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...To lead the US Air Force into the future, it is necessary to understand the past and present nature of the force. With this in mind, Air Force leaders have always sought to arm members of the force with a basic knowledge and understanding...

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... Introduction to theUnited States Air Force B. CHANCE SALTZMAN, Capt, USAF ... ...nstitute, College of Aerospace Doctrine, Research and Education, and Air University Press Maxwell AFB, Alabama ... ...thin are solely those of the author, and do not necessarily rep-resent the views of Air University, the United States Air Force, the Department of Def... ...ignal Corps for duty long-range bomber, the B-17 Flying Fortress.with the Aviation Division and learned to fly in In August of 1939, Andrews was... ...T. McNarney. As commander of GHQ Keflavik, Iceland. 19THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANKWorld War II 1941–45THIS PAGE... ...ied Europe. Code named Operation miles wide and destroy the Panzer Lehr division. Overlord, the assault hit five beaches Ge... ...roy the towns surrounding Normandy to bombs fell on the 30th Infantry Division killingcreate roadblocks and prevent resupply. ... ...ng advanced school-ing in engineering at Stanford University, he wasassigned to the 19th Bomb Group in the SouthwestPacific in July 1942. While in the...

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...The years from 1947 through the beginning of the twenty first century witnessed the USAF steadily progress until it became the preeminent air force in the world. With less than 400,000 active duty personnel, the USAF has capabilities and tasks today that were not imaginable six decades ago. The World War II legacy from the Army Air Forces, epitomized in the fam...

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... LLoyd R. “dick” Leavitt Lieutenant General, USAF, Retired Air University Press Air Force Research Institute ... ... Air University Press Air Force Research Institute Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama March 2010 Muir S. Fa... ...rch Information Center Cataloging DataLeavitt, Lloyd R. Following the flag : an Air Force officer provides an eyewitness view of major events and p... ...ommander in Chief, SACU-2 pilot, chief of standardization F-4 assistant division commander for operations, USAFE... ...e in Beast Barracks, Boyd Bashore, had been afirst lieutenant in the 82d Airborne Division before resigninghis commission to become a cadet. The last ... ...marching. “Mister Bashore!” Cronin growled. “They may do that in the82d Airborne Division, but we don’t allow it at West Point!” Aquick glance to my ... ...ked General Humfeld why SAC was evacuatingFlorida. He said a second B-52 wing—the 19th from HomesteadAFB, Florida—would soon be operating from Wurtsmi... ...9th Wing rented cars from local deal-ers for transportation for the newly arrived 19th Wing. Civilengineers began sandbagging the basement windows in ... ...e and antiaircraft gun sites and related facilities in NorthVietnam, south of the 19th parallel.” The North Vietnamesewere probably confused since the...

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...Caustic as well as complimentary valuations are presented here in the belief that they are ultimately beneficial to PME. If the aim of Air Force professional education is to produce capable officers, then it should be flexible enough to accommodate changes which pursue that goal. Readers of this book will discover that PME continues to serve the best interes...

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... . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2 EVOLUTION OF PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION DOCTRINE FOR AIR FORCE OFFICERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Purpose of Air Force Professional Military Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Original Intent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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... \NCNa ~r%Ifgpf niCBProfessional Military Education for Air Force Officers: Comments and Criticisms ... ... Edited by RICHARD L. DAVIS, Lt Col, USAF FRANK P. DONNINI, Lt Col, USAF Air University Press MaxwellAir Force Base, Al... ... June 1991Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication DataProfessional military education for Air Force officers : comments and criticisms /edited... ...several articles on Air ForcePME and Air Force doctrine. Lt Col Frank P. Donnini is thetargets division chief on theintelligence staff, Headquarters... ...tt, our editor at AU Press, and xivthe helpful people in the press's Production Division. Finally, ahumble debt of gratitude to all t... ...ng 12 major subject areas and havingover 300titles by the early 1960s. In 1963 the AU Historical Division assumedmanagement ofthelist. It languished t... ... plan be developed. BOV 18 (1962): 5. 20. AU 10-yearplan, 11-12,16, 24, 50-51. The reports ofthe 19th and 20thBoards of Visitors endorsed the AU plan.... ...ththe AirStaff. Moneyproblemspersisted, despitepleasby numerous observers on AU's behalf. As the 19th BOV (1963)plaintively noted, in light of the Sov... ...e an arrangementwhere officers could attend two to four hours per week during normal duty hours! 19The review group noted, however, that this proposal...

