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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
U.S. Air Services
Author: Air Service Journal
Author: United States Air Services
Author: A Concise History of the U.S. Air Force
Author: Stephen Lee McFarlandPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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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.
Inquiry Into Operations of the United States Air Services
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select committee of inquiry into operations of the United States air servicesPublisher:
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Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
Book Description
The US Air Service in World War 1
Author: Maurer MaurerAir Service Information Circular (heavier-than-air)
Author: United States. Army. Air CorpsPublisher:
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
New Serial Titles
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1300
Book Description
A union list of serials commencing publication after Dec. 31, 1949.
World Trade Information Service
Author: United States. Bureau of Foreign CommercePublisher:
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Category : Public utilities
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
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