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[ 1 ] Ideas and Weapons
Description: Explores something of the background of the contemporary air weapon. Attempts to distill from past experience in the development of air material those lessons which might be of help in formulating policies for exploiting the air weapons more successfully in the future. Originally published by Yale University Press in 1953. Air Force ISBN 0-912799-11-0. L.C. card 83-18967.
Year/pages: 1953: 236 p.; ill. 1997-repr.
Price: $8.00
[ 2 ] Khobar Towers: Tragedy and Response
Description: Discusses the terrorist truck bombing of Khobar Towers that occurred in Saudi Arabia on June 25, 1996. Nineteen American servicemen were killed and many people were injured.
Year/pages: 2008: 298 p.; ill.
Price: $29.00
[ 3 ] Decisive Force: Strategic Bombing in the Gulf War
Description: Discusses the strategic bombing by the United States Air Force in the Persian Gulf War. Item 0422-M-01.
Year/pages: 1996: 87 p.; ill.
Price: $4.50
[ 4 ] HAP: Henry H. Arnold, Military Aviator
Description: Also advertised with the title: General Hap Arnold. Presents a biography of General Arnold's military life as an army aviator. Item 461-D-05.
Year/pages: 1997: 40 p.; ill.
Price: $1.50
[ 5 ] Concise History of the United States Air Force
Description: Presents the history of the United States Air Force.
Year/pages: 1997: 88 p.; ill.
Price: $3.00
[ 6 ] Airlift and Airborne Operations in World War 2
Description: United States Army Air Forces in World War 2. Details the history of the Air Transport Command.
Year/pages: 1998: 55 p.; ill.
Price: $1.75
[ 7 ] Air Force Roles and Missions: A History
Description: Traces the usage of- and meaning given to- the terms "roles and missions" relating to the armed forces and particularly to the United States Air Force, from 1907 to the present. L.C. card 98-44142. Item 422-M-01.
Year/pages: 1998: 344 p.; ill.
Price: $21.00
[ 8 ] Defending the West: The United States Air Force and European Security, 1946-1998
Description: Attempts to give the general reader some sense of the role the United States Air Force has played in Europe since the end of World War 2. Item 0422-M-01.
Year/pages: 1999: 53 p.; ill.
[ 9 ] On Target: Organizing and Executing the Strategic Air Campaign Against Iraq
Description: USAF in the Persian Gulf War. Covers the strategic air operations over Iraqi territory during Desert Storm.
Year/pages: 2002: 397 p.; ill.
Price: $19.00
[ 10 ] To Hanoi and Back: The United States Air Force and North Vietnam 1966-1973
Description: Describes the United States Air Force's role in the air campaign over North Vietnam from 1966-1973.
Year/pages: 2000: 428 p.; ill.
Price: $17.50
[ 11 ] Separate and Unequal: Race Relations in the AAF During World War 2
Description: Describes relations between white and black Americans in the Army Air Forces during World War 2.
Year/pages: 2004: 60 p.; ill.
[ 12 ] Logbook of the Signal Corps No. 1: The United States Army's First Airplane
Description: Air Force History and Museums Program. Edited by Meghan Cunningham. Recounts the experiences of Benjamin D. Foulois, the first flyer of Signal Corps No. 1, the first airplane of the United States Army Signal Corps. Contains detailed daily logs of his flights.
Year/pages: 2004: 52 p.; ill.
Price: $4.75
[ 13 ] Airborne Assault on Holland: An Interim Report
Description: Wings at War Series, No. 4 Commemorative Edition. Originally written and published by the Headquarters, Army Air Forces, Office of Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence, in the 1940s. Discusses the role of air power as the Allies attempted to penetrate German defenses at the Siegfried Line in 1944.
Year/pages: 1992: 57 p.; ill. repr.
Price: $2.00
[ 14 ] Within Limits: The United States Air Force and the Korean War
Description: Air Force Fiftieth Anniversary Commemorative Edition. Chronicles the role of the United States Air Force in the Korean War.
Year/pages: 1996: 63 p.; ill.
Price: $2.25
[ 15 ] Toward Independence: The Emergence of the United States Air Force, 1945-1947
Description: Air Force Fiftieth Anniversary Commemorative Edition. Chronicles the history of the United States Air Force from 1945 to 1947.
Year/pages: 1996: 38 p.; ill.
[ 16 ] United States Air Force and Humanitarian Airlift Operations, 1947-1994
Description: Reference Series. Covers Air Force humanitarian airlift operations. Designed to help planners to appreciate, in quantitative and qualitative terms, how airlift operations were conducted from 1947 to 1994. Item 422-M-01.
Year/pages: 1998: 549 p.; ill.
