Download or read book Local Military Flying written by and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Military Local Flight Activity 21 27 August 1961 written by PHILIP J. STEECE and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Results of a survey of military local flight activity was made by each of the services for the Federal Aviation Agency. Some 49,123 military local flights were reported from 344 locations within the Continental United States. Forty-four percent of the total activity (21,588 flights) was by the Air Force from 193 airfields. The Navy made up 39% of the total with 19,151 local flights from 66 air stations. Army activity was reported from 121 locations for 8,148 flights. or 17%. The Coast Guard reported 246 flights from 12 air stations, less than 1% of the total local activity recorded. These aircraft were flown a total of 88,743 hrs during this period. The distributions of airborne hours by service were almost identical to that by number of flights above. Jet activity made up 55% of the flights and 50% of the airborne hours. Piston aircraft accounted for 30% of the flights and 35% of the hrs. The more recently introduced, and limited number of, turboprop aircraft were flown less than 1% of the total flights and 1% of the total hours. Helicopters were flown 15% of the flights and 14% of the hours during the week. Reserved Airspace was utilized by 17,560 local flights during this period, 36% of the total activity. The Navy was by far the greater user of reserved airspace, with over half of its flights operating within reserved areas. (Author).

Download or read book Millville Army Air Field written by John J. Galluzzo and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millville had always been known for its glassmaking, but with the outbreak of World War II, the communitys identity was primed to change forever. A private civilian airfield gave way to the creation of Americas first defense airport, the training ground for the U.S. Armys Curtiss P-40 Warhawk and Republic P-47 Thunderbolt pilots. Bright and brave young men from across the country converged on Millville in the early 1940s to learn to fly and fight for freedom. Some died in training; others flew into history as heroes. While in Millville, they lived the average lives of the countrys military men, playing baseball, flirting with the girls at the local USO dances, and attending Sunday night dinners with local families, creating lifelong friendships in a time when a young mans life expectancy was in the hands of Americas enemies.

Download or read book Flying Minute Men written by Robert E. Neprud and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beretter om den amerikanske civile organisation Civil Air Patrol, der som en slags "flyvehjemmeværn" udførte luftoperationer over USA og langs kysterne under 2. verdenskrig. Organisationen blev en forgænger for Air National Guard.

Download or read book The Boys in the B 17 written by T/Sgt James Lee Hutchinson EdS and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-11-23 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author in flight gear after photo twelfth mission second Air Medal (age nineteen) He still wears lucky Air Cadet ring! Hutch's third book contains short stories of boys on B-17 Flying Fortress crews in deadly missions with the Eighth Air Force in World War II and stories of his own teenage combat experiences as radio/gunner on twenty missions with the Mighty Eighth. Teenagers enlisted or were drafted, trained and went into combat before they could legally vote or buy a drink. They volunteered to fly in the Army's Air Cadet Program and became a part of the greatest air armada in the world. Most of the gunners on a bomber crew were teenagers and the average age of officers was twenty-four. Veterans' memoirs and diaries give amazing reports of fighter attacks, flak damage and those who survived being shot down out to become Prisoners of War. These youngsters manned the planes that bombed and destroyed Germanys military and war industry. The price of victory was high, with an extreme loss of aircrews and planes. Eighth Air Force losses were among the highest of any military unit. Like the author, teenagers who survived to tell the stories of those great air battles are now in their mid-eighties and rapidly passing into history. See previous books "Through These Eyes" and "Bombs Away!" See a free DVD at http://video.smithville.net/?p=17 for interviews of the author with actual WW II combat film footage.

