wyszukanych pozycji: 259
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Harnessing the Genie: Science and Technology Forecasting for the Air Force, 1944 - 1986
ISBN: 9781477685969 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Air power has always been linked closely to science and technology. The very reality of flight depended upon a technical innovation. Unlike other services, where machines merely support the mission, technology is for the Air Force at the very heart of its existence as an institution. As a consequence, the USAF and its predecessor organizations have always recognized the singular importance of science to their survival. This book describes and analyzes the methodologies and conclusions of the five main science and technology forecasts undertaken by the Air Force since before its birth as an...
Air power has always been linked closely to science and technology. The very reality of flight depended upon a technical innovation. Unlike other serv...
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The U.S. Air Service in World War I - Volume 1 The Final Report and a Tactical History
ISBN: 9781477604861 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 466 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This volume is part of a series documenting the history of U.S. air activities in Europe during World War I. The narratives here are published by the Office of Air Force History so as to reach a wider circle of persons interested in the Great War and the early history of military aviation. Included in this volume is William C. Sherman's "tactical History" which provides excellent information about the conduct of combat operations.
This volume is part of a series documenting the history of U.S. air activities in Europe during World War I. The narratives here are published by the ...
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The 31 Initiatives: A Study in Air Force-Army Cooperation
ISBN: 9781508647683 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This monograph illustrates the impediments to joint action created by the service separate organizations and distinctive doctrine. It then highlights efforts by various individuals to improve interservice cooperation.
This monograph illustrates the impediments to joint action created by the service separate organizations and distinctive doctrine. It then highlights ...
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Air Force Combat Units of World War II
ISBN: 9781477685655 / Angielski / Miękka / 1983 / 522 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Like all chronologies, bibliographies, and encyclopedias, Air Force combat units of World War II serves a very special historical function. It traces the lineage of each Army air Corps and U.S. Air Force combat group or higher organization active in World War II, form its origins to 1956. It is a concise official record of those units, their assignments, subordinate organizations, stations, commanders, campaigns, aircraft, and decorations. But more than that, it is an important source of ready information providing readers with a corporate memory of vital statistics.
Like all chronologies, bibliographies, and encyclopedias, Air Force combat units of World War II serves a very special historical function. It traces ...
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Air Leadership
ISBN: 9781477685846 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This manuscript those who have led American air forces. What kind of men were they? What kind of leaders were they? What can we learn from their experience? The book takes a close look at two air leaders: Rear Admiral William Moffett and General Carl A. Spaatz.
This manuscript those who have led American air forces. What kind of men were they? What kind of leaders were they? What can we learn from their exper...
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The Emerging Shield - The Air Force and the Evolution of Continental Air Defense 1945-1960
ISBN: 9781478112082 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) American concerns over air defense of the continental United States were at their most grave in the 1950's. The descent into cold war in the late 1940's, the confrontation of two hostile political systems in distant Korea, and the Soviet development of atomic weapons earlier than expected came together to stimulate popular pressures for a shield against manned bombers reaching the American heartland from the North Pole. This manuscript describes the efforts take by the Air Force in light of the real threats of nuclear weapons. The postwar Air Defense Command, an administrative and planning...
American concerns over air defense of the continental United States were at their most grave in the 1950's. The descent into cold war in the late 1940...
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The Development of Ballistic Missiles in the United States Air Force 1945-1960
ISBN: 9781478118442 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 426 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Following World War II, the onset of nuclear weapons, long-range jet bombers, and ballistic missiles radically changed American foreign policy and military strategy. The United States Air Force accepted the challenge of organizing and leading a massive research and development effort to build ballistic missiles. This manuscript addresses the first generation of ballistic missiles - the intercontinental Atlas and Titan, and the intermediate range Thor. During the period addressed in this book, missiles advanced from drawing board to alert status, where the next generation now remains poised to...
Following World War II, the onset of nuclear weapons, long-range jet bombers, and ballistic missiles radically changed American foreign policy and mil...
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The USAF Scientific Advisory Board: Its First Twenty Years
ISBN: 9781477550021 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) A retrospective of the Air Force "Scientific Advisory Board," which was formed when the Air Force became a separate service by Arnold von Karman to play an advisory role in all aspects of new technology.
A retrospective of the Air Force "Scientific Advisory Board," which was formed when the Air Force became a separate service by Arnold von Karman to pl...
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Air Force Combat Medals, Streamers, and Campaigns
ISBN: 9781477685761 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This book is prepared by the United States Air Force Historical Research Center for the use of the Air Force and the general public. It presents fundamental data about the 7 medals and streamers earned in combat by Air Force members and units in military campaigns from the beginning of military air power up to the present day.
This book is prepared by the United States Air Force Historical Research Center for the use of the Air Force and the general public. It presents funda...
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Foulois and the U.S. Army Air Corps 1931-1935
ISBN: 9781478125464 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In this thoroughly researched and lucidly written volume, Lt. Col. John F. Shiner describes the Air Corps' effort to prepare the nation for war; to gain money, air craft, and, even more important, independence; and to achieve a capability to wage aerial war. The focus of the work is Maj. Gen. Benjamin Foulois and his tenure as Chief of the Air Corps between 1931 and 1935.
In this thoroughly researched and lucidly written volume, Lt. Col. John F. Shiner describes the Air Corps' effort to prepare the nation for war; to ga...
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Planning and Organizing the Post War Air Force, 1943 - 1947
ISBN: 9781477546000 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) One of the longest and most bitter disputes in twentieth century military affairs has been over the organization of the armed forces, particularly the question of independence of the air forces. The argument over an independent Air Force cut to the very heart of national defense, for who controlled air policy, air doctrine, buying of aircraft, military training, and the structure of the air forces determined the type of military forces the nation would possess and how aviation would be used in war.
