Air forces & warfare books

Attack and reconnaissance helicopters must continue to be a force multiplier for future ground maneuver commanders....  Read More >>

The F-4 Phantom aircraft is equipped with an ejection seat which has space provided in a seat kit for the carriage...  Read More >>

In 1961, the new Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara directed a joint aircraft acquisition program called the...  Read More >>

Several recent targeting studies have fundamentally shaken the Air Force to its core by challenging the service's...  Read More >>

During Operation Rolling Thunder, the United States Air Force was unprepared for the introduction of the SA-2 Guideline...  Read More >>

This study explores the evolution of technology and the aerial dogfight. It looks at how technology has tried unsuccessfully...  Read More >>

Throughout the history of close air support (CAS) there exists a consistent theme of friction and interservice rivalry....  Read More >>

Colonel Benton provides a glimpse of the history of Maxwell Air Force Base by highlighting the careers of 33 airmen...  Read More >>

The command and control of today's intratheater airlift system, as seen in doctrine and in application, is complicated...  Read More >>

Today's USAF air-to-air combat forces must be prepared to gain and maintain air superiority quickly with minimum...  Read More >>

In response to lessons learned, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) launched a comprehensive program, in 2009, to make all...  Read More >>

This study researched the possible roles and missions conducted by the United States Special Operation Aviation...  Read More >>

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are not new concepts. Their history dates back to the Civil War with hot air balloons...  Read More >>

This paper traces the development of close air support (CAS) by the United States Marine Corps in World War II....  Read More >>

Both the United States, the Soviet Union and their respective allies have placed a great emphasis on Armored and...  Read More >>

Avid readers of WWII air combat will find the Eighth AAF's strategic bombing mission #84 (the Schweinfurt-Regensburg...  Read More >>

This study examines a comparison of land based antisubmarine warfare (ASW) operations using U.S. Army aircraft during...  Read More >>

Christian Anrig examines the responses of France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden to the challenges of air...  Read More >>

This volume contains reprints of the Summary Reports-30 September 1945 (European War) and 1 July 1946 (Pacific War)-of...  Read More >>

Curatola, John M. Abstract European airpower theorists of the 1920's and 30's envisioned the deliberate bombing...  Read More >>

Laymen and space enthusiasts alike continuously ask, ""Why send people to space?"" The popular philosophic answer...  Read More >>

The U.S. Air Force is actively pursuing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) programs for surveillance and reconnaissance...  Read More >>

This work comprises an effort to answer the question of how an airman can be qualified to be a Joint Force Commander,...  Read More >>

On 1 March 1983, the United States Air Force activated the 23rd Air Force to consolidate the Air Force Special Operations...  Read More >>

Thomas C. ""Tom"" Griffin was the navigator on B-25 number nine, the Whirling Dervish, during the Doolittle Raid...  Read More >>