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Airman
"This is the biography of an extraordinary Air Force pilot, Richard F.B. Gimmi, who began his career flying B-25s in World War II and ultimately flew the F-105 in Vietnam."--Jacket page II.
Weekend Pilots
The inside story of the hypermasculine world of American private aviation. In 1960, 97 percent of private pilots were men. More than half a century later, this figure has barely changed. In Weekend Pilots, Alan Meyer provides an engaging account of the postWorld War II aviation community. Drawing on public records, trade association journals, newspaper accounts, and private papers and interviews, Meyer takes readers inside a white, male circle of the initiated that required exceptionally high skill levels, that celebrated facing and overcoming risk, and that encouraged fierce personal independence. The Second World War proved an important turning point in popularizing private aviation. Milit...
The Wings of Change
World War 1939-1945. Army Air Force Experience in Texas.
American Military Training Aircraft
The U.S. did not become the world's foremost military air power by accident. The learning curve--World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and more recently the war on terror--has been steep. While climbing this curve, the U.S. has not only produced superior military aircraft in greater numbers than its foes, but has--in due course--out-trained them, too. This book provides a comprehensive historical survey of U.S. military training aircraft, including technical specifications, drawings and photographs of each type of fixed and rotary-wing design used over a 98-year period to accomplish the first step of the learning process: the training of pilots and aircrews.
Understanding The Military Service Record of George W. Bush
George W. Bush’s service in the Texas Air National Guard was a contentious issue in three of his election campaigns: Governor of Texas - 1994, President of the United States - 2000, 2004. This monograph for historians explains the arcane, armed forces reserve system during the time of Bush’s military service (1968-1974) and presents a history of such service. Bush’s military biography is based primarily on source documents released by the White House in 2003 and 2004, plus those obtained by researchers through Freedom of Information Act requests. Selected documents from the former president’s military service record appear in the 103-page appendix and are cited in the 51 pages of textual material.
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Hat in the Ring
When Congress declared war in April 1917, the Europeans had already deployed their third generation of fighters, equipped with machine guns and capable of speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour, while the American Air Service consisted of only a handful of aviators in unarmed trainers. In this first in-depth study of America's first air warriors, Frandsen shows how in just two years the 1st Pursuit Group organized, absorbed French and British technology and experience, and became a well-led, respected, and lethal force over the trenches of the Western Front. Fascinating portraits of America’s first aviation leaders and legends, including Eddie Rickenbacker, Billy Mitchell, Frank Luke, Benjamin Foulouis, Bert Atkinson, and James Meissner, provide new and controversial perspective on one of America’s least understood wars and on the origins of the most powerful air force in history. Toxic personalities, competing French-British tactics and aircraft, and an experienced, aggressive enemy forced the Americans into a tactical crucible with deadly results, including 73 casualties in the Meuse-Argonne campaign alone.
La formation des aviateurs de la Royal Air Force et du Commonwealth 1934 - 1945
Avant-guerre, les aviateurs de la RAF n'avaient quasiment aucune pratique du vol de nuit et, sauf quelques équipages d'hydravions, ils n'étaient pas formés pour naviguer sur de grandes distances en situation de couvre-feu. Entre juillet 1934 et novembre 1938, le gouvernement britannique approuve huit plans d'expansion de la RAF pour lesquels il faut former des milliers d'aviateurs. Former des aviateurs coûtait (et coûte toujours) extrêmement cher et demandait des années. Ne sachant pas quelles allaient être les pertes d'une guerre aérienne moderne ni l'expansion réelle de la RAF, il était très difficile d'estimer les besoins. Malgré un effort énorme, les hommes manquent dès le...
