Air Power History back issues from June 2007:
Billy Mitchell, the 3d Attack Group and the Laredo Project of 1923.
Jun 22, 2007; ... On Wednesday, October 28, 1925, the court-martial of Brig. Gen. William "Billy" Mitchell convened in the Emory Building, a facility across from the northwest corner of the U.S. Capitol. Over the next two months, the court-martial became the biggest media event in the nation, one of the ...
Wakes of war: contrails and the rise of air power, 1918-1945 Part I--early sightings and preliminary explanations, 1918-1938.
Jun 22, 2007; ... Judging by the wakes of vapor and the lines of tracers left behind in the high, cold air, the Messerschmitts are mixing it up with Number 4 Squadron. Francisco Tarazona, Yo Fue Piloto de Carza Rojo, September 1938. (1) Introduction Contrail is a ...
"Bring me men^and women:" the integration of women into the United States Air Force Academy.
Jun 22, 2007; ... In the spring of 1972, Congress attempted to pass the Equal Rights Amendment. They expected it to gain ratification as the Twenty-Sixth Amendment to the Constitution. This amendment would guarantee that citizens not be deprived of a law-given right based on gender. (1) Members of Congress ...
"In recognition of their unique record:" Tuskegee Airmen awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
Jun 22, 2007; ... On Thursday March 29, 2007, the Tuskegee Airmen were awarded a Congressional Gold Medal by President George W. Bush in the Capitol Rotunda. The President was accompanied by the leaders of the United States Congress and spoke in front of more than 350 of the World War II veterans. It was, ...
Eye of the Viper: The Making of an F-16 Pilot.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Eye of the Viper: The Making of an F-16 Pilot. By Peter Aleshire. Guilford, Ct.: The Lyons Press, 2004. Photographs. Bibliography. Pp. xxiii, 272. $22.95 ISBN: 1-59228-260-1. As a USAF F-15C fighter pilot for over 16 years, I always enjoy reading about other fighter pilots, past ...
From POW to Blue Angel: The Story of Commander Dusty Rhodes.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; ... From POW to Blue Angel: The Story of Commander Dusty Rhodes. By Jim Armstrong. Norman: The University of Oklahoma Press, 2006. Photographs. Glossary. Maps. Diagrams. Pp. 291. $29.95 ISBN 0-8061-3764-9 Raleigh Ernest "Dusty" Rhodes was born in Madera, California, on June 26, ...
Preemptive Strike: The Secret Plan That Would Have Prevented the Attack on Pearl Harbor.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Preemptive Strike: The Secret Plan That Would Have Prevented the Attack on Pearl Harbor. By Alan Armstrong. Guilford, Ct.: The Lyons Press, 2006 [an imprint of the Global Press]. Photographs. Notes. Appendices. Bibliography, Index. Pp. xvii, 285. $22.95. ISBN: 1-59228-913-4. ...
Rockets and People, vol. 1.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Rockets and People, Vol. 1. By Boris Chertok and Asif A. Siddiqi, eds. Washington, D.C.: NASA History Division, 2005. Photographs. Notes. Glossary. Index. Pp. xxix, 402. $42.00 ISBN: 0-16-973239-5 In 1988 I attended an international conference on aeronautics and astronautics in ...
Dwight D. Eisenhower National Security Conference 2004 Final Report.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Dwight D. Eisenhower National Security Conference 2004 Final Report. By James R. Craig, ed. Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Council, et al., 2004. Pp. 103. www.eisenhowerseries.com Conference reports and proceedings vary in length, interest, and value. They may add to the resumes ...
Executive Secrets: Covert Action and the Presidency.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Executive Secrets: Covert Action and the Presidency. By William J. Daugherty. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xxiii, 298. $19.95 Paperback ISBN: 0-81319161-0 The dictionary definition of"covert" is "secret," which is one reason so ...
History of Rocketry and Astronautics: Proceedings of the Thirty-First History Symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics, Turin, Italy, 1997.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; ... History of Rocketry and Astronautics: Proceedings of the Thirty-First History Symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics, Turin, Italy, 1997. By Donald C. Elder and George S. James, eds. San Diego: Univelt, 2005. Tables. Diagrams. Illustrations. Photographs. Notes. Index. Pp ....
