Air forces & warfare books

The United States Air Force (USAF), an organization that hires all of its uniformed leaders from within, is both...  Read More >>

Test pilot Robert J. Bob Gilliland entered the annals of aviation greatness on 22 December 1964 when he took to...  Read More >>

This paper attempts to reconcile this resurgence in interest with the long history of hypersonic disappointments...  Read More >>

Sometimes in combat, the situation determines the type of leader needed in order to accomplish the mission. This...  Read More >>

Global Reach/Global Power calls for the Air Force to be capable of projecting its forces anywhere, any time. The...  Read More >>

In an age where Department of Defense policy calls for a lighter, leaner US military, the German experience in North...  Read More >>

The stunning changes in the complexion of international politics that began late in the decade of the 1980s and...  Read More >>

This paper examines the long development of precision guided bombs to show that the accuracy attained in Desert...  Read More >>

Airborne Electronic Attack is a critical component of offensive counter air as evidenced by air operations during...  Read More >>

The Second Chechen War, which began on 23 September 1999 with massive Russian air strikes, bore little resemblance...  Read More >>

Several airpower experts in the Air Force, and Navy, have argued for the creation of a third counterland mission,...  Read More >>

This study examines the role of air support in defending expeditionary air bases on the nonlinear battlefield. The...  Read More >>

This study analyzes the participation of the U.S. Twelfth Air Force in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations from...  Read More >>

""Notes On Liberty Engine Ignition System"", originally published in 1919, provides a detailed overview of the ignition...  Read More >>

This thesis is about the Air Force's organizational response to acute combat fear and stress-past and present. Despite...  Read More >>

This study comprises an analysis of why independent air forces in democratic nations maintain a focus on the independent...  Read More >>

To remain relevant, Air Force Rescue must further integrate into the Joint fight, revamp our command and control...  Read More >>

This paper presents an historical account of the operations of United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) special operations...  Read More >>

This paper scrutinizes the senior aeronautical leaders in the early inter-war period. The author's thesis is that...  Read More >>

Abstract The Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes offensive) was the first time air power was used to halt a counter-offensive....  Read More >>

The US defense establishment is in the midst of repeating itself. During the early 1960s the defense industry had...  Read More >>

Studies the Air Battle of Ploesti: its strategic importance, German defenses, Allied operations, the results of...  Read More >>

To a great extent, the history of airpower theory is the history of a futile search for the strategic ""knockout...  Read More >>

Selecting the right aircraft and associated armament to sell to a foreign air force can be a complex and risky decision....  Read More >>

Why Alaska? Why would a territory with such incredibly difficult and hostile terrain consume so much of the resources...  Read More >>