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Author Name: Lieutenant Colonel Dik Daso, USAF (Ret.)
Title: U.S. AIR FORCE: A COMPLETE HISTORY
Binding: Hardcover
Type: BOOK
Publisher: PUBLISHERS GROUP WEST
ISBN Number: 0883631148 / 9780883631140
Seller ID: 1917159
An encyclopedic, year-by-year summary of Air Force activities, from the early years of flight to Operation Iraqi Freedom. 500 color photos, 500 color illus; 1000 B&W photos, Maps. 9x13 inches, 640 pgs.
'The indomitable spirit and courage of America's flyers goes back to the Wright Brothers' first flights in 1903. Since then, Billy Mitchell, Jimmy Doolittle, Chuck Yeager, and countless other men and women have answered America's call to defend the nation and its allies from the sky. Now, more than 50 years after its founding, the United States Air Force is celebrated in a stunning, lavishly illustrated volume published in conjunction with the Air Force Historical Foundation. Building on official Air Force chronologies, and containing more than 500 color and 1,000 black-and-white photographs, the book presents an encyclopedic, year-by-year summary of Air Force activities, from the early years of flight to Operation Iraqi Freedom. Key historical entries, as well as significant operations, technological advances, and the people instrumental in shaping the Air Force, are featured in expanded sidebar articles written by experts in each subject.
EXCERPT:
Preface
This book is made up of three different elements arranged in chronological order. The first element is a chronicle of events and achievements of individuals and organizations that forged the independent United States Air Force in 1947, and then continued the rich traditions already established as a branch within the U.S. Army into the twenty-first century. The second element is a collection of short essays written by more than thirty scholars'experts in specific air and space history fields'which expand upon specific events, aircraft, technologies, or people throughout each chapter. These essays follow related chronological entries and consist of two pages placed face to face with a slightly different background design so that they might be easily identified. The third element is the introductory narrative which is designed to provide a broad contextual background for each chapter. Throughout the book are laced more than one thousand illustrations including works of art, photographs, and artifact images. It is hoped that these illustrations will help the reader to better visualize and appreciate both the technology of flight and the vast range of emotions surrounding flying activities'in the air and on the ground.
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