Recently added articles from Air Power History:

From the editor.(Editorial)

Jun 22, 2008; Neufeld, J. ... Thomas Wildenberg's series on Howard Hughes's involvement with the Air Force has gotten considerable acclaim from readers. In this issue Wildenberg completes the third and final installment of his three part series on the life of the extraordinary Hughes. The article centers on the ...

A visionary ahead of his time: Howard Hughes and the U.S. Air Force--Part III: the Falcon missile and airborne fire control.

Jun 22, 2008; Wildenberg, Thomas ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] No military R&D effort received a higher priority in the postwar years than that to defend the continent against a nuclear air strike. No military weapons systems called for greater advances of technology. No group of scientists and engineers received ...

The Sacred Cow and the creation of the United States Air Force.

Jun 22, 2008; Underwood, Jeffery S. ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] The United States Air Force came into existence on September 18, 1947, with the official activation of the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. On that date, Stuart Symington took the oath of office and became the first Secretary of the Air Force ....

Air power in the global war on terror: the perspective from the ground.

Jun 22, 2008; Bergeron, Randy G. ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Most articles on air power focus on pilots land planes. This article deals with airmen contributing to air power from the ground: aerial port, security police, environmental health, combat controllers. If you regard these, mostly enlisted career fields, ...

Korean war diary.

Jun 22, 2008; Smith, William Y. ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] East to Far East The 20th Fighter Bomber Wing arrived home at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, on December 19, 1950. Our flight from Greenland had been uneventful, our landings and departures from Goose Bay, Labrador, and Bangor, Maine, ...

Recognizing an act of valor some sixty years later.(READERS' NOTE)

Jun 22, 2008; Trippi, Frank T. ... In March 2005, a Frenchman named Olivier LeFloch contacted the Air Force Historical Studies Office, at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C. M. LeFloch was seeking information about Eugene Fleming, a World War II Army Air Forces pilot, concerning an episode connected with the village of ...

Rattlesnake Bomber Base: Pyote Army Airfield in World War II.(Book review)

Jun 22, 2008; Mason, Joseph L. ... Rattlesnake Bomber Base: Pyote Army Airfield in World War H. By Thomas E. Alexander. Abilene, Tex.: State House Press, 2005. Maps. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. 216. $18.95 paperback ISBN: 1-880510-90-1 Thomas Alexander's book describes one of the many bases the ...

History of Rocketry and Astronautics: AAS History Series, Volume 27: IAA History Symposia, Volume 18: Proceedings of the Thirty-Second History Symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics, Melbourne, Australia, 1998.(Book review)

Jun 22, 2008; Sturdevant, Rick W. ... History of Rocketry and Astronautics: AAS History Series, Volume 27: IAA History Symposia, Volume 18: Proceedings of the Thirty-Second History Symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics, Melbourne, Australia, 1998. By Kerrie Dougherty and Donald C. Elder, eds. San Diego, Calif: ...

Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965.(Book review)

Jun 22, 2008; Sturdevant, Rick W. ... Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965. By Francis French and Colin Burgess. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2007. Photographs. Bibliography. Pp. xxvii, 397. $29.95 Hardcover ISBN: 0-8032-1146-9 After hundreds of books about the early ...

The Son Tay Raid: American POWs in Vietnam Were Not Forgotten.(Book review)

Jun 22, 2008; Pope, Joshua ... The Son Tay Raid: American POWs in Vietnam Were Not Forgotten. By John Gargus. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2007. Maps. Tables. Illustrations. Photographs. Bibliography. Index. Pp. 352. $29.95 ISBN: 978-1-58544-622-3 Known initially as Operation Ivory Coast and ...

Canadian Combat and Support Aircraft: A Military Compendium.(Book review)

Jun 22, 2008; Crosby, David F. ... Canadian Combat and Support Aircraft: A Military Compendium. By T.F.J. Leversedge. St. Catharines, Ontario., Canada: Vanwell Publishing Ltd., 2007. Tables. Photographs. Bibliography. Pp. xv, 348. $50.00 (Cdn) ISBN: 1-55125-116-5. The Canadian Forces flew many hundreds of combat ...

