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Tomorrow's Air Force : Tracing the Past, Shaping the Future /

Looking ahead to future airpower requirements, this engaging and ground-breaking book on the history and future of American combat airpower argues that the USAF must adapt to the changes that confront it or risk decline into irrelevance. To provide decision makers with the necessary analytical tools...

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Autor principal: Smith, Jeffrey J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington and Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Period one: 1907-1947 -- The birth of military airpower -- World War I and the interwar years -- World War II -- "Counting" the changes in period one -- Period two: 1947-1992 -- The rise of bomber dominance: 1947-1965 -- Bomber decline: 1965-1992 -- The changing leadership of period two -- Period three: 1992-2030 -- Fighter pilot dominance: 1992-1994 -- From Bosnia to Allied Force: 1994-1999 -- September 11, Afghanistan, and Iraq: 2001-2011 -- Signs of change: 1992-2010 -- Anticipating USAF change -- Framing the survey perspectives -- Changing leadership -- Predicting the future -- Summary and recommendations. 
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