A Companion for Aspirant Air Warriors : A Handbook for Personal Professional Study

By Dr. David R. Mets

Book Id: WPLBN0002170392
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 7.71 MB
Reproduction Date: 10/15/2012

Title:	A Companion for Aspirant Air Warriors : A Handbook for Personal Professional Study
Author:	Dr. David R. Mets
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Military Science, Air Force
Collections:	Authors Community, Education
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Publisher:	Air University Press

Member Page:	Air University Press
Citation APA MLA Chicago David R. Met, B. D. (n.d.). A Companion for Aspirant Air Warriors : A Handbook for Personal Professional Study. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

Description
This companion to personal professional study is intended to promote the early development of such a lifetime program and to serve as a tool to facilitate its planning and execution.

Table of Contents
1 THE INFANCY OF AIRPOWER. . . . . . . . . .3 2 NAVAL AVIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3 AIRPOWER IN WORLD WAR I . . . . . . . . . 11 4 LAYING THE INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATIONS, 1919–1931 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5 AN AGE OF INNOVATION, 1931–1941 . . . . 19 6 NAVAL AVIATION BETWEEN THE WARS . . . .23 7 WORLD WAR II: THE RISE OF THE LUFTWAFFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 8 WORLD WAR II: EUROPE—THE STRATEGIC BOMBING DIMENSION . . . . . . . . . .33 9 WORLD WAR II: EUROPE—THE TACTICAL AIR CAMPAIGNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 10 WORLD WAR II: EUROPE—NAVAL AVIATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 11 WORLD WAR II: ROYAL AIR FORCE . . . .45 12 WORLD WAR II: SOVIET AIR FORCE . . . .51 13 WORLD WAR II: THE FALL OF THE LUFTWAFFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 14 WORLD WAR II: PACIFIC—JAPANESE AIRPOWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 15 WORLD WAR II: PACIFIC—THE USAAF IN THE SOUTHWEST. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 16 WORLD WAR II: CENTRAL PACIFIC—NAVAL AIRPOWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 17 WORLD WAR II: PACIFIC—THE MERGE AND HIROSHIMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 18 THE DAWN OF THE COLD WAR . . . . . . . 83 19 THE KOREAN WAR . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 20 NAVAL AVIATION IN THE KOREAN WAR . . 95 21 THE REBIRTH OF US ARMY AVIATION . . . 99