West Point graduates and the United States Air Force : shaping American aerospace power /

"West Point graduates played a central role in developing U.S. military air and space power from the earliest days of mechanized flight through the establishment of the U.S. Air Force in 1947, and continuing through the Persian Gulf War. These graduates served at a time when the world's gr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Kuyk, Charles F.G., Jr., 1926- (Author), Kuyk, Charles F.G., III, 1951- (Author)
Other Authors: Hallion, Richard, 1948- (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]
Subjects:
United States. > Air Force > History.
United States Military Academy > Biography.
United States. > Air Force
United States Military Academy
Aeronautics, Military > United States > History.
Astronautics > United States > History.
Aéronautique militaire > États-Unis > Histoire.
Astronautique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Aeronautics, Military
Astronautics
United States
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The early years of U.S. Army Aviation (1903-47)
  • Path to Independence
  • The Class of 1950
  • Cultural Transitions
  • Focus on Advancing Technology
  • Flight Tests and Test Pilots
  • Aerial Reconnaissance
  • Military Airlift
  • ICbMs
  • Space
  • U.S. Air Force Academy
  • Leadership.

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