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Air Arsenal North America

Author : Phil Butler
Publisher : Aerofax
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Air Arsenal North America written by Phil Butler and published by Aerofax. This book was released on 2004 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book provides a detailed analysis of aircraft purchases made in North America by the subsequent operation of the Lend-Lease Acts and Canadian Mutual Aid, whereby thousands of aircraft were delivered to many Allied countries including the Soviet Union in the years to 1945. There is also significant coverage of aircraft supply and operation in Latin America. Describes and illustrates all of the many aircraft types; these descriptions are supplemented by sections covering their operation by each of the countries involved, including aircraft serials. Also includes descriptions of how the Lend-Lease Act operated, details of delivery routes, and an analysis of the various governmental and other organizations involved. Includes various appendices including statistics.

So Far From Home

Author : Robert Kane
Publisher : NewSouth Books
ISBN 13 : 1603063706
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book So Far From Home written by Robert Kane and published by NewSouth Books. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During World War II, the US Army Air Forces (AAF) trained over 21,000 aircrew members from 29 Allied countries. The two largest programs, 79 percent of those trained, were for Britain and France. The Royal Air Force (RAF), fully engaged against the German Air Force by December 1940, was not able to train new aircrews. The British government asked the United States to train new pilots until it could get its own flight training program underway. Lieutenant General Henry "Hap" Arnold, chief of the Army Air Corps, authorized the training of RAF pilots at select airfields in the southeast United States, including at Maxwell and Gunter fields near Montgomery, Alabama. Between June 1941 and February 1943, when the RAF terminated what became known as the Arnold Plan, 4,300 of more than 7,800 RAF cadets sent to the United States completed the three-phase AAF flight training program. Within three months, some of the same schools, including the phase 2 school at Gunter Field, began training Free French Air Force flight cadets. By November 1945, when the US government terminated the French training program, 2,100 French flight cadets out of the 4,100 who came to the United States had received their wings. This book tells for the first time the story of the RAF and Free French flight training programs in central Alabama, covering the origins, the issues, and the problems that occurred during the training programs, and the results and lessons learned.

Forward Air Bases in Europe from D-Day to the Baltic

Author : Trevor Stone
Publisher : Air World
ISBN 13 : 1399010840
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Forward Air Bases in Europe from D-Day to the Baltic written by Trevor Stone and published by Air World. This book was released on 2024-01-18 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The largely sea-borne invasion of Northern France in June 1944, Operation Overlord, is acknowledged as one of the key actions which hastened the end of the Second World War. The RAF played a vital part in the landings. It then supported the subsequent advance of Montgomery’s 21st Army, and the Allies as a whole, through France, Belgium, Holland and into Germany. Following the breakout from the Normandy bridgehead in early August 1944, the RAF’s Second Tactical Air Force moved forward in support of the troops, occupying a number of temporary airfields as it went. The ground support for this operation was complex, a situation that was exacerbated by the fact that much of it had to be highly mobile. The advance, however, was rapid and soon ran into problems as the supply lines grew longer by the day. The planners had envisaged that capturing the Belgian port of Antwerp would eventually enable them to bring in vitally needed supplies much further north on the Continent. Although the city and its port were liberated in September 1944, the port’s route to the sea along the River Scheldt was still controlled by German forces. It took nearly three months until this was resolved, and the port opened for business. Until then, in the RAF’s equivalent of the US Army’s famed ‘Red Ball Express’, it was some 300 miles by road from Normandy with the Second Tactical Air Force largely reliant on the Army for transporting its needs. For an air force needing large volumes of fuel and ammunition, demand soon began to outpace supply. A number of emergency measures were put in place to keep the aircraft operational, which saw the RAF resorting to the use of its heavy bombers to fly in supplies. Even when Antwerp was up and running, supplying the Second Tactical Air Force remained a hand-to-mouth affair right through until the enemy’s surrender in May 1945. In Forward Air Bases in Europe from D-Day to the Baltic the author explores the challenges of supporting a mobile air force in those uncertain days as Hitler’s forces were retreating to their homeland. As the Allies found, things can go badly wrong when thinking loses touch with the art of the possible – logistics. In the end, miraculously, it worked, but it was a close-run thing.

Sustaining Air Power

Author : Trevor Stone
Publisher : Fonthill Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustaining Air Power written by Trevor Stone and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Draws on 25 years of original and exhaustive researchRichly illustrated with many previously unpublished photographsContent and style will appeal to a wide readership The Royal Air Force is the world’s oldest independent air arm, yet little has been written about its logistics. This ground-breaking book, which draws on 25 years of original archival research, opens the hangar door on this highly important discipline that has been at the forefront of supporting British air power since 1918. Written by a former senior RAF logistics officer and supplemented by material from veterans and currently serving military personnel, Sustaining Air Power: Royal Air Force Logistics since 1918 explores the fascinating development of RAF logistics. This journey, just short of a century, explores the inter-war years, Second World War, Cold War and the major campaigns the service has been involved in since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990. The main narrative ends in 2014 with the RAF’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. Dedicated chapters consider the more specialist aspects of logistics such as tactical and expeditionary logistics, fuels and explosives, transport, training, information technology and how the RAF has managed its extensive supply chain. Richly illustrated, its content and style will appeal to a wide readership.