Price: $52.00
[ 17 ] Ash Warriors
Description: Tells the remarkable story of the men and women of the Clark community and their ordeal in planning for and carrying out their evacuation from Clark in face of the impending volcanic activity. It documents the actions of those who remained on the base during the series of Mount Pinatubo's eruptions, and the closing of the base during the subsequent months. This is the story of the Ash Warriors, those Air Force men and women who carried out their mission in the face of an incredible series of natural disasters, including volcanic eruption, flood, typhoons, and earthquakes, all of which plagued Clark and the surrounding areas in June and July 1991.
Year/pages: 2000: 156 p.; ill. 2005-repr.
Price: $5.50
[ 18 ] Silver Wings, Golden Valor: The USAF Remembers Korea
Description: Edited by Richard P. Hallion. Contains papers from a symposium on the Korean War held at the U.S. Congress on June 7, 2000. Records the reminiscences and perspectives of veterans and historians participating in the symposium.
Year/pages: 2006: 139 p.
Price: $13.50
[ 19 ] War Too Long: The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia 1961-1975
Description: Air Force Fiftieth Anniversary Commemorative Edition. Discusses the United States Air Force's involvement in the Vietnam Conflict.
Year/pages: 1996: 111 p.; ill.
[ 20 ] Foundation of the Force: Air Force Enlisted Personnel Policy 1907-1956
Description: Traces how the Air Force built its enlisted cadre in the key, early years of the service when it was itself a new and unsettled organization. Presents valuable perspective to decision-makers today as they grapple with force drawdown and maintaining appropriate standards of training and professionalism. L.C. card 96-33468. Item 0422-M-01.
Year/pages: 1997: 312 p.; ill.
Price: $15.00
[ 21 ] Cold War and Beyond: Chronology of the United States Air Force, 1947-1997
Description: Air Force 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition. Commemorates the golden anniversary of the establishment of the United States Air Force as an independent service. Presents a chronology of the events which shaped the Air force during the Cold War from 1947 to 1997. Item 0422-M-01.
Year/pages: 1997: 169 p.; ill.
Price: $8.50
[ 22 ] Preemptive Defense: Allied Air Power Versus Hitler's V-Weapons, 1943-1945
Description: United States Army Air Forces in World War 2. Details the story of the attempt by the allies to render Germany's Vergeltungswaffe (V) weapons ineffective in World War 2. Item 422-M-01.
Year/pages: 1998: 43 p.; ill.
[ 23 ] United States Air Force in Space, 1945 to the Twenty-First Century: Proceedings, Air Force Historical Foundation Symposium
Description: Edited by R. Cargill Hall and Jacob Neufeld. Contains papers presented at the Air Force Historical Foundation Symposium, held at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on September 21-22, 1995. Topics addressed are: Pt. 1, The Formative Years, 1945-1961; Pt. 2, Mission Development and Exploitation Since 1961; and Pt. 3, Military Space Today and Tomorrow. Includes notes, abbreviations & acronyms, an index, and photographs. Item 422-M-01.
Year/pages: 1998: 203 p.; ill.
[ 24 ] Leaping the Atlantic Wall: Army Air Forces Campaigns in Western Europe, 1942-1945
Description: United States Army Air Forces in World War 2. Tells the story of the allied air forces breach of the Atlantic wall of Hitler's "Fortress Europe". Item 422-M.
Year/pages: 1999: 36 p.; ill.
Price: $1.25
[ 25 ] Africa to the Alps: The Army Air Forces in the Mediterranean Theater
Description: United States Army Air Forces in World War 2. Describes the participation of the Army Air Forces in the Mediterranean theater of operations in World War 2, as it developed in practical air-ground doctrine, established an effective interdiction strategy, and gained valuable experience in airborne operations and close air support of ground troops.
Year/pages: 1999: 35 p.; ill.
[ 26 ] War in South Vietnam: The Years of the Offensive, 1965-1968 (Parperbound)
Description: United States Air Force in Southeast Asia. Documents the Air Force's support of the ground war in South Vietnam from 1965 to early 1968. Includes sections on the air campaign conducted during the Communists' siege of the Marine camp of Khe Sanh. Also contains several appendices, a glossary, and bibliographical notes. GPO ISBN 0-16-050137-7. L.C. card 88-14030. Item 422-J.
Year/pages: 1999: 424 p.; ill.
[ 27 ] Pacific Counterblow: The 11th Bombardment Group and the 67th Fighter Squadron in the Battle for Guadalcanal, An Interim Report
Description: Wings at War Series, No. 3 Commemorative Edition. Originally written and published by the Headquarters, Army Air Forces, Office of Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence, in the 1940s. Tells the story of the Battle for Guadalcanal in 1942, focusing on the operations of the 11th Bombardment Group and the 67th Fighter Squadron. Item 424.
Year/pages: 1992: 56 p.; ill. repr.
