Introduction to the United States Air Force: Extensive History of the Aircraft, Missiles, Satellites, Leaders, Heroes, Battles, Fighter Aces of the USAF from World War I to the 21st Century

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Author: Progressive Management ISBN: 9781476240008
Publisher: Progressive Management Publication: March 31, 2012
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Progressive Management
ISBN: 9781476240008
Publisher: Progressive Management
Publication: March 31, 2012
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

Here is a comprehensive history of the people and vehicles of the United States Air Force, from World War I through the start of the 21st Century. This Introduction to the United States Air Force is organized into two parts and five appendices. The first part is organized chronologically and groups significant operations and personalities together in several critical periods in the development of the US Air Force. The second part covers aerospace craft and is organized by type (fighters, bombers, missiles, etc.) in order to show the development of each type over time. Following Part II are appendices listing the senior leaders of the early air forces (before the creation of the US Air Force in 1947), the Air Force Chiefs of Staff, the Chief Master Sergeants of the Air Force, Fighter Aces, and Medal of Honor Winners.

Contents: Part I - Major Operations and Personnel of the United States Air Force * Part II - Aerospace Craft of the United States Air Force

WORLD WAR I AND THE INTERWAR YEARS: 1916-40 * Mexican Punitive Expedition (1916-17) * St Mihiel Offensive of World War I * Sinking of the Ostfriesland (1921) * Pan American Goodwill Flight * Question Mark Flight (1929) * Airmail Operation (1934) * "Hap" Arnold's B-10 Flights to Alaska * Foulois * Bullard * Mitchell * Rickenbacker * Luke * Patrick * Andrews * Doolittle Raid on Tokyo * Kasserine Pass * Battle of the Bismarck Sea * Ploesti Raid (August 1943) * Regensburg/Schweinfurt Raids (1943) * Operation Overlord (1944) * Bombing Tokyo * Hiroshima and Nagasaki * "Hap" Arnold * Chennault * Eaker * Spaatz * Gabreski * Kuter * Bong * "Jimmy" Doolittle * Kenney * Whitehead * McGuire * Tibbets * INDEPENDENT AIR FORCE, COLD WAR, AND KOREA: 1946-64 * X-1 Supersonic Flight * Berlin Airlift * Pusan Perimeter Defense * Corona * Strategic Air Command (1946-92) * Cuban Missile Crisis * Yeager * Vandenberg * Hess * Jabara * McConnell * Blesse * Risner * Twining * Tunner * LeMay * Schriever * Aldrin * Grissom * Slayton * Rolling Thunder (1965-68) * Arc Light (1965-67) * Bolo (January 1967) * Linebacker I (1972) * Pitzenbarger * Dethlefsen * Sijan * Ryan * James * Levitow * Brown * Ritchie * Jones * Olds * Aderholt * El Dorado Canyon * Just Cause (December 1989) * Iraq * Warden * Horner * McPeak * Somalia (1992-94) * Provide Promise and Deny Flight: Bosnia (1992-96) * Uphold Democracy: Haiti (1994) * Kosovo Crisis (1999) * Fogleman * Short * Part II * Wright 1909 Military Flyer and Curtiss JN-4D "Jenny" * DeHavilland DH-4 and SPAD XIII * P-6E and P-26 * P-39 and P-38 * P-40 and P-47 * P-51 and Bell P-59 * P-61 and F-80 * F-84 and F-86 * F-100 and F-101 * F-102, F-104, and F-106 * Republic F-105 and McDonnell Douglas F-4 * General Dynamics F-111 and McDonnell Douglas F-15 * Lockheed Martin F-16 and Lockheed F-117 * Boeing and Lockheed Martin F-22 * GMB/MB-1, Boeing B-9, and Martin B-10 * B-17 and B-24 * North American B-25 and Martin B-26 * Boeing B-29 and Convair B-36 * Boeing B-47 and Convair B-58 * Boeing B-52 and Rockwell B-1 * B-2 * Northrop A-17 and Douglas A-20 * Douglas A-26 and Douglas A-1 * Vought A-7 and Fairchild A-10 * KC-97 and Boeing KB-50 * Boeing KC-135 and McDonnell Douglas KC-10 * Curtiss-Wright C-30 and Douglas C-47 * Curtiss C-46 and Douglas C-54 * Fairchild C-82/119 and Douglas C-124 * Lockheed C-69/121 and Fairchild C-123 * Lockheed C-130 and Lockheed C-141 * Lockheed C-5 and Boeing E-3 * Northrop Grumman E-8 and Boeing C-17 * Vultee BT-13 and North American AT-6 * Lockheed T-33 and North American T-28 * Beech T-34 and Cessna T-37 * Northrop T-38 and Raytheon T-1 * X-1 and Lockheed U-2 * X-15 and North American XB-70 * SR-71 * PGM-17 Thor and General Dynamics HGM-19 Atlas * Martin LGM-25 Titan and Boeing LGM-30 Minuteman * LGM-118 Peacekeeper

