Recently added articles from Air Power History:
From the editor.
Sep 22, 2009; ... The Fall 2009 issue begins with the feature story of Frank Luke, Jr., the famed World War I American ace. Best selling author, Blaine Pardoe, follows Luke's military exploits from the time he had acquired the nickname, "wild man in the air," until Luke emerged as the scourge of the German ...
Frank Luke Jr.: a dauntless spirit.(Biography)
Sep 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For a man only twenty-one years old, he had accumulated a long list of nicknames. Some of his squadron mates called him "The Arizona Boaster," while others simply called him, "Yellow." But after a few brilliant weeks in ...
When the Thunderbirds flew the Thunderchief.(Cover story)
Sep 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Since 1953, the Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team has been the most, dramatic and visible display of the Air Force s public relations efforts. In the fifty-six years that the Thunderbirds have been thrilling audiences at air shows around the world ...
Project Emily and Thor IRBM readiness in the United Kingdom, 1955-1960.(Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile)
Sep 22, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Project Emily, whose fiftieth anniversary is being celebrated, was the deployment of U.S. Thor intermediate range ballistic missiles in eastern England. This deployment, as the whole development of the Thor missiles, was conducted under the utmost schedule ...
McNamara and the Air Force.(READERS' NOTE)(Robert S. McNamara, United States. Air Force)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Robert S. McNamara was well aware of Forrestal's frustration as Secretary of Defense and McNamara wanted to avoid such a fate. His Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert, had observed Symington's tenure firsthand. Zuckert would have liked to have had responsibilities equal to ...