One of the longest and most bitter disputes in twentieth century military affairs has been over the organization of the armed forces, particularly the...
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Encyclopedia of U.S. Air Force Aircraft and Missile Systems - Volume 1
ISBN: 9781478125532 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This is the first of a multi-volume Encyclopedia of U.S. Air Force Aircraft and Missile Systems. Volume 1 deals with the development, deployment, and operations of fighter aircraft between 1945 and 1973, commencing with the F-80 Shooting Star and ending with the development of the F-15 Eagle. Many of these aircraft were employed during the Korean War, the war in Southeast Asia, and during the cold war crisis throughout the world. The origin of each aircraft is noted as well as its most troublesome development, production, and operational problems. Also covered are significant modifications,...
This is the first of a multi-volume Encyclopedia of U.S. Air Force Aircraft and Missile Systems. Volume 1 deals with the development, deployment, and ...
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USAF Statistical Digest 1993
ISBN: 9781511567848 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The United States Air Force Statistical Digest has been published each year since 1948. While the Digest has had several changes in format over the years, the original purpose for publishing it has not changed. The purpose has been, and will continue to be, to compile each fiscal year a single authoritative archival document providing a statistical description of the Air Force in terms of resources, organizations, and major activities. Individuals requiring a historical description in statistical terms of each fiscal year of the Air Force's existence have found the Digest to be an invaluable...
The United States Air Force Statistical Digest has been published each year since 1948. While the Digest has had several changes in format over the ye...
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USAF Statistical Digest 1967
ISBN: 9781511537902 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 428 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) THIS IS THE TWENTY SECOND EDITION OF THE USAF STATISTICAL DIGEST. IN ADDITION TO THE USUAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES, MATERIAL REFLECTING USAF ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA) HAVE BEEN INCLUDED AND MAY BE FOUND AT THE END OF VARIOUS SECTIONS. PART I, AIR FORCE UNITS AND CAPABILITIES, INCLUDES DATA ON USAF AIRCRAFT POSSESSED AND COMBAT READY, AIRCREWS FORMED AND COMBAT READY, AND SQUADRONS LOCATED IN SEA DURING FY 1967. PART II, FLIGHT OPERATIONS, CONTAINS INFORMATION ON AVERAGE NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT, COMBAT AND COMBAT SUPPORT FLYING HOURS AND UTILIZATION RATES AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF SORTIES FOR...
THIS IS THE TWENTY SECOND EDITION OF THE USAF STATISTICAL DIGEST. IN ADDITION TO THE USUAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES, MATERIAL REFLECTING USAF ACTIVITIES ...
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The B-57G Tropic Moon III, 1967-1972
ISBN: 9781508982180 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) As in World War II and the Korea police action, the enemy in Southeast Asia sought the protective concealment of darkness to move his troops and supplies. Although U.S. tactical aircrews cut roads and destroyed moving vehicles during daylight hours, they were ineffective at night. Jungle vegetation and mountainous terrain amplified their difficulties in finding and attacking the trucks, watercraft, and troops that poured southward each night through the maze of roads, footpaths, and streams that constituted the so-called Ho Chi Minh Trail in eastern Laos. Casting about for an aircraft capable...
As in World War II and the Korea police action, the enemy in Southeast Asia sought the protective concealment of darkness to move his troops and suppl...
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USAF Statistical Digest 1996
ISBN: 9781511568388 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) The United States Air Force Statistical Digest has been published each year since 1948. While the Digest has had several changes in format over the years, the original purpose for publishing it has not changed. The purpose has been, and will continue to be, to compile each fiscal year a single authoritative archival document providing a statistical description of the Air Force in terms of resources, organizations, and major activities. Individuals requiring a historical description in statistical terms of each fiscal year of the Air Force's existence have found the Digest to be an invaluable...
The United States Air Force Statistical Digest has been published each year since 1948. While the Digest has had several changes in format over the ye...
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USAF Summarry 1990/1991 (Biennial Budget)
ISBN: 9781511550543 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) This is the fifteenth edition of the UNITED STATES AIR FORCE SUMMARY, produced as a service of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller). It is usually published during the early Spring of each year, following submission of the President's Budget to the Congress. This year the decision was made to fore go publication during the usual March/April window, which would have limited coverage to the "Reagan Budget," in lieu of this delayed version which reflects the more current DoD amended FY 90/91 biennial budget submission. The tables have been updated to...
This is the fifteenth edition of the UNITED STATES AIR FORCE SUMMARY, produced as a service of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Man...
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United States Air Force: Statistical Digest, 1947
ISBN: 9781511427364 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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USAF Statistical Digest, 1953
ISBN: 9781511509565 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 632 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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Tactics and Techniques of Electronic Warfare: Electronic Countermeasures in the Air War Against North Vietnam, 1965-1973
ISBN: 9781508993940 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Electronic Countermeasures in the Air War Against North Vietnam is one of a series of monographs on USAF tactics and techniques in Southeast Asia. Electronic countermeasures is but one aspect of the broad subject of electronic warfare, which was waged in all its complexity throughout Southeast Asia. Nevertheless, in choosing to deal with this topic, the Office of Air Force History faced a difficult security problem, for key material is so closely held that its inclusion might result in a history to which the average Air Force officer would not have access. As a result, this special...
Electronic Countermeasures in the Air War Against North Vietnam is one of a series of monographs on USAF tactics and techniques in Southeast Asia. Ele...
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