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Here is a comprehensive history of the people and vehicles of the United States Air Force, from World War I through the start of the 21st Century. This Introduction to the United States Air Force is organized into two parts and five appendices. The first part is organized chronologically and groups significant operations and personalities together in several critical periods in the development of the US Air Force. The second part covers aerospace craft and is organized by type (fighters, bombers, missiles, etc.) in order to show the development of each type over time. Following Part II are appendices listing the senior leaders of the early air forces (before the creation of the US Air Force in 1947), the Air Force Chiefs of Staff, the Chief Master Sergeants of the Air Force, Fighter Aces, and Medal of Honor Winners.

Contents: Part I - Major Operations and Personnel of the United States Air Force * Part II - Aerospace Craft of the United States Air Force

WORLD WAR I AND THE INTERWAR YEARS: 1916-40 * Mexican Punitive Expedition (1916-17) * St Mihiel Offensive of World War I * Sinking of the Ostfriesland (1921) * Pan American Goodwill Flight * Question Mark Flight (1929) * Airmail Operation (1934) * "Hap" Arnold's B-10 Flights to Alaska * Foulois * Bullard * Mitchell * Rickenbacker * Luke * Patrick * Andrews * Doolittle Raid on Tokyo * Kasserine Pass * Battle of the Bismarck Sea * Ploesti Raid (August 1943) * Regensburg/Schweinfurt Raids (1943) * Operation Overlord (1944) * Bombing Tokyo * Hiroshima and Nagasaki * "Hap" Arnold * Chennault * Eaker * Spaatz * Gabreski * Kuter * Bong * "Jimmy" Doolittle * Kenney * Whitehead * McGuire * Tibbets * INDEPENDENT AIR FORCE, COLD WAR, AND KOREA: 1946-64 * X-1 Supersonic Flight * Berlin Airlift * Pusan Perimeter Defense * Corona * Strategic Air Command (1946-92) * Cuban Missile Crisis * Yeager * Vandenberg * Hess * Jabara * McConnell * Blesse * Risner * Twining * Tunner * LeMay * Schriever * Aldrin * Grissom * Slayton * Rolling Thunder (1965-68) * Arc Light (1965-67) * Bolo (January 1967) * Linebacker I (1972) * Pitzenbarger * Dethlefsen * Sijan * Ryan * James * Levitow * Brown * Ritchie * Jones * Olds * Aderholt * El Dorado Canyon * Just Cause (December 1989) * Iraq * Warden * Horner * McPeak * Somalia (1992-94) * Provide Promise and Deny Flight: Bosnia (1992-96) * Uphold Democracy: Haiti (1994) * Kosovo Crisis (1999) * Fogleman * Short * Part II * Wright 1909 Military Flyer and Curtiss JN-4D "Jenny" * DeHavilland DH-4 and SPAD XIII * P-6E and P-26 * P-39 and P-38 * P-40 and P-47 * P-51 and Bell P-59 * P-61 and F-80 * F-84 and F-86 * F-100 and F-101 * F-102, F-104, and F-106 * Republic F-105 and McDonnell Douglas F-4 * General Dynamics F-111 and McDonnell Douglas F-15 * Lockheed Martin F-16 and Lockheed F-117 * Boeing and Lockheed Martin F-22 * GMB/MB-1, Boeing B-9, and Martin B-10 * B-17 and B-24 * North American B-25 and Martin B-26 * Boeing B-29 and Convair B-36 * Boeing B-47 and Convair B-58 * Boeing B-52 and Rockwell B-1 * B-2 * Northrop A-17 and Douglas A-20 * Douglas A-26 and Douglas A-1 * Vought A-7 and Fairchild A-10 * KC-97 and Boeing KB-50 * Boeing KC-135 and McDonnell Douglas KC-10 * Curtiss-Wright C-30 and Douglas C-47 * Curtiss C-46 and Douglas C-54 * Fairchild C-82/119 and Douglas C-124 * Lockheed C-69/121 and Fairchild C-123 * Lockheed C-130 and Lockheed C-141 * Lockheed C-5 and Boeing E-3 * Northrop Grumman E-8 and Boeing C-17 * Vultee BT-13 and North American AT-6 * Lockheed T-33 and North American T-28 * Beech T-34 and Cessna T-37 * Northrop T-38 and Raytheon T-1 * X-1 and Lockheed U-2 * X-15 and North American XB-70 * SR-71 * PGM-17 Thor and General Dynamics HGM-19 Atlas * Martin LGM-25 Titan and Boeing LGM-30 Minuteman * LGM-118 Peacekeeper

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