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...America’s First Air Battles: Lessons Learned or Lessons Lost? provides a successful evaluation of Michael Howard’s construct that current doctrine is probably wrong, but what matters is the capability of the military to get it right when a...

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...cle, Maxwell AFB AL 36112–6428. America’s First Air Battles ... ...ssistance.COLLEGE OF AEROSPACE DOCTRINE, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AIR UNIVERSITY America’s First Air BattlesLessons Learned or Lessons Lost? ... ...DHAM JR. Lieutenant Colonel, USAF CADRE Paper No. 16 Air University Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 36112-6615 ... ... Branch,Headquarters US Central Command, Directorate of Intelligence,Plans Division, MacDill AFB, Florida. He is a career intelligenceofficer who has ... ...erunit headquarters engaged in active combat operations andone to each ROK division and corps.13 Additionally, in spite ofa shortage of qualified offi... ...ns.”15 Col Jerry Page and Col Royal Roussel of the Air WarCollege Doctrine Division added that control of the air did notrequire continuous attacks ag... ...s for Rolling Thunder called for attacksagainst LOCs in Laos and below the 19th parallel in North 39CADRE PAPERVietnam. Generals LeMa... ...lling Thunder attack struckthe Xom Bang ammunition depot just north of the 19th parallel.The next attack, which targeted an island off the coast of Vi... ...island off the coast of Viet-nam and another ammunition depot north of the 19th parallel,was not conducted until 13 days later on 15 March.72 WhileAir...

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...Since our founding 50 years ago, the US Air Force has been responsible to the nation for controlling and exploiting the air and space environment. We are the nation’s Air Force—the only service that provides air and space power across the spectrum, from basic resea...

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...Apollo’s WarriorsApollo’s Warriors US Air Force Special Operations US Air Force Special Operations ... ...the Cold War Michael E. Haas, Col, USAF, Retired Air University Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama ... ...aloging-in-Publication DataHaas, Michael E., 1944- Apollo’s Warriors : US Air Force Special Operations during the Cold War / Michael E. Haas. p. ... ...h Stalin to send his armies into both count 135,000 strong in 10 divisions. ThisManchuria and Korea with no audible complaint includ... ...low penetra- been dedicated to each US infantry division andtion of the front lines for tactical information of ... ... Infantry Division CCRAK ... ...a port, bringing with it, in the words of the Essex’svengeance on the 19th. On the night of the air officer, “a load of anger, frustration,... ...r II’s China-Burma-India missions during his six-month tour in Laos.19theater. The “civilian fighter pilot” program was To coordinate targ... ...discovering what few of them campaign against North Vietnam above the 19thcould have suspected during their dangerous hours parallel.21 For th...

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...This study seeks to answer the question, “If a joint force air commander finds it useful or necessary to operate at the theater level and one level below with mission-type orders or requests, what are the preconditions that must exist in order to make such a partially decentralized c...

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...RT STORM: ITS PRESENCE AND ABSENCE . . . . . 33 Notes . . . . . . 45 5 CONCLUSIONS . . . . . 49 Notes . . . . . . 53 6 IMPLICATIONS FOR TODAY’S AIR FORCE . . . . 55 Notes . . . . . . 63...

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...MISSION-TYPE ORDERS IN JOINT AIR OPERATIONSThe Empowerment of Air Leadership MICHAEL E. FISCHER, MA... ... FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES, MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA, FOR COMPLETION OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, ... ... OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, ACADEMIC YEAR 1993-94 Air University Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama ... ...ite” force of infantry,artillery, and cavalry. In addition, each corps and division commander had hisown combat-experienced staff to assist in tactica... ...to maintain speed in the armored advance. Detailedplanning was left to the division commanders who were allocated a certainproportion of direct air su... ...tin the nineteenth century that the Germans called “the empty battlefield.”19This dispersal, a protective response to firepower innovations, significa... ...ers and supplemented them withdaily taskings. For instance, he ordered the 19th Bombardment Group to 19destroy enemy convoys appr... ...the War against Japan (Washing-ton, D.C.: War Department Military Analysis Division, 1947), 9. Figure 2. New Guinea Air Task Forces,...

