Beyond the Wild Blue (2nd edition): A History of the U.S. Air Force, 1947-2007Macmillan, 2007/06/26 - 576 ページ From the most important leaders and the most courageous victories to the earliest machines of flight and the most advanced Stealth technology, Walter J. Boyne's Beyond the Wild Blue presents a fascinating look at 50 turbulent years of Air Force history. |
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... Corps established an Aeronautical Division to “take charge of all matters pertaining to military ballooning, air machines, and all kindred subjects.” The branches that followed, including the Air Service, the Air Corps, and the Army Air ...
... Corps on September 29, 1938. At that moment, Arnold commanded an Air Corps which numbered about 23,000 officers and men, only 2,500 of whom were rated pilots, and about 1,200 mostly obsolete combat aircraft. With thirty-five years of ...
... Corps lacked everything, including planes, pilots, ground crew, and bases. There was no training base—less than 1,000 pilots per year were being trained, when the requirement was for 100,000 annually. A modern air force required ...
... Corps Aviation School at College Park, Maryland, Arnold, with his almost four hours of flying time, began teaching others. He liked flying. He set several records and won the first MacKay Trophy ever awarded with an unprecedented ...
... Corps' Aviation Section. Mitchell was already promoting the concept of an independent air force; in less than ten years his flamboyant demands for such a service would bring him before a court-martial board. When Arnold returned to ...
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19531961 | 99 |
5 The many facets of war | 145 |
four major commands | 193 |
7 Change after vietnam | 225 |
8 Leadership doctrine and technology after vietnam | 253 |
11 Terror and response | 349 |
12 Assessing problems and facing challenges | 367 |
Appendix one | 391 |
Appendix two | 395 |
Appendix three | 399 |
Appendix four | 425 |
Bibliography | 433 |
A chronology of aerospace power since 1903 | 439 |