Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on AppropriationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1534
Book Description
Department of Defense Appropriations for 1953
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on AppropriationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1534
Book Description
Department of Defense Appropriations for 1953, Hearings Before ... 82-2, on H.R. 7391
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Approrpiations CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1520
Book Description
Department of Defense Appropriation Bill for 1953
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on AppropriationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1536
Book Description
The Test of War
Author: Doris M.. ConditHistory of the Office of the Secretary of Defense: The test of War, 1950-1953
Author: Alfred GoldbergPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
Department of Defense Appropriations for ...
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on AppropriationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Departments of Defense Appropriations for 1955, Hearings Before ... 83-2, on H.R. 8873
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1150
Book Description
Department of Defense Appropriations for 1955
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on AppropriationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1698
Book Description
A Concise History of the U.S. Air Force
Author: Stephen Lee McFarlandPublisher: 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.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff and National Policy, 1953-1954
Author: Robert J. WatsonPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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