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...Mosquitoes to Wolves The Evolution of theAirborne Forward Air Controller GARY ROBERT LESTER Air University Press ... ...oller GARY ROBERT LESTER Air University Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama August 1997Library of Congress Catalogi... ...obert, 1947– Mosquitoes to wolves : the evolution of the airborne forward air controller / Gary Robert Lester. p. cm. Includes bibliographical refe... ...ate Air Requests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Mosquitoes Assigned to Divisions . . . . . . . . . 40 Mosquito Mission Expands . . . . . . . .... ...mmand’s test centers. He completed his career as director,Tactics and Test Division, 79th Test and Evaluation Group,Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Aft... ...work, formed 14 units exclusively for this task.They wanted each frontline division to have its own 2 EVOLUTION ... ...d attack, however, they needed aVietnamese airborne FAC.49 The Air Force’s 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron (TASS)was activated at Bien Hoa in July ... ...the O-1sdropped smoke grenades to mark targets for the strikeplanes.52 The 19th TASS was fully operational by 15 September. Theunit, commanded by Lt C... ...ut of Vietnam. Withdrawal would begin in mid-1964with the departure of the 19th TASS (which furnished FACs).The 1st Air Commando Squadron, due to rece...

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...e heart attacks and continued to work tirelessly for proper recognition of airpower. It will also continue my emphasis while Chief of Staff of the US Air Force on encouraging professional reading through making historical accounts available to personnel of the finest air force in the world, a success achieved in large part because of Hap Arnold....

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...OHN W. HUSTON USAF Retired Volume 1 Air University Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama ... ...orld War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American. 3. United States. Army Air Forces--Biography. 4. Generals-- United States--Diaries. 5. United Stat... ...s--Biography. 4. Generals-- United States--Diaries. 5. United States. Army Air Forces--History. 6. World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American. ... ...he Air Force, as the MobilizationAssignee to the Commander of the 20th Air Division, and as a ixMajor General Mobilization Assignee ... ...s for that journey as found in thetyped version located in the Manuscripts Division of theLibrary of Congress. At the diplomatic/military wartime conf... ...le of Air Force Combat Unitsof World War II. Squadrons, Groups, Wings, and Divisions aredesignated by cardinal numbers (525th BombardmentSquadron, 379... ...up and the operation ofeach would be under the direction of the JCS.61 The 19thBombardment Group, although battle-weary from fightingfrom the Philippi... ... After greetings, Blamey and Rowellwithdrew. We had breakfast, talked over 19th Group: war-weary; pilots experienced but indifferent; been in war sinc... ...Group commanding officers. Will send Davies home, 43rdGroup involved here, 19th Group above.183 Continuous experience indicates the effectiveness of h...

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...This paper reviews the historical accounts of the Royal Air Force (R.A.F) experiences in air policing during the interwar period, 1919-1939. It analyzes the evidence from the view of operational doctrine and applies an in-depth look at the basic tenets of R.A.F. air policing campa...

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...919-1939 Major Michael A. Longoria United States Air Force A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of The School of ... ...Requirements School of Advanced Airpower Studies Air University Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama ... ...aimerThe views in this paper are entirely those of the author expressed under Air Universityprinciples of academic freedom and do not reflect official... ...l squadron in the Air ForceSpecial Operations Command; Chief, Combat Analysis Division and Special OperationsWar Planner, Headquarters Military Airlif... ...ation towardsextended franchise that moved the great monarchy of the 18th and 19th centuries to analmost ideal state of fully representative parliamen... ...Gallipoli. In a two-year span the frontier troopstrength shrank from over six divisions to less than eight battalions.44 In their place armoredcars an...

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...This study analyzes the evolution of Seventh Air Force’s joint command and control (C2) relationships as well as the development of joint operational procedures and doctrine in the Central Pacific during World War II. As this was arguably the most joint theater in World...

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...1 INTRODUCTION . . . . 1 2 BEGINNINGS—THE FORGING OF SEVENTH AIR FORCE . . 9 3 EARLY CAMPAIGNS: THE GILBERTS AND THE MARSHALLS . . . . 21 4 LATER CAMPAIGNS: NEUTRALIZATION OF THE CAROLINES, MARIANAS CAMPAIGN, IWO JIMA, AND OKINAWA . . . . 43 5 CONCLUSION . . . . . . 75...

