Recently added articles from Air Power History:
Racing against invasion: engineering a kamikaze "cruise missile".
Jun 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the summer of 2007, I was a volunteer researcher at the Paul E. Garber Restoration Facility of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum (NASM), when a bomb-shaped aircraft featuring two cockpits was pulled out of storage for ...
Technology not realized: Army Air Forces radar employment in the early Pacific War.
Jun 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Japan's stunning employment of air power on the first day of the Pacific War, in 1941, is readily acknowledged by most; but its corollary--the failure of U.S. air power in the Philippines and Hawaii is often overlooked. While this failure of American air ...
The A-1C(M) gunsight: a case study of technological innovation in the United States Air Force.(Case study)
Jun 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The A-1C(M) lead-computing sight was the first fighter gunsight to employ radar ranging. It was widely used in Korea where it received a mixed reception by the F-86 pilots who depended upon it. Many of the younger, less experienced pilots found it a ...
Establishing the U.S. Air Force Academy: the early years.
Jun 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Almost from the beginning of military aviation, American airmen dreamed of having a service independent from land and sea control, and also of a military school, an air academy, that would educate young men on the unique features of air power and how it ...
From Berlin to Baghdad: America's Search for Purpose in the Post-Cold War World.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2009; ... From Berlin to Baghdad: America's Search for Purpose in the Post-Cold War World. By Hal Brands. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2008. Notes. Index. Bibliography. Pp. vii, 416. $45.00 ISBN 0-8131-2462-9 The story is familiar. America's Cold War conflict with the ...
Rupert Red Two: A Fighter Pilot's Life from Thunderbolts to Thunderchiefs.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Rupert Red Two: A Fighter Pilot's Life from Thunderbolts to Thunderchiefs. By Jack Broughton. St. Paul, Minn.: Zenith Press, 2007. Photographs. Pp. 352. $26.95 ISBN: 0-7603-3217-7 Rupert Red Two joins Thud Ridge (1969) and Going Downtown (1988) to complete Jack Broughton's ...
Velocity: Speed with Direction. The Professional Career of General Jerome F. O'Malley.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Velocity: Speed with Direction. The Professional Career of General Jerome F. O'Malley. By Aloysius G. Casey and Patrick A. Casey. Maxwell AFB, Ala.: Air University Press, 2007. Photographs. Diagrams. Maps. Appendix. Index. Pp. 261 Paperback. ISBN: 1-58566169-5 Lt. Gen. Al Casey ...
Forgotten Wings: Gliders in Normandy and Southern France.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Forgotten Wings: Gliders in Normandy and Southern France. By Philippe Esvelin. Bayeux, France: Heimdal, 2006. Maps. Tables. Diagrams. Illustrations. Photographs. Bibliography. Pp. viii, 176. $42.95 ISBN: 2-84048-246-0 For those who have seen the "Band of Brothers" miniseries, ...
To a Distant Day: The Rocket Pioneers.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2009; ... To a Distant Day: The Rocket Pioneers. By Chris Gainor. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2008. Photographs. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xxvi, 236. $29.95 ISBN: 0-8032-2209-0 The University of Nebraska Press has added a third title to its "Outward Odyssey--A ...
The Son Tay Raid: American POWs Were Not Forgotten.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2009; ... The Son Tay Raid: American POWs Were Not Forgotten. By John Gargus. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2007. Illustrations. Appendix. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $29.95. Pp. 332 IBN: 13:978-1-58544-622-3-10:158544-622-X If ever there was a military operation ...
Finding Amelia: The True Story of the Earhart Disappearance.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Finding Amelia: The True Story of the Earhart Disappearance. By Ric Gillespie. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2006. Maps. Illustrations. Photographs. Notes. Index. Pp.xiv, 276 and DVD. $28.95 ISBN: 1-59114-319-5 Amelia Earhart, the lady when you think of an aviatrix, ...
Rampant Raider: An A-4 Skyhawk Pilot in Vietnam.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Rampant Raider:. An A-4 Skyhawk Pilot in Vietnam. By Stephen R. Gray. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2007. Maps. Photographs. Index. Pp. ix, 284. $32.50. ISBN: 1-59114-342-0. Small and nimble, the A-4 Skyhawk proved itself to be a very sturdy and capable combat aircraft ...
Strategy for Victory: The Development of British Tactical Air Power, 1919-1943.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Strategy for Victory: The Development of British Tactical Air Power, 1919-1943. By David Ian Hall. Westport, Ct.: Praeger Security International, 2008. Illustrations. Photographs. Maps. Notes. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xvii, 241. $125.00 ISBN: 978-0-275-97767-2 This ...
The Nieuport 28: America's First Fighter.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2009; ... The Nieuport 28: America's First Fighter. By Theodore Hamady. Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer Military History, 2008. Maps. Tables. Diagrams. Illustrations. Photographs. Notes. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Pp. 277. $59.95. ISBN: 0-7643-29333 I'll cut to the chase quickly: Ted Hamady's ...
We Flew, We Fell, We Lived: Stories from RCAF Prisoners of War and Evaders, 1939-1945.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2009; ... We Flew, We Fell, We Lived: Stories from RCAF Prisoners of War and Evaders, 1939-1945. By Philip Lagrandeur. St. Catherines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. 2006. Maps. Tables. Illustrations. Photographs. Appendices. Bibliography. Pp. 396. $24.95 Paperback ISBN: 1-55125-10-8 Philip ...
Learning to Love the Bomb: Canada's Nuclear Weapons during the Cold War.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Learning to Love the Bomb: Canada's Nuclear Weapons during the Cold War. By Sean M. Maloney. Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books, 2007. Maps. Tables. Diagrams. Photographs. Notes. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xxvi, 472. $29.95 ISBN: 1-57488-616-0 This is history at its best ....
Air National Guard at 60: A History.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Air National Guard at 60: A History. By Susan Rosenfeld and Charles J. Gross. Arlington, Va.: ANG History Office, 2007. Photographs. Maps. Pp. ii, 73. $11.00. Paperback. ISBN: 978-0-16-079501-5 www.bookstore.gpo.gov In limited space, this monograph has crammed a fair amount of ...
War Wings: Films of the First World War.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2009; ... War Wings: Films of the First World War. By Phillip W. Stewart. Crestville, Fl.: PMS Press, 2008. Appendices. Index. $24.95. Paperback ISBN: 0-97932434-5 I wasn't sure quite what to expect when I volunteered to do a review of this book. Actually, I was harking back to boyhood ...
Airborne Forces at War: From Parachute Test Platoon to the 21st Century.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Airborne Forces at War: From Parachute Test Platoon to the 21st Century. By Robert K. Wright, Jr., and John T. Greenwood. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2007 [in association with Association of the United States Army]. Maps. Illustrations. Photographs. Bibliography. Index. Pp. ix, ...
No Uncle Sam: The Forgotten of Bataan.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2009; ... No Uncle Sam: The Forgotten of Bataan. By Anton F. Bilek. Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press, 2003. Maps. Photographs. Index. Pp. xvii, 260. $29.00 ISBN: 0-87338-768-2 Tony Bilek was a twenty-two-year-old Air Corps maintainer assigned to Clark Field outside Manila when ...