Download or read book South Plains Army Airfield written by Donald R. Abbe and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South Plains Army Airfield in Lubbock, Texas, was a major training base for US Army Air Force glider pilots during World War II. Approximately 80 percent of the roughly 6,000 pilots trained to fly the combat cargo glider received their advanced training and were awarded their "G" Wings at SPAAF, as it was known. The base was conceived, built, used, and then closed in a short five-year period during World War II. Today, little remains to remind one of the feverish and important military training program that once took place on the flat, featureless South Plains of Texas. During World War II, American military strategy and tactics included a significant airborne component. Major invasions, such as D-Day at Normandy, were preceded by huge aerial fleets carrying paratroopers and their equipment. These airborne invasion fleets sometimes exceeded well over 1,000 Allied gliders. The American airborne forces depended upon an ungainly looking aircraft, the CG-4A glider, to carry the vehicles, munitions, and reinforcements needed to survive. The pilots who flew them learned their trade at South Plains Army Airfield.

Download or read book Military Aviation in the Gulf South written by Vincent P. Caire and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2016-10-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1914, the U.S. Navy established its first air station in Pensacola, Florida. Two years later, the U.S. Army, after training its pilots in the skies of Texas, conducted its first combat flights. In the decades that followed and through World War II, the Gulf South welcomed over two hundred air bases and Naval air stations. By the close of the twentieth century these installations had fostered critical advances in pilot training, producing many of the most acclaimed military personnel to take to the skies. Vincent P. Caire’s authoritative and inspiring photographic survey recognizes Gulf South aviation heroes like Brig. Gen. Claire Chennault and honors the role of key southern military air facilities like Eglin and Maxwell Air Force bases. For more than a hundred years, the Gulf South—defined here as Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas—has supported advancement in every branch of military aviation, contributing both technical prowess and fearless pilots to U.S. forces. Through many never-before-published photographs and an informative text, Military Aviation in the Gulf South celebrates these achievements, including the massive expansion of aviation in World War II, establishment of training facilities for officers—including Hollywood stars and the Tuskegee airmen—and commissioning of the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron. Caire’s comprehensive history also highlights innovation—such as the designs of Lt. Harold L. Clark for Randolph Air Force Base—and sacrifice, like that of World War I pilot 2nd Lt. Samuel Keesler, the namesake of the Biloxi, Mississippi, base. For generations of servicemen and women, their families, and the local civilian communities that support them, Military Aviation in the Gulf South pays tribute to the enduring impact of the region’s aviation programs on America’s security and the defense of freedom worldwide.

Download or read book Aviation in the U S Army 1919 1939 written by Maurer Maurer and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book United States Air Force History written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract : This guide seeks to aid scholars and researchers to locate collections of primary and secondary documents on the Air Force. The first part deals with official Air Force depositories, which are essential to the historian writing about its operations worldwide. The second part describes the equally important collections of the National Archives and its depositories, including the pertinent papers in the Presidential Libraries. The third part covers university and college collections of personal papers of various military and civilian leaders, as well as other documents, which deal with the Air Force. Other governmental depositories-federal, state, and local-plus a number of private collections where Air Force material may be found are listed in part four. Finally, the last section describes a variety of other collections where primary and secondary materials on military, naval, and civil aviation-which directly or indirectly have impinged on the development of the Air Force-may be found.

Download or read book Mobile Aviation written by Billy J. Singleton and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local businessman and inventor John Ellis Fowler introduced the concept of the flying machine to Mobile and South Alabama. Fowler's innovative designs mark the beginning of the remarkable aviation heritage of Alabama's port city, a legacy further enhanced by the evolution of military and civilian aviation on Alabama's Gulf Coast. A mild climate and abundance of flat terrain made the region attractive for the establishment of military flight training programs during the World War II while the availability of air, rail, and sea transportation made Mobile an ideal location for construction of a supply and repair depot to support military aviation in the Southeast. Images of Aviation: Mobile Aviation is the story of the first century of powered flight in Mobile and South Alabama.