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...Hale’s Handful . . . Up from the Ashes The Forging of the Seventh Air Force from the Ashes of Pearl Harbor to the Triumph of ... ... OF THE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES, MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA, FOR COMPLETION OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS,... ... OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, ACADEMIC YEAR 1999–2000. Air University Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 36112-6615 ... ... 5Source: The Pacific Theater, Up the Ladder; Cartography Division at Indiana State University (http://baby.ind-state.edu/edu/gga/gga... ...against Japan, USAF Historical Study 86(Maxwell AFB, Ala.: USAF Historical Division, Air University, 1955), 132. 5. Ibid., 133. 6. Ibid. 7. Thomas B. ... ... serving as aide to his uncle, Maj Gen HarryC. Hale, commander of the 84th Division.52 With typical self-deprecation,General Hale reported that he “di... ... on Tarawa. The carriers’ airpower worked overTarawa on the morning of the 19th, followed by additional B-24s for a finalreconnaissance and bombing ru... ...th, and Tarawa and Milleagain on the 17th and 18th. Understandably, on the 19th (D minus 1),Seventh Air Force B-24s, Navy planes, and carrier gunfire ...

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...In this paper an Air Force ground commander and scholar, Lt Col Dave Marttala, brings to light a problem previously overlooked in popular discussion: Air Force deployment of large numbers of Airmen to augment the joint ground fight and the co...

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...tary or caustic—will be gratefully appreciated. Mail them to Air Force Fellows—Spaatz Center, 325 Chennault Circle, Maxwel... ... Ground Operations Thank you for your assistance. AIR UNIVERSITY CARl A. SpAATz CENTER FOR OFFICER EDUCATION ... ... UNIVERSITY CARl A. SpAATz CENTER FOR OFFICER EDUCATION AIR FORCE FEllOWS The “In lieu Of” MythAirmen in Joint Ground Operation... ...Marttala is the chief, Antiterrorism andCritical Infrastructure Protection Division, Headquarters UnitedStates Pacific Command. In this capacity, Colo... ...kings Go On,” 42. . Ibid., 4 . 8. LTC Scott McCulloch (Joint Operations Division, Headquarters JointStaff), interview by the author, 14 November 20... ... Chapter 4 Modern Battlefield, Legacy Force The 19th-century “battlespace” in the [American] West was noncontiguous, nonl... ...icularly for the Army,which was to shrink from 26 to 20 active and Reserve divisionswithin four years—a 23 percent reduction.8 The BUR went evenfurthe... ...oundaries.13 Army major generalJeanette Edmunds, commanding officer of the 19th TheaterSupport Command, has explained that in modern wars likeIraq “th...

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...e heart attacks and continued to work tirelessly for proper recognition of airpower. It will also continue my emphasis while Chief of Staff of the US Air Force on encouraging professional reading through making historical accounts available to personnel of the finest air force in the world, a success achieved in large part because of Hap Arnold....

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...OHN W. HUSTON USAF Retired Volume 2 Air University Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama ... ...ld War, 1939-1945––Per- sonal narratives, American. 3. United States. Army Air Forces––Biography. 4. Generals––United States––Diaries. 5. United State... ...es––Biography. 4. Generals––United States––Diaries. 5. United States. Army Air Forces––History. 6. World War, 1939-1945––Aerial operations, American. ... ...he Air Force, as the MobilizationAssignee to the Commander of the 20th Air Division, and as a ixMajor General Mobilization Assignee ... ... forthat journey as found in the typed version located in the man-uscripts division of the Library of Congress. At the diplomatic/military wartime con... ...le of Air Force Combat Unitsof World War II. Squadrons, Groups, Wings, and Divisions aredesignated by cardinal numbers (525th BombardmentSquadron, 379... ...g day. Twenty-four hours later, US troopsreached the Moselle River. On the 19th day since the northernFrance invasion began, the Allies counted more t...

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...ough?: The Control of Strategic Airspace, 1939–1945 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 John McCarthy World War II: Air Support for Surface Forces 85 Vincent Orange World War II: The Bombing of Germany . . 107 Richard J. Overy Definite Limitations: The Air War in Korea 1950–1953 . . . . . . . 143 Jeffrey Grey The Air War in Vietnam:...