War Footing: 10 Steps America Must Take to Prevail in the War for the Free World.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; ... War Footing: 10 Steps America Must Take to Prevail in the War for the Free World. By Frank J. Gaffney, et al. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2006. Appendices. Index. Pp. xviii, 301. $29.95 ISBN: 1-59114-301-2 Political advocacy and serious scholarship do not conflict as ...
Tactical Reconnaissance in the Cold War: 1945 to Korea, Cuba, Vietnam and the Iron Curtain.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Tactical Reconnaissance in the Cold War: 1945 to Korea, Cuba, Vietnam and the Iron Curtain, By Doug Gordon. South Yorkshire, England: Pen and Sword Aviation, 2006. Photographs. Glossary. Appendices. Index. Pp. 317. $50.00 ISBN: 1-84415-332-0 Mr. Gordon has written a useful if ...
Rattler One-Seven: A Vietnam Helicopter Pilot's War Story.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Rattler One-Seven: A Vietnam Helicopter Pilot's War Story. By Chuck Gross. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2004. Maps. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Glossary. Index. Pp. 248 pages, $14.95 Paperback ISBN: 1-57441-221-3 Chuck Gross has great war stories to tell about ...
Why Air Forces Fail: The Anatomy of Defeat.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Why Air Forces Fail: The Anatomy of Defeat. Edited by Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2006. Photographs. Index. Pp. 382. $39.95 ISBN 978-0-8131-2374-5 Building an air force and guiding it to victory presents a complex task ...
SAS Zero Hour. The Secret Origins of the Special Air Service.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; ... SAS Zero Hour. The Secret Origins of the Special Air Service. By Tim Jones. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2006. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. 239. $32.95 ISBN: 1-59114-805-7 This is Tim Jones's third book on the UK's Special Air Service (SAS)--the other ...
Sky Walking: An Astronaut's Memoir.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Sky Walking: An Astronaut's Memoir. By Tom Jones. New York: Harper Collins, 2006. Photographs. Appendix. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xiv, 369. $26.95 ISBN: 0-06-085152-X Space is exciting! Many people dream of being astronauts. Virgin Airlines even wants to fly tourists ...
Eddie Rickenbacker. An American Hero in the Twentieth Century.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Eddie Rickenbacker. An American Hero in the Twentieth Century. By W. David Lewis. Baltimore Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xiii, 669. $35.00. ISBN: 0-8018-8244-3. The combat heroics of World War I ace Eddie ...
Beyond the Age of Innocence: Rebuilding Trust between America and the World.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Beyond the Age of Innocence: Rebuilding Trust between America and the World. By Kishore Mahbubani. New York: Public Affairs, 2005. Table. Notes. Appendices. Index. Pp. xx, 235. $26.00. ISBN: 1-58648-268-8 Kishore Mahbubani is well qualified to write a book about American ...
That Others May Live: USAF Air Rescue in Korea.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; ... That Others May Live: USAF Air Rescue in Korea. By Forrest Marion. Washington, D.C.: Air Force History and Museums Program, 2004. Pp. 55 [pamphlet] Forrest Marion, an historian assigned to the Historical Research Agency at Maxwell AFB, Alabama, and an Air Force Reserve ...
Korea: A Lieutenant's Story.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Korea: A Lieutenant's Story. By Robert C. Mathis. Xlibris Corp., 2006. Map. Photographs. Pp. 162. $20.99 ISBN: 1-42570-548-0 General Mathis is a man who came from a dusty little town on the Mexican border, went to West Point, served in Korea and Vietnam, and rose to become Vice ...
The Mighty Eighth in WW II: A Memoir.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; ... The Mighty Eighth in WW II: A Memoir. By J. Kemp McLaughlin. Lexington: The University of Kentucky Press, 2000 [paperback edition 2006]. Photographs. Appendix. Index. Pp. x, 208. $19.95 ISBN: 0-8131-9159-1 This is the story of one of the many thousands of young American airmen ...
Atlas: The Ultimate Weapon.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Atlas: The Ultimate Weapon. By Chuck Walker with Joel Powell. Ontario, Canada: Apogee Books [Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc.], 2005. Maps. Tables. Diagrams. Illustrations. Photographs. Notes. Appendices. Glossary. Index. Pp. 308. $29.95 ISBN: 1-894959-18-3 Acquisition of the ...