Download or read book MacDill Air Force Base written by Steven A. Williamson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MacDill Air Force Base was first recognized as a suitable location for an airfield by US Army aviators flying mock warfare maneuvers over Tampa in May 1938. Satisfying the US War Department's geographical requirements for providing air defense of America's southern Atlantic coast and supporting air operations over the Caribbean, the site was approved in July 1939 to become the location for the Army Air Force-planned Southeast Air Base. It was later renamed MacDill Field in honor of Army Air Force aviator and pioneer Col. Leslie MacDill. The base was formally dedicated on April 16, 1941, and B-17 Flying Fortress and B-26 Marauder combat crewmen began training in the business of making war. From bomber and tactical fighter wings to combatant commands and aerial refueling squadrons, MacDill Air Force Base--through global war, regional conflicts, and counterinsurgencies--has repeatedly answered the clarion call to arms and proven itself to be an unrivaled military juggernaut within America's strategic arsenal.

Download or read book Selfridge Field written by Deborah J. Larsen and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named to honor the memory of Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge, the first fatality of powered flight, Selfridge Field has recorded many aviation milestones since its founding in 1917. As home of the famed First Pursuit Group, the airfield saw the feats of such notables as Charles Lindbergh, Jimmy Doolittle, and Curtis LeMay. Scores of young aviators who passed through Selfridge's gates later achieved the rank of general officer, earning the base the nickname "Home of the Generals." Selfridge Field illustrates the history of the base, with many images drawn from the collections of the Selfridge Military Air Museum and Mount Clemens Public Library. The development of American airpower, from crude biplanes to the supersonic F-16 fighter, is depicted in the photographic record of this historic military airfield.

Download or read book 21st Century U S Military Documents written by Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-26 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three Air Force documents provide unique information about USAF flight test operations. Contents: Operations Procedures * Aircrew Evaluation Criteria * Aircrew Training Chapter 1 * GENERAL INFORMATION * 1.1. Scope * 1.2. Recommended Changes * 1.3. Waivers * 1.4. Unit Supplements * 1.5. Developmental Aircraft * 1.6. Inter-fly * Chapter 2 * MISSION PLANNING * 2.1. General * 2.2. Mission Planning Requirements * 2.3. Mission Planning/Takeoff and Landing Data (TOLD) Software * 2.4. Inflight Publications * 2.5. VFR Low Altitude Charts * 2.6. Local Area Maps and In-flight Guides * 2.7. Local Aircrew Aids * 2.8. Test Cards * 2.9. Briefing/Debriefing Room Requirements * 2.10. Briefing/De-briefing * 2.11. Passenger Briefing Guides * 2.12. Bird Avoidance * 2.13. Normal/Minimum/Emergency Landing Fuel * 2.14. Authorized Fuel Loads * 2.15. Aircraft Movement on the Ground * 2.16. Minimum Runway Lengths * 2.17. AFMC Close Watch Mission/Unusual AFMC Flight Operations * 2.18. Minimum Equipment List (MEL) * Chapter 3 * MISSION GUIDANCE * 3.1. General * 3.2. Common Mission Operations * 3.3. Tactical and Systems Mission Operations * 3.4. Air-to-Air Operations * 3.5. Air-to-Surface Weapons Delivery, Air Drop and/or Low Altitude * 3.6. Flight Test Mission Operations * Chapter 4 * INSTRUMENT PROCEDURES * 4.1. Weather Requirements * 4.2. Approach Category * 4.3. Weather Avoidance * 4.4. Advisory Calls (N/A C-130) * 4.5. Instrument Approach Briefings/Checklists * Chapter 5 * OPERATING PROCEDURES AND RESTRICTIONS * 5.1. General * 5.2. Technical Orders * 5.3. Developmental Software * 5.4. New/Modified Aircraft Equipment/Weapons * 5.5. Wind and Sea State Restrictions (Ejection Seat Aircraft) * 5.6. Aerial Demonstration/Show Formation * 5.7. Aerial Photography and Equipment * 5.8. Flight Duty Period (FDP) * 5.9. Checklists * 5.10. Preflight/Ground Operations * 5.11. Seat and Safety Belt Requirements * 5.12. High Speed Taxi Checks * 5.13. Aircraft Malfunctions and Damage * 5.14. Duty Station (multi-place aircraft) * 5.15. Transfer of Aircraft Control * 5.16. Takeoff Aborts * 5.17. G-Awareness * 5.18. Unusual Attitude and Training Maneuvers (non-aerobatic) * 5.19. Simulated Emergencies * 5.20. Fuel Jettisoning/Dumping * 5.21. Fuel Conservation * 5.22. Dropped Objects * 5.23. Hazardous Conditions * 5.24. Back Seat Landings * 5.25. Touch-and-Go Landings - All Aircraft * 5.26. Post Arresting Gear Engagement Procedures * 5.27. Reduced Runway Separation (RRS) * 5.28. Search and Rescue (SARCAP) Procedures * 5.29. Flight Test Technique Restrictions * Attachment 1 * GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES AND SUPPORTING INFORMATION * Attachment 2 * PASSENGER BRIEFING GUIDE * Attachment 3 * A-10 OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 4 * B-1 OPERATING PROCEDURES * ATTACHMENT 5-B-2 OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 6 * B-52 OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 7 * E-3/E-8/B707 OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 8 * C-5 OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 9 * C-12 OPERATING PROCEDURES * ATTACHMENT 10 * C-17 OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 11 * C-130 OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 12 * C-135 OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 13 * F-35 OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 14 * F-4 OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 15 * F-15 OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 16 * F-16 OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 17 * NOT USED * Attachment 18 * T-38 OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 19 * KC10 OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 20 * U-2 OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 21 * UH/TH-1 OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 22 * F-22 OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 23 * RQ-4 OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 24 * HH-60G OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 25 * CSAR-X OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 26 * CV-22 OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 27 * MQ-1/9 OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 28 * AL-1 OPERATING PROCEDURES * ATTACHMENT 29 * DHC-8-Q200/Q300 OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 30 * PC-12/U-28 (AND VARIANTS) OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 31 * C-20 GULFSTREAM OPERATING PROCEDURES * Attachment 32 * C/R

