Author: George A. Larson
Publisher: Schiffer Military History
ISBN: 9780764348228
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book covers the history of Dyess Air Force Base from 1941 to the present. The reader is led from the construction and World War II training operations through the Cold War with the Soviet Union, to bomber and missile nuclear alert, and to the transition of a world-wide conventional weapons response capability with the B-1B and air mobility options provided by the C-130 Hercules transport. The book includes a photo tour of the base as well as information on topics such as: Abilene Air Force Base, 96th Bombardment Wing and the Boeing B-47E Stratojet, Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter and the 11th Aerial Refueling Squadron, 578th Strategic Missile Squadron and the Atlas F Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, 4th Strategic Support Squadron and the Douglas C-124C Globemaster II, the Nike-Hercules Surface-to-Air Missile, 96th Bombardment Wing and the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, and the Special Weapons Storage Area.
The History of Dyess Air Force Base
Author: George A. Larson
Publisher: Schiffer Military History
ISBN: 9780764348228
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book covers the history of Dyess Air Force Base from 1941 to the present. The reader is led from the construction and World War II training operations through the Cold War with the Soviet Union, to bomber and missile nuclear alert, and to the transition of a world-wide conventional weapons response capability with the B-1B and air mobility options provided by the C-130 Hercules transport. The book includes a photo tour of the base as well as information on topics such as: Abilene Air Force Base, 96th Bombardment Wing and the Boeing B-47E Stratojet, Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter and the 11th Aerial Refueling Squadron, 578th Strategic Missile Squadron and the Atlas F Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, 4th Strategic Support Squadron and the Douglas C-124C Globemaster II, the Nike-Hercules Surface-to-Air Missile, 96th Bombardment Wing and the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, and the Special Weapons Storage Area.
Publisher: Schiffer Military History
ISBN: 9780764348228
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book covers the history of Dyess Air Force Base from 1941 to the present. The reader is led from the construction and World War II training operations through the Cold War with the Soviet Union, to bomber and missile nuclear alert, and to the transition of a world-wide conventional weapons response capability with the B-1B and air mobility options provided by the C-130 Hercules transport. The book includes a photo tour of the base as well as information on topics such as: Abilene Air Force Base, 96th Bombardment Wing and the Boeing B-47E Stratojet, Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter and the 11th Aerial Refueling Squadron, 578th Strategic Missile Squadron and the Atlas F Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, 4th Strategic Support Squadron and the Douglas C-124C Globemaster II, the Nike-Hercules Surface-to-Air Missile, 96th Bombardment Wing and the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, and the Special Weapons Storage Area.
A History of Dyess Air Force Base in Its First Decade
Author: John Henry Hatcher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abilene (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 968
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abilene (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 968
Book Description
The Dyess Story
Author: William Edwin Dyess
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dyess Air Force Base (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dyess Air Force Base (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
How Dyess Air Force Base Came to be Selected as a B-1B Base
Author: Rolande Marie Phillips
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abilene (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abilene (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
United States Air Force and Its Antecedents
Author: James T. Controvich
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810850101
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This bibliography lists published and printed unit histories for the United States Air Force and Its Antecedents, including Air Divisions, Wings, Groups, Squadrons, Aviation Engineers, and the Women's Army Corps.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810850101
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This bibliography lists published and printed unit histories for the United States Air Force and Its Antecedents, including Air Divisions, Wings, Groups, Squadrons, Aviation Engineers, and the Women's Army Corps.
In Hostile Skies
Author: James M. Davis
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574412094
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
James "Jim" Davis piloted a B-24, as part of the 8th Air Force, on nearly thirty missions in the European Theatre during World War II. He flew support missions for Operations Cobra and Market Garden and numerous bombing missions over occupied Europe in the summer and fall of 1944, attacking enemy airfields, airplane factories, railroad marshalling yards, ship yards, oil refineries, and chemical plants. While he and his crew survived without serious injuries, they witnessed the destruction of many of their friends' planes and experienced serious damage to their own plane on several occasions.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574412094
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
James "Jim" Davis piloted a B-24, as part of the 8th Air Force, on nearly thirty missions in the European Theatre during World War II. He flew support missions for Operations Cobra and Market Garden and numerous bombing missions over occupied Europe in the summer and fall of 1944, attacking enemy airfields, airplane factories, railroad marshalling yards, ship yards, oil refineries, and chemical plants. While he and his crew survived without serious injuries, they witnessed the destruction of many of their friends' planes and experienced serious damage to their own plane on several occasions.
An Analysis of the Economic Effect of Dyess Air Force Base in the Abilene Community During Fiscal Year 1967
Author: Charles James Schwertner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abilene (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abilene (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
United States Air Force, Dyess Air Force Base, Abilene, Texas
The Economic Impact of Dyess Air Force Base on Abilene, Texas
Author: James E. Trumble
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abilene (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abilene (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description