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... RAAF Aerospace Centre In cooperation with the RAAF Aerospace Centre Air University PressMaxwell Air Force Base, Alabama January 2001 ... ...2001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataThe war in the air, 1914-1994 / edited by Alan Stephens ; in cooperation with theRAAF Air ... ... Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-58566-087-6 1. Air power––History––Congresses. 2. Air warfare––History––Congresses. 3. M... ...ncluded director GeneralMilitary Staff, Strategic and International Policy Division,Department of Defence; chief of Air Force Operations andPlans; vic... ...9 and has since commandeda tactical training wing, a fighter wing, two air divisions, and anumbered air force. A command pilot on F-100, F-105, F-4,F-... ...implications for the future, and to work with younger and 19THE WAR IN THE AIR 1914–1994more skilled officers and bureaucrats—men and... ... H. Robinson, The Zeppelin in Combat: A History of the German NavalAirship Division, 1912–1918 (London: G. T. Foulis, 1962); Peter Grosz et al.,The Ge... ...utesbefore the first land forces arrived. The second one was theuse of the 19th Tactical Air Command south of Loire, whichcompelled German forces to s...

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...d forces. Although the quantum leaps in weapons delivery accuracy from Vietnam to Kosovo now make it possible to destroy armor and artillery from the air, there has not been a corresponding improvement in target identification. Until USAF prioritizes the direct attack of ground forces and target identification, its ability to attack fielded forces effectively will remain l...

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...1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 HISTORY OF AIR INTERDICTION FROM WORLD WAR I THROUGH VIETNAM . . . . . . . 7 3 MISTY-FAC TACTICS: HYPOTHETICAL MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4 HISTORY OF ATTACKING FIELDED FORCES: POST-VIETNAM TO KOSOVO ....

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...TY OF THE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES, MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA, FOR COMPLETION OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS,... ... OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, ACADEMIC YEAR 2001–2. Air University Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 36112-6615 ... ...e, Alabama 36112-6615 May 2004 This School of Advanced Air and Space Studies thesis and others in this series are available electr... ...d, they rely upontheir conventional armies, which range from large armored divisions tosmall groups of lightly armed militia to provide both external ... ...ing, propeller-drivenaircraft; armed cargo aircraft; and jet fighters. The 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron (TASS) began deploying 22Cessna O-1 Bird... ...rzkopf, the US joint force commander, were theseven elite Republican Guard divisions held in reserve along the Iraq-Kuwaitborder.6 While aerial attack... ...st concerned with the three heavy divi-sions of the seven Republican Guard divisions along the Kuwait-Iraq bor-der.10 These units were widely disperse...

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... AIR SITY UNIVERThe Army and Its Air Corps Army Policy toward Aviation 1919–1941 ... ...n 1919–1941 DR. JAMES P. TATE Lt Col, USAF, Retired Air University Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama ... ... Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataTate, James P. The Army and its air corps : Army policy toward aviation, 1919–1941 / James P. T... ...an of 31 years, he was perhaps proudest of hisrecord as commander of the 42d (Rainbow) Division from Château-Thierry to the conclusion of the Meuse-Ar... ... wasalso the opinion of Father Francis P. Duffy, the well-known chap-lain of Menoher’s division: “If he were not [in] uniform he wouldimpress one as a... ...timony; and most important,conducted a telegraphic survey of the opinions of important division,corps, and Army commanders who actually took part in c... ...board estimated this would requireapproximately $25 million a year.76 19THE ARMY AND ITS AIR CORPS The most important aspect of the L... ...bomb constantly a limited area with impunity, they did remarkably little damage to the 19th Chinese Army although they succeeded in destroying four hu...

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...Description: He Was Hugely Influential in the Latter Half of the 19Th Century, and Up to the First World War. After a Period of Relative Decline, His Reputation Has Steadily Improved Since the 1960S With the Publication of Numerous Academic Studies of His Work....

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...th 2014 129 John RuskinThe Queen of the Air 2PREFACE Pg 1 My days and strength have lately been mu... ...ought to be caused by watery vapour, is, indeed, reflectedfrom the divided air itself; so that the bright blue of the eyes of Athena,and the deep blue... ... with its rose at dawn,and purple at sunset, is now umbered and faint; the air which onceinlaid the clefts of all their golden crags with azure is now... ...rtue, of which she is the spirit, was separated by the ancients into four divisions, which have since obtained acceptance from all men as rightly di... ...ose Milton calls him "sage"? One does not usually 19think of the winds as very thoughtful or deliberate powers. But hearHomer... ...the trees from which the oil was to be takenwere called "Moriai," trees of division (being all descendents of thesacred one in the Erechtheum). And th... ..., and Euphrasy.5. And observe, again and again, with respect to all these divisions and powers of plants: it does not matter in the least by what c...