Gauntlet: Five Friends, 20,000 Enemy Troops, and the Secret That Could Have Changed the Course of the Cold War.(Book review)

Jun 22, 2008; O'Sullivan, Curtis Hooper ... Gauntlet: Five Friends, 20,000 Enemy Troops, and the Secret That Could Have Changed the Course of the Cold War. By Barbara Masin. Annapolis Md: Naval Institute Press, 2006. Photographs. Notes. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xii, 383. $29.95 ISBN: 1-59114-515-5 Changing ...

Striking First: Preemptive and Preventive Attack in U.S. National Security Policy.(Book review)

Jun 22, 2008; Cirafici, John L. ... Striking First: Preemptive and Preventive Attack in U.S. National Security Policy. By Karl P. Mueller, et al. Santa Monica, Calif.: The RAND Corp., 2006. Maps. Photographs. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Pp. xxxi, 311. $30.00 Paperback ISBN: 0-8330-3881-8 In the aftermath of ...

8th Air Force: American Heavy Bomber Groups in England, 1942-1945.(Book review)

Jun 22, 2008; Reinhold, Herman ... 8th Air Force: American Heavy Bomber Groups in England, 1942-1945. By Gregory Pons. Paris: Histoire & Collections, 2006. Maps. Diagrams. Illustrations. Photographs. Pp. 192. $39.95. ISBN: 2915239-82-7 Imagine reading the scrapbook of an Eighth Air Force airman who flew missions ...

Ungoverned Territories: Understanding and Reducing Terrorism Risks.(Book review)

Jun 22, 2008; Crosby, David F. ... Ungoverned Territories: Understanding and Reducing Terrorism Risks. By Angel Rabasa et al. Santa Monica, Calif: RAND, 2007. Maps. Tables. Diagrams. Illustrations. Notes. Appendices. Glossary. Bibliography. Pp. xxxii, 352. $40.00 Paperback ISBN: 0-8330-4152-4 Ungoverned ...

Canadair CF-104 Starfighter.(Book review)

Jun 22, 2008; Teliczan, Tom ... Canadair CF-104 Starfighter. By Anthony L. Stachiw and Andrew Tattersall. St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada: Vanwell Publishing Ltd., 2007. Tables. Photographs. Illustrations. Bibliography. Pp. 149. $29.95 Paperback ISBN: 1-55125-114-0 This is the fourth book in the "In Canadian ...

Replacing France: The Origins of American Intervention in Vietnam.(Book review)

Jun 22, 2008; O'Connell, John F. ... Replacing France: The Origins of American Intervention in Vietnam. By Kathryn C. Statler. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2007. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xii, 378. $ 45.00 ISBN 0-8131-2440-7. There I was at 30,000 feet fiat on my back at Mach 2 when ...

Winged Crusade: The Quest for American Air and Space Power.(Book review)

Jun 22, 2008; Ortensie, R. Ray ... Winged Crusade: The Quest for American Air and Space Power. By Michael Robert Terry" ed. Chicago: Imprint Publications, 2006. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Pp. xvi, 210. $24.95 Paperback ISBN: 1-879176-43-2 Orville and Wilbur Wright are well known for their achievements against ...

Escape from Hitler's Europe: An American Airman Behind Enemy Lines.(Book review)

Jun 22, 2008; Siler, Stetson M. ... Escape from Hitler's Europe: An American Airman Behind Enemy Lines. By George Watt. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1990. Maps. Photographs. Index. Pp. 158. $17.95 Paperback ISBN: 0-8131-9176-9 Books devoted to the escape and evasion of World War II airmen from ...

Right Stuff, Wrong Sex: America's First Women in Space Program.(Book review)

Jun 22, 2008; Romito, Joseph ... Right Stuff, Wrong Sex: America's First Women in Space Program. By Margaret A. Weitekamp. Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. Photographs. Notes. Index. Bibliography. Pp. 232. $25.00 Paperback ISBN 0-8018-8394-6. In the early days of America's human ...