Download or read book The MATS Flyer written by and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book 21st Century U S Military Documents written by Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three Air Force documents provide unique information about USAF operations of the F-35 Lightning Fighter aircraft. Contents: Operations Procedures * Aircrew Evaluation Criteria * Aircrew Training Chapter 1 * GENERAL GUIDANCE * 1.1. General * 1.2. Waivers * 1.3. Processing Changes * Chapter 2 * MISSION PLANNING * 2.1. Responsibilities * 2.2. General Procedures * 2.3. Mission Materials * 2.4. G-suit Use * 2.5. Unit Developed Checklists * 2.6. Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) Programs * 2.7. Fuel Conservation * 2.8. Overwater * 2.9. Briefing/Debriefing * Chapter 3 * NORMAL OPERATING PROCEDURES * 3.1. Preflight and Strap-in * 3.2. Ground Communications and Visual Signals * 3.3. Engine Start * 3.4. Taxi and Arming * 3.5. Flight Lineup * 3.6. Takeoff * 3.7. Formation Takeoff * 3.8. Join-up/Rejoin * 3.9. Formation, Visual and Administrative * 3.10. Tactical Formation * 3.11. Chase Formation * 3.12. Aerial Demonstrations * 3.13. Maneuvering Parameters * 3.14. Ops Checks * 3.15. Radio Procedures * 3.16. General Low Altitude Procedures * 3.17. Air Refueling * 3.18. Night Procedures * 3.19. Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System/Night Vision Procedures * 3.20. Fuel Requirements * 3.21. Approaches and Landings * 3.22. Overhead Traffic Patterns * 3.23. Tactical Overhead Traffic Patterns * 3.24. Touch-and-Go Landings * 3.25. Low Approaches * 3.26. Closed Traffic Patterns * 3.27. Formation Approaches * 3.28. After Shutdown Procedures * 3.29. Air-to-Air Interrogator (AAI), Identification Friend or Foe/Selective Identification Feature (IFF/SIF) * 3.30. Weather Minimums * 3.31. Summary of Minimum Altitudes * Chapter 4 * INSTRUMENT PROCEDURES * 4.1. Display of Endorsed Primary Flight Reference * 4.2. Takeoff and Join-up * 4.3. Trail Procedures * 4.4. Formation Break-up * 4.5. Formation Penetration * 4.6. Formation Approach * 4.7. Instrument Approach * 4.8. Simulated Instrument Flight * 4.9. Flight into Known Icing Conditions * Chapter 5 * AIR-TO-AIR WEAPONS EMPLOYMENT * 5.1. References * 5.2. Simulated Gun Employment * 5.3. Training Missions with Live Air-to-Air (A/A) Ordnance * 5.4. Flare Employment * 5.5. Maneuvering Limitations * Chapter 6 * AIR-TO-SURFACE WEAPONS EMPLOYMENT * 6.1. References * 6.2. Weather Minimums * 6.3. Simulated Gun Employment * 6.4. Training Missions with a Hot Gun * 6.5. Simulated Attacks against Off-Range or Manned Targets * 6.6. Pop-Up Attacks * 6.7. Target Identification * 6.8. Live Ordnance Procedures * 6.9. Flare Employment * 6.10. Night Weapons Delivery/Range Operations * 6.11. Night Altitudes * 6.12. Night Bank Angle * Chapter 7 * ABNORMAL OPERATING PROCEDURES * 7.1. General * 7.2. Ground Aborts * 7.3. Takeoff Aborts * 7.4. Air Aborts * 7.5. Engine Malfunctions * 7.6. Radio Failure * 7.7. Severe Weather Penetration * 7.8. Lost Wingman Procedures * 7.9. Spatial Disorientation * 7.10. Armament System Malfunctions * 7.11. Post Arresting Gear Engagement Procedures * 7.12. In-flight Practice of Emergency Procedures * 7.13. Search and Rescue (SAR) On-Scene Commander Procedures * 7.14. Fuel Dumping * Chapter 8 * LOCAL OPERATING PROCEDURES * 8.1. General * 8.2. If Applicable Procedures * 8.3. Distribution of Local Supplements