[ 28 ] Fueling the Fires of Resistance: Army Air Forces Special Operations in the Balkans During World War 2
Description: United States Army Air Forces in World War 2. Examines the role of the Army Air Force in support of the activities of Yugoslavian partisans fighting the Axis powers in the Balkans in World War 2. Item 422-M-01.
Year/pages: 1995: 47 p.; ill.
[ 29 ] Wings of Hope: The United States Air Force and Humanitarian Airlift Operations
Description: Air Force Fiftieth Anniversary Commemorative Edition. Describes the humanitarian airlifts which the United States Air Force participated in from Post-World War 2 through the early nineties. Includes an appendix listing selected Air Force overseas humanitarian operations from 1947-1994. Item 422-M-01.
Year/pages: 1997: 56 p.; ill.
[ 30 ] Steadfast and Courageous, FEAF Bomber Command and the Air War in Korea, 1950-1953
Description: United States Air Force in Korea. Korean War Fiftieth Anniversary Commemorative Edition. Traces the part played by the Far East Air Forces (FEAF) Bomber Command in the Korean War. FEAF used the B-29 as its workhorse, marking the last war this remarkable plane flew.
Year/pages: 2000: 60 p.; ill.
[ 31 ] Lucrative Targets: United States Air Force in the Kuwaiti Theater of Operations
Description: United States Air Force in the Persian Gulf War. Part of a series of five works dealing with various aspects of the Air Force's participation in Desert Shield and Storm. This volume focuses on the Air Force's role in the opposing Iraqi forces in the "Kuwaiti theater of operations," a relatively small region in southern Iraq and Kuwait, where Iraqi Republican Guard were concentrated.
Year/pages: 2001: 261 p.; ill.
Price: $14.50
[ 32 ] That Others May Live: United States Air Force Air Rescue In Korea
Description: United States Air Force in Korea. Korean War Fiftieth Anniversary Commemorative Edition. Chronicles the story of the United States Air Force Air Rescue Service in Korea from 1950 to 1953.
Year/pages: 2004: 57 p.; ill.
[ 33 ] Operation Dragon Comeback: Air Education and Training Command's Response to Hurricane Katrina
Description: Air Force History and Museums Program. Tells the story of the men an woman of Air Education and Training Command (AETC) who rushed to the aid of their wingmen at Kessler Air Force Base and to their countrymen in need.
Year/pages: 2006: 238 p.: ill.
Price: $40.00
[ 34 ] Air National Guard at 60: A History
Description: Documents key facets of the Air National Guard's (ANG) evolution and brings them up to date as the ANG transforms to meet the space and information age.
Year/pages: 2007: 75 p.; ill.
Price: $11.50
[ 35 ] Interservice Rivalry and Airpower in the Vietnam War
Description: Focuses on the tactical airpower in South Vietnam between 1961 and 1968 and the rivalry among the armed forces of the United States. A
Year/pages: 2006: 208 p.
Price: $18.00
[ 36 ] Pattern for Joint Operations: World War 2 Close Air Support, North Africa
Description: CMH Pub. 93-7. Historical Analysis Series. Discusses the organization, doctrine, and equipment for close air support of ground forces in the United States military organization prior to World War 2. Explains how the Tunisian campaign demonstrated the need for tactical changes and describes the struggle by Allied air and ground leaders in North Africa to form a cooperative combat team. L.C. card 87-19335.
Year/pages: 1987: 104 p., 1 folded leaf; ill.
Price: $9.50
[ 37 ] Rise of the Fighter Generals: The Problems of Air Force Leadership, 1945-1982
Description: Discusses Air Force leadership and where its leaders come from. Focuses on the career specialty of Air Force general officers who served between 1953 and 1973.
Year/pages: 1998: 295 p.; ill.
Price: $9.00
[ 38 ] Development of Military Night Aviation to 1919
Description: Examines the development of military night aviation from its origins through the 1st World War. Places emphasis on the evolution of night flying in those countries which fought on the Western Front, namely France, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States. L.C. card 98-44145. Item 0442-K.
Year/pages: 1998: 172 p.; ill.
Price: $13.00
[ 39 ] Coalition Air Warfare in the Korean War, 1950 1953: Proceedings Air Force Historical Foundation Symposium, Andrews AFB, Maryland May 7-8. 2002
Description: Edited by Jacob Nuefeld and George M., Watson Jr. Contains papers from a symposium in commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Korean War. Focuses on contributions made by the armed forces of the United States and its allies to the air warfare during the Korean War.
Year/pages: 2005: 373 p.; ill.
Price: $35.50
[ 40 ] United States Army in World War 2, Buying Aircraft: Material Procurement for Army Air Forces (Clothbound)
Description: CMH Pub 11-2. Describes the expansion of and problems associated with the aircraft industry to meet the military requirements of the Army before and during the war.
Year/pages: 1964: 664 p.; ill. 1989-repr.
Price: $22.00
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