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Author: Alan Stephens Publisher: ISBN: 9780195555417 Category : Australia Languages : en Pages : 0
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Histories of air force often focus on aeroplanes at the expense of people. This book tells that story through the experiences of the airmen and airwomen who have served Australia around the world, from Mesopotamia in 1915 to East timor in 2000.
Author: Alan Stephens Publisher: ISBN: 9780195555417 Category : Australia Languages : en Pages : 0
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Histories of air force often focus on aeroplanes at the expense of people. This book tells that story through the experiences of the airmen and airwomen who have served Australia around the world, from Mesopotamia in 1915 to East timor in 2000.
Author: Tony Holmes Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1782006710 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 233
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Some 84 of the 250 Hornets committed by Central Command to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) proudly bore MARINE titling on their rear fuselages. A further 14 were marked with the distinctive kangaroo roundel of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The exploits achieved by the units that flew these jets into combat is detailed in this volume, the third of three titles published in the Combat Aircraft series on what has been dubbed by many TACAIR insiders the 'Hornet's War'. Although the bulk of this book deals with the major hostilities phase of OIF I, which ran from 20 March to 20 April 2003, the decade of pre-war OSW missions and ongoing post-war OIF II operations are also covered in significant detail from the Marine Corps perspective. Profusely illustrated with rare frontline photography and more than 30 specially commissioned colour artworks, this book also features the combat experiences of 24 pilots and Weapons Systems Officers.
Author: Alan Stephens Publisher: ISBN: 9780644428118 Category : Aeronautics, Military Languages : en Pages : 523
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History of the RAAF's development from the end of WWII to its golden anniversary in 1971. Discusses its emergence as an organisation independent of the RAF and the US Air force, and covers events such as demobilisation, Includes references and an index. Also available in hardback. The author is the RAAF historian at the Air Power Studies Centre in Canberra. His other publications include 'Power Plus Attitude: Ideas, Strategy and Doctrine in the RAAF, 1921-1991'.
Author: Australia. Royal Australian Air Force. Historical Section Publisher: Australian Government Publishing Service ISBN: 9780644427982 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 184
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Sixth in a series of ten volumes produced for the 75th anniversary of the RAAF. Provides information about the history and operations of units such as Air Stores Parks, Replenishment Centres, and Logistics Management squadrons involved in supplying personal and operational necessities both in war and peace time. Includes a chronology and a list of commanding officers for each unit.
Author: Air Force History Branch Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1922488046 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 644
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Aircraft of The Royal Australian Air Force tells the story of the RAAF’s first one hundred years by describing the acquisition, operation, and service record of the multitude of aircraft types flown by the RAAF. The 176 aircraft types include the flimsy wood and canvas aircraft typical of World War I, through the technological advances during and after World War II, to modern fifth-generation, complex aircraft like the F-35 Lightning II. Even before its formation Sir Richard Williams, the Father of the RAAF, had decided to employ an alpha-numeric numbering system to identify and account for each aircraft in service. This system started with A1, A2, A3 etc as each type of aircraft came into service. Each individual aircraft within each series was identified as A1-1, A1-2 and so on and the aircraft serial became known colloquially as the ‘A-number’. With some exceptions over the century since the A-number system started, aircraft entered RAAF service in broadly the sequence of the A-numbers, and so this book is intended to assist in charting the 100-year history of the RAAF by listing aircraft operated in A-number sequence, rather than by listing them by role (such as Fighter, Bomber, Maritime, Trainer, Transport etc) or alphabetically by name or by manufacturer. The inclusion of a comprehensive Index and the Quick Reference Guide to aircraft by role is intended to facilitate the location of the entry for any specific type of aircraft for those who may not already know its A-number. Aircraft of The Royal Australian Air Force is a must have for all those who have served in the RAAF, those with a passion for military aviation and aircraft in general, and the broader members of the public wishing to gain an appreciation of the Royal Australian Air Force in its centenary year.
Author: Australia. Royal Australian Air Force. Air Power Development Centre Publisher: ISBN: 9781920800901 Category : Aeronautics, Military Languages : en Pages : 245
Author: Australia. Royal Australian Air Force. Historical Section Publisher: Australian Government Publishing Service ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 246
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Eighth in a series of tenvolumes produced for the 75th anniversary of the RAAF. Provides information about the history and operations of training units such as the Air Navigation schools, Bombing and Gunnery schools, and Operational Training units. Includes a chronology and a list of commanding officers for each school or unit.
Author: Australia. Royal Australian Air Force. Historical Section Publisher: AGPS ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 256
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First in a series of ten volumes produced for the 75th anniversary of the RAAF. Provides information about the current operational bases of the RAAF, and the WWII operational base units which played an important role in keeping Allied aircraft operating from remote localities. Describes previously unrecognised organisations such as the Volunteer Air Observer Corps, and RAAF maritime sections, wireless units and signals units.
Author: Alex M Spencer Publisher: Purdue University Press ISBN: 1557539421 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 343
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British Imperial Air Power examines the air defense of Australia and New Zealand during the interwar period. It also demonstrates the difficulty of applying new military aviation technology to the defense of the global Empire and provides insight into the nature of the political relationship between the Pacific Dominions and Britain. Following World War I, both Dominions sought greater independence in defense and foreign policy. Public aversion to military matters and the economic dislocation resulting from the war and later the Depression left little money that could be provided for their respective air forces. As a result, the Empire’s air services spent the entire interwar period attempting to create a strategy in the face of these handicaps. In order to survive, the British Empire’s military air forces offered themselves as a practical and economical third option in the defense of Britain’s global Empire, intending to replace the Royal Navy and British Army as the traditional pillars of imperial defense.
Author: Alan Stephens
Author: Alan Stephens
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Author: Tony Holmes
Author: Alan Stephens
Author: Australia. Royal Australian Air Force. Historical Section
Author: Air Force History Branch
Author: Australia. Royal Australian Air Force. Air Power Development Centre
Author: Australia. Royal Australian Air Force. Historical Section
Author: Australia. Royal Australian Air Force. Historical Section
Author: Alex M Spencer