Download or read book 21st Century U S Military Documents written by Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-25 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three Air Force documents provide unique information about USAF operations of Civil Air Patrol - U.S. Air Force (CAP-USAF) aircraft. Contents: Operations Procedures * Aircrew Evaluation Criteria * Aircrew Training Chapter 1 * GENERAL INFORMATION * 1.1. Scope * 1.2. Pilot's Responsibility * 1.3. Deviations * 1.4. References * 1.5. Recommended Changes and Waivers * 1.6. Crew Requirements * 1.7. Maximum Flight Duty Period (FDP) and Flight Time * 1.8. Clothing Requirements * 1.9. Seatbelts and Shoulder Harnesses * 1.10. Oxygen Requirements * 1.11. Cargo Restrictions * 1.12. Interfly * 1.13. Aerial Events * Chapter 2 * MISSION PLANNING * 2.1. Responsibilities * 2.2. General Procedures * 2.3. Briefings and Debriefings * 2.4. Maps and Charts * 2.5. Required Documents and Publications * 2.6. Unit-Developed Checklists and Pilot Aids * Chapter 3 * NORMAL OPERATING PROCEDURES * 3.1. General * 3.2. Preflight * 3.3. Ground and Taxi Operations * 3.4. Takeoff and Landing * 3.5. Fuel Requirements * 3.6. Minimum Altitudes * 3.7. In-Flight Weather Requirements * 3.8. Instrument and Navigation Procedures * 3.9. Passenger Transport Procedures * 3.10. Simulated Emergency Procedures * 3.11. Mandatory Advisory Calls * 3.12. Knock-It-Off Procedures * 3.13. Transfer of Aircraft Control * 3.14. Postflight * Chapter 4 * OPERATING RESTRICTIONS * 4.1. General * 4.2. Flight Manual Precedence * 4.3. Equipment and Systems Decision Matrix * 4.4. Waivers * 4.5. Adopted Form * Chapter 1 * GENERAL * 1.1. Conducting Evaluations * 1.2. Procedures * 1.3. Grading Instructions * 1.4. Emergency Procedures Evaluation (EPE) * 1.5. Completing AF Form 8 or Form 8a * 1.6. Waiver and Approval Authorities * Chapter 2 * EVALUATION REQUIREMENTS * 2.1. General * 2.2. Requisites * 2.3. Pilot Evaluations * 2.4. Instructor Pilot Evaluations * Chapter 3 * EVALUATION CRITERIA * 3.1. Evaluation Criteria * 3.2. Adopted Forms * Chapter 1 * GENERAL GUIDANCE * 1.1. Responsibilities * 1.2. Training Phases * 1.3. Training Concepts and Policies * 1.4. Training Records and Reports * 1.5. Recommended Changes and Waivers * 1.6. Aircrew Graduate Evaluation Program * 1.7. Progress Review (PR) * 1.8. Letter of Xs * Chapter 2 * QUALIFICATION TRAINING (QT) * 2.1. General * 2.2. Prerequisites * 2.3. Ground Training * 2.4. Flying Training * 2.5. Senior Officer Qualification * 2.6. Flight Surgeon (FS) Training * 2.7. Requalification Training * 2.8. Conversion/Difference Qualification * 2.9. Multiple Qualification * 2.10. Orientation and Indoctrination Flyer Training * Chapter 3 * CONTINUATION TRAINING (CT) * 3.1. General * 3.2. Training Cycle * 3.3. Local Area Orientation (LAO) * 3.4. Ground Training Requirements * 3.5. Flying Training Requirements * 3.6. Failure to Complete Requirements * 3.7. Flying Training Currencies * 3.8. Requalification Training * 3.9. Loss of IP Qualification and IP Requalification * 3.10. Multiple Qualification Requirements * 3.11. Flight Surgeon Requirements * 3.12. Indoctrination Flier Requirements * 3.13. Prorating Requirements * Chapter 4 * SPECIALIZED TRAINING * 4.1. General * 4.2. Additional Aircraft Equipment Certification Training * 4.3. IP Training * 4.4. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Certificated Flight Instructor (CFI)/Certificated Flight Instrument Instructor (CFII) Training * 4.5. Mountain Certification Training * 4.6. Glass Cockpit (G-1000) Certification Training * 4.7. GPS Approach Certification Training

