Download or read book Capability and the Development of Strategic Air Command 1946 1950 written by Harry R. Borowski and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Development of Strategic Air Command 1946 1986 the Fortieth Anniversary History written by J. C. Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Progressive Development of Strategic Air Command 1946 1957 written by United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command and published by . This book was released on 1957* with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Development of Strategic Air Command written by United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Progressive Development of the Strategic Air Command 1946 1965 written by United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command and published by . This book was released on 1966* with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The development of strategic air command written by J. C. Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Concise History of the U S Air Force written by Stephen Lee McFarland and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1997 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Except in a few instances, since World War II no American soldier or sailor has been attacked by enemy air power. Conversely, no enemy soldier orsailor has acted in combat without being attacked or at least threatened by American air power. Aviators have brought the air weapon to bear against enemies while denying them the same prerogative. This is the legacy of the U.S. AirForce, purchased at great cost in both human and material resources.More often than not, aerial pioneers had to fight technological ignorance, bureaucratic opposition, public apathy, and disagreement over purpose.Every step in the evolution of air power led into new and untrodden territory, driven by humanitarian impulses; by the search for higher, faster, and farther flight; or by the conviction that the air way was the best way. Warriors have always coveted the high ground. If technology permitted them to reach it, men, women andan air force held and exploited it-from Thomas Selfridge, first among so many who gave that "last full measure of devotion"; to Women's Airforce Service Pilot Ann Baumgartner, who broke social barriers to become the first Americanwoman to pilot a jet; to Benjamin Davis, who broke racial barriers to become the first African American to command a flying group; to Chuck Yeager, a one-time non-commissioned flight officer who was the first to exceed the speed of sound; to John Levitow, who earned the Medal of Honor by throwing himself over a live flare to save his gunship crew; to John Warden, who began a revolution in air power thought and strategy that was put to spectacular use in the Gulf War.Industrialization has brought total war and air power has brought the means to overfly an enemy's defenses and attack its sources of power directly. Americans have perceived air power from the start as a more efficient means of waging war and as a symbol of the nation's commitment to technology to master challenges, minimize casualties, and defeat adversaries.

Download or read book The Development of Strategic Air Command 1946 1986 written by J. C. Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief chronological account of the Command's most significant activities and major contributions to the nation's defense. This edition covers the period 21 March 1946 to 21 March 1986 and constitutes the fortieth anniversary history.

Download or read book The Development of Strategic Air Command 1946 1986 the Fortieth Anniversary History written by J. C. Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Always at War written by Melvin G. Deaile and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2018-04-15 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Always at War is the story of Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the early decades of the Cold War. More than a simple history, it describes how an organization dominated by experienced World War II airmen developed a unique culture that thrives to this day. Strategic Air Command was created because of the Air Force’s internal beliefs, but the organization evolved as it responded to the external environment created by the Cold War. In the aftermath of World War II and the creation of an independent air service, the Air Force formed SAC because of a belief in the military potential of strategic bombing centralized under one commander. As the Cold War intensified, so did SAC’s mission. In order to prepare SAC’s “warriors” to daily fight an enemy they did not see, as well as to handle the world’s most dangerous arsenal, the command, led by General Curtis LeMay, emphasized security, personal responsibility, and competition among the command. Its resources, political influence, and manning grew as did its “culture” until reaching its peak during the Cuban Missile Crisis. SAC became synonymous with the Cold War and its culture forever changed the Air Force as well as those who served.

Download or read book Cold War Infrastructure for Strategic Air Command SAC written by Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-08 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a fascinating survey and detailed history of Strategic Air Command (SAC) bomber mission properties addressing the history of flightline real property supporting these missions from 1947 to 1991, with an emphasis on buildings and structures of the 1947 to 1963 period. During the more than half-century that unfolded between the closing months of World War II and winding down of the Cold War in 1989-1991, the U.S. War Department evolved into the Department of Defense as it is now understood, with its primary supporting arms of the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force, and its reserve forces of the Army, Air Force, and Air National Guards. American military infrastructure is predominantly a phenomenon of the 1939-to-present period, thus precisely paralleling the modern movement in Western European and U.S. architecture and engineering. The years bracketed by 1945 and 1991 also mirror a particular world condition with regards to the development of nuclear weapons. During these decades knowledge within the scientific community emerged exponentially, yet was closely held by the two competing super powers of the U.S. and the Soviet Union into the 1980s. Coupled with strides in physics and mathematics accompanying the shifts from atomic to thermonuclear weaponry, were significant gains in computer capabilities, electronics, and the conquest of near- and far-space-all of which directly supported military activities such as higher order aircraft, radar surveillance, command and control, satellite monitoring, long-range missiles, smart weapons systems, unmanned devices, and general intelligence. Chapter 1 - Cold War Events and the Operational Infrastructure of the Air Force * 1946-1950 * The Germans * The Major Commands and First Generation Infrastructure * ADC and ANG * SAC * The 1950s * Evolution of the Directorate of Civil Engineering * Achieving Standardized Design * Prefabricated Structures, the Steel Industry, and Mobilization * The Major Commands and Second Generation Infrastructure * ADC and TAC * SAC * After 1960 * Chapter 2 - Evolution of Key Property Types * First Generation Maintenance Hangar for the B-36 * Second Generation Maintenance Hangar for the B-36, B-47, and B-52 * Prefabricated, Mobilization Infrastructure * Nose Docks, Temporary Shelters, and Wing Hangars * Prefabricated Airmen Dormitories * Pavement Experimentation for the Very Heavy Bomber * Q Areas * A Structures * C Structure * Plants I and II (A and B) * Command and Control Building * S Structure * Alert Apron Configurations and Crew Quarters * Headquarters Command Post and the SAC Chapel * Command Post * SAC Chapel * Late Cold War SAC Infrastructure * Chapter 3 - Character-Defining Features and National Register Integrity * First Generation Maintenance Hangar: the Thin-Shell, Concrete Structure * Second Generation Maintenance Hangar: the Steel, Double-Cantilever Series * Prefabricated, Mobilization Infrastructure * Wing Hangars * SAC Airmen Dormitories * Experimental Pavement * Q Areas * Alert Aprons and Moleholes * SAC Command Post and Chapel * Command Post * Chapel * Late Cold War Infrastructure * Chapter 4 - Real Property Management of Historic SAC Infrastructure * Barksdale Air Force Base * Beale Air Force Base * Cannon Air Force Base * Davis-Monthan Air Force Base * Dyess Air Force Base * Ellsworth Air Force Base * Holloman Air Force Base * Langley Air Force Base * Minot Air Force Base * Moody Air Force Base * Mountain Home Air Force Base * Nellis Air Force Base * Offutt Air Force Base * Seymour Johnson Air Force Base * Shaw Air Force Base * Whiteman Air Force Base * Chapter 5 - Recommendations * Current ACC Installations: Issues of Inventory * Nose Docks and Wing Hangars * Experimental Airfield Pavement * Alert Crew Trailers