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Article: Going Solo. The Royal Australian Air Force 1946-1971.(Review) (book reviews)
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- The Australian Journal of Politics and History
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- September 1, 1999
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Going Solo. The Royal Australian Air Force 1946-1971. By Alan Stephens (Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1995), pp. xvii + 523, illustrated, 8 maps, npg.
This is the tale of the RAAF during the post World War II years when it developed policies that established it as an air force in its own right. Prior to 1946, the RAAF operated as an adjunct to the Royal Air Force and then the United States' air forces. Alan Stephens has set as the parameters of this study, the post-war demobilisation of the RAAF in 1946 through to the RAAF's Golden Anniversary in 1971. Stephens has examined events beyond his timeframe, where events, like the end of the ...