Download or read book A History of Army Aviation 1950 1962 written by Richard P. Weinert and published by www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. Army aviation expanded dramatically in both size and breadth of activities after its inception in 1942, but much of its post-World War II history, particularly after the establishment of the Air Force as an independent service by the national Security Act of 1947, has been relatively neglected. Despite a certain amount of jockeying for position by both services, particularly in the early years after their separation, the Army was able to carve out a clear transport and operational combat role for its own air arm. "A History of Army Aviation - 1950-1962" examines the development of the Army's air wing, especially for air support of ground troops, both in terms of organization and in relation to the ongoing friction with the Air Force. After describing the rapid expansion of purely Army air power after 1950 and the accompanying expansion of aviation training, the book delves into the reorganization of aviation activities within a Directorate of Army Aviation. It also provides a valuable account of the successful development of aircraft armament, perhaps the most significant advance of this period. In particular, intensive experimentation at the Army Aviation School led to several practical weapons systems and helped to prove that weapons could be fired from rotary aircraft. This arming of the helicopter was to have a profound effect on both Army organization and combat doctrine, culminating in official approval of the armed helicopter by the Department of the Army in 1960. "A History of Army Aviation - 1950-1962" also explores the development of new aircraft between 1955 and 1962, including the UH-1 medical evacuation, transport, and gunship helicopter and the HC-1 cargo copter. In addition, the book discusses the Berlin Crisis of 1961 as an impetus for immediate and unexpected expansion of army aviation, quickly followed by the beginnings of intervention in Vietnam by the end of 1962.