 5. Vietnam War, 1961–1975—Aerial operations,... .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 6 Diane Muennink, Silver Wings, and the Air Force Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ... 10 Combat Operations in North Vietnam . . . . . . . . 129 11 SAC Wing Commander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...the firestorm re-sulting from those strikes reveals him as a unique figure inAmerican military history. Even when he was being framed byPentagon and W... ... taxiway.5 As he pressed thephone button to advise flight service of the arrival of a militaryaircraft, he was startled to see the aircraft disappear ... ...d. 46 Chapter 6 Diane Muennink, Silver Wings, and the Air Force Academy Second Lieutenant O’M... ...rd. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in De-cember 1942 after completing the aviation cadet program forArmy Air Corps navigators. On his fift... ...base in Nevada, it required the cooperation of CIA, Departmentof Defense, and Federal Aviation Administration officials to keepthe activity secret. Ho... ...me out of the odd-looking Habu. Almost two years of flying with the Air Forcetactical aviation gave him a clear understanding of what thecutting edge ...

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...er. 2. Space warfare. 3. Air power—History—20th century. 4. Astronautics, Military. 5. United States. Air Force. 6. Military doctrine—United States. ... ...for Ground Forces . . . 53 Claire Chennault: Pursuit-Aviation Enthusiast . . . . . . . . 56 William A. Moffett: Fathe... ...thusiast . . . . . . . . 56 William A. Moffett: Father of Naval Aviation . . 59 Alexander P. de Seversky: Airpower Adv... ...Brig Gen William “Billy” Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . 47Carrier aviation supports operationsin Kosovo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ...e r o s p a c e p o w e r . W i t h o u t t h i sfoundation, aerospace and military leaders would have adifficult time deploying and using air and spa... ...es intoday’s dynamic world. With the end of the Cold War, theUnited States military has been challenged by a series ofworld events that have forced ae... ...ER IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Notes 1. William Mitchell, Winged Defense: The Development and Possibilitiesof Modern Air Power—Econom... ... Aerospace Doctrine, Researchand Education, 1997), 9. 9. William Mitchell, Winged Defense: The Development and Possibilitiesof Modern Air Power—Econom... ...n, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994), 90. 25. William F. Trimble, Wings for the Navy: A History of the Naval Air -craft Factory, 1917–1956 (A...