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.... . xv 1 IN THE TIME OF ATOMIC PLENTY . . . . . . . . . . 1 Air Power Fulfilled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ... ...te Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The Atomic Bomb and the New Air Force . . . . . 7 Preludes to Vietnam . . . . . . .... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 The "New Look" and the Air Force . . . . . . . . . . 24 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . .... ...oncerted North Vietnamese counterattack comprised of morethan four divisions. ARVN troops, stalled along Route 9 leadingfrom Khe Sanh... ...ependent on theirlogistical base as the Americans and their allies.A Chinese division, forinstance, could fight on 50 tons of supplies ... ...orce and the Air Staff. Nordid they like the idea ofexpandingthe Army by two divisions and procuring enough helicopters tosupport those divisions . Th... ... ruse, so the president ordered a further reduction in latitude to below the 19th parallel. No targets north of that line were struck throughoutthe re... ...points, and supplyconcentrations along the lines of communications below the 19thparallel. With Rolling Thunder curtailed, the planes that had been f... ...t Nixon began anew the bombing of the North,ordering planes back north ofthe 19th parallel in response to NorthVietnam's massive invasion of the South...

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... BeyondHorizonsBeyond HorizonsA Half Century of Air Force Space LeadershipRevised EditionDavid N. SpiresSenior Editor... ...ging-in-Publication DataSpires, David N. Beyond Horizons : a half century of Air Force space leadership / David N. Spires; Senior editor, George W. Br... ... Third Printing July 2002 To the men and women who made Air Force space historyand those who recorded their achievements.Contents... ...ued missile and satellite development by establishingthe Western Development Division and giving its commander, Brigadier GeneralBernard A. Schriever,... ...rtant document collection that begins with records of the WesternDevelopment Division in the early 1950s. Colonel Richard S. Rauschkolb, com-mander of... ...rtant document collection that begins with records of the WesternDevelopment Division in the early 1950s. Colonel Richard S. Rauschkolb, com-mander of... ...eir ideas remained only idle musings until technologicalprogress in the late 19th century led serious enthusiasts to consider liquid-propel-lant rocke...

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... the views of the author and does notnecessarily reflect the official opinion of the Air UniversityCenter for Aerospace Doctrine, Research, and Educat... ...nter for Aerospace Doctrine, Research, and Education(CADRE) or the Department of the Air Force. Thismanuscript has been reviewed and cleared for publi... ...rary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataWatts, Barry D. The Foundations ofUS Air Doctrine . "December 1984 ." Bibliography : p. Includes in... ...regiment during the Wehrmacht's Greek campaign of April 1941 ;command of 11th Panzer Division at the battles of Voronezh, the Chir River, Tatsinskaya ... ...tuted the Air Staffplanning team that, in August 1941, drafted AWPD-1 (Air War Plans Division 1),5which became "the basic blueprint for the creation o... ... four-man "task group" (George, Walker, Hansell, and Kuter) within the Air War Plans Division of General Henry H . "Hap" Arnold's infant Air Staff. T... ... Encvclepedia of Philosophy, Vol. 2, p. 528 . 77. "By the middle of the 19th century it was clear that two distinct principles wer... ...apprehended by the senses or grasped intuitively, in the second half ofthe 19th century physicists such as ...

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...This is the transcription of the Technical Air-to-Ground Voice Transmission (GOSS NET 1) from the Apollo 11 mission. Communicators in the text may be identified according to the following list. Spacecraft: CDR Commander Neil A. Armstrong CMP Command module pilot M...

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...TRODUCTION This is the transcription of the Technical Air-to-Ground Voice Trans-mission (GOSS NET 1) from the ... ... USS Hornet R Recovery helicopter AB Air Boss A series of three dots (...) is used to designate those... ...which a recording wasterminated abruptly. APOLLO 11 AIR-T0-GROUND VOICE TRANSCRIPTION(GOSS NET 1) ... ... 02 05 _8 27. CMP He's on his - He's on his 19th bowl. 02 05 58 30 CC Roger. Are you hav... ...0. And in baseball, the west division of the National League remains a tight ... ... Page 500 are still in first place in the East Division. They lead the New York Mets by four and o... ...League, Baltimore is breezing toward the ]!',a'_tern Division tJLtt,. They lead second-place Boston by 1...