Battling Tradition: Robert F. McDermott and Shaping the U.S. Air Force Academy.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2007; ... Battling Tradition: Robert F. McDermott and Shaping the U.S. Air Force Academy. By Paul T. Ringenbach. Chicago, Ill.: Imprint Publications, 2006. Photographs. Notes. Bibliogaphy. Index. Pp. xvii, 333. $24.95 Paperback ISBN: 1-879176-42-4 Dr. Paul Ringenbach's biography of Robert ...
Books received.(Bibliography)
Jun 22, 2007 ... Angstrom, Jan and Isabelle Duyvesteyn, eds. Understanding Victory and Defeat in Contemporary War. London and New York: Routledge [Taylor & Francis Group] 2007. Tables. Illustrations. Index. Pp. xviii, 241. $120.00 ISBN: 0-415-40457-6 Ballard, Jack Stokes. War Bird Ace: The Great ...
Coming up.
Jun 22, 2007 ... June 13-17 The Order of Daedalians National Convention will be held in Colorado Springs, Colorado. See http://www. daedalians.org/. June 19 The Military Classics Seminar will meet at Ft. Myer, Va. Sanders Marble, Office of Medical History, U. S. Army, will ...
The president's remarks.(Air Force's Lt. Gen. Michael A. Nelson)
Jun 22, 2007 ... I am delighted to report that our website (www.afhistoricalfoundation.org) has been rejuvenated and is now up and running. I encourage you to surf over in our direction to see what we've done. Right off the bat you'll notice a completely different look--one designed to attract the ...
The Douglas B-18.(Letter to the editor)
Jun 22, 2007; ... I was pleasantly surprised to see the wonderful diary excerpt and photos in the winter 2006 issue, submitted by William H. Bartsch. Of particular interest to me was the two-page spread opening photo, which appears to show at least two and possible three or more Douglas B-18s, as well as a ...
The Red Baron.(Letter to the editor)
Jun 22, 2007; ... I went through the winter issue of Air Power History with great pleasure. I must say, in addition, with some amusement on account of Lt. Young's article on Richthofen. We seem to be focusing on the Red Baron and his various victories and kills in an ever-tightening circle! It is ...
Forward air control.(Letter to the editor)
Jun 22, 2007; ... I found the article on the Aussie forward air controllers (FACs), "Forward Air Control: A Royal Australian Air Force Innovation," by Carl Post to be very interesting and informative. But his comment that "It is important to remember where it first originated" is a bit of a stretch. There ...
Ben Frank, USMC Historian.(United States Marine Corps's Benis Morton Frank)(Obituary)(Brief article)
Jun 22, 2007 ... Benis Morton Frank, eighty-two, widely recognized as a pioneer in military oral history, died of congestive heart failure in the Prince George's Hospital Center near his home in Bowie, Maryland on March 10, 2007. He had served as the Marine Corps' Chief Historian from 1991 until his ...
Major Jay Zeamer Jr.,.(Obituary)(Brief article)
Jun 22, 2007 ... Major Jay Zeamer Jr., Army Air Forces, World War II Medal of Honor recipient died on March 22, 2007, at a nursing home in Boothbay, Maine. He was eighty-eight. Mr. Zeamer a native of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was raised in Orange, N.J. and spent summers at Boothbay Harbor. He earned BS and ...
Reunions.(Brief article)
Jun 22, 2007 ... 1st Fighter Association will hold a reunion in Reno, Nevada from September 12-16, 2007. Details at www.1stfighter.com Contact: 1st Fighter Association 107 Bear Creek Crossing Hampton, VA 23669-2009 or e-mail to 1stfighter@cox.net ...
Outstanding Air Force history Book Award for 2005.(Diane Putney's 'Airpower Advantage, Planning the Gulf War Air Campaign')(Brief article)
Jun 22, 2007 ... Dr. Diane Putney's Airpower Advantage, Planning the Gulf War Air Campaign 1989-1991 has won the Air Force Historical Foundation's "Outstanding Book Award for the year 2005." The award is based on the contribution of the work to improve an understanding of air power, the book's readability, ...