Mexicans at War

Author : Santiago A. Flores
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1913118398
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Mexicans at War written by Santiago A. Flores and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of Mexican aviators in WWII, including their role in the Battle of the Philippines, is revealed in this illustrated military history. When Mexico’s neighbor to the north entered World War II, German U-Boats began haunting the North American coastline. And when the Kriegsmarine torpedoed Mexican tankers, the young republic was drawn into the global conflict. At first, Mexico was forced to defend its coastline and shipping with general purpose biplanes. But it quickly organized a modern aviation force equal to the task. The newly formed Mexican Naval Aviation established its first squadron to patrol the Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile, the Mexican Air Force experienced its most rapid growth since it was established in 1915. In 1944, it sent combat pilots to fight alongside the U.S. in the liberation of the Philippines. Even before Mexico’s official involvement, Mexican nationals were volunteering for the Allied air forces of the British Commonwealth and the Free French naval and air forces. Using photos and archival testimony, Mexicans at War sheds much-needed light on Mexican involvement in the Second World War. The introduction also provides a detailed overview of Mexican military aviation from the Mexican Revolution to WWII.

Making North America

Author : James A. Thompson
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442665149
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Making North America written by James A. Thompson and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2014-02-05 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has been written about the trilateral relationship between Canada, the United States, and Mexico, and the free trade agreements that this relationship has spawned. In Making North America, James Thompson uses the Canada–US Free Trade Agreement of 1988 and the North American Free Trade Agreement of 1994 to demonstrate that there has been an often-unrecognized impulse behind the process of North American integration – national security. Featuring interviews with key decision-makers from all three countries, including Brian Mulroney, George H.W. Bush, and Carlos Salinas, Making North America is a rigorous analysis of the role national security has played in North American integration. Furthermore, Thompson’s evidence suggests that the processes at work in North America are part of a global phenomenon where regions are progressively coalescing into larger-scale political entities.

American Eagles

Author :
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493085492
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book American Eagles written by and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring the collection of airplanes, art, photographs, and memorabilia of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, this magnificently illustrated book tells the story of the beginnings of flight, through the creation of the U.S. Air Force as a separate branch of the military, to the unbelievable technological achievements of what is the preeminent air power in the world today. Here are combat aces, Medal of Honor recipients, crusty generals, and average citizens who served in the Air Force. There are philosophers, airplane designers, test pilots, rocket scientists, armorers, and grease monkeys. More than 250 color and 150 black-and-white illustrations and photos and insightful text present the story of the U.S. Air Force of yesterday, today, and tomorrow, published on the occasion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United States Air Force and the one hundredth anniversary of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force..

Building Engines for War

Author : Edward M. Young
Publisher : SAE International
ISBN 13 : 1468606646
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (686 download)

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Download or read book Building Engines for War written by Edward M. Young and published by SAE International. This book was released on 2023-11-13 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into the heart of wartime innovation and manufacturing through this groundbreaking book, unveiling a riveting narrative of technological mastery and organizational ingenuity. This meticulously researched work challenges conventional views of wartime production, offering a fresh perspective on the incredible efforts that drove the Allies to victory. Young's insightful analyses illuminate the strategic collaboration between the aerospace and automotive industries, showcasing their collective adaptation that created the engines powering victory. Spanning continents, Young examines the transformation of aircraft engine manufacturing during World War II. Unearthing the operations of key players such as the Bristol Aeroplane Company, Pratt & Whitney, and Wright Aeronautical, he sheds light on the monumental shift from traditional batch production to revolutionary quantity production. Readers will witness the birth of new factories, the development of advanced machine tools, and the innovation required to produce engines of unparalleled complexity and precision. Through Young's fresh perspective, the book unveils the intricate interplay of crisis techno-politics, engineering resilience, and the pivotal role of innovation in shaping the tides of history. This book is not just a study of the past; it is a critical foundation for understanding the dynamics of wartime production that continue to influence our world today. "Edward Young's reconstruction and analysis of the Allies' massive World War II aircraft engine programs is priceless, unique, thorough and critical - all at once." Philip Scranton Professor Emeritus, History of Industry and Technology, Rutgers University (ISBN 9781468606645, ISBN 9781468606652, ISBN 9781468606669, DOI 10.4271/9781468606652)

Near and Far Waters

Author : Colin Flint
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1503639827
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Near and Far Waters written by Colin Flint and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2024-07-30 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seapower has been a constant in world politics, a tool through which powerful countries have policed the seas for commercial advantage. Political geographer Colin Flint highlights the geography of seapower as a dynamic, continual struggle to gain control of near waters—those parts of the oceans close to a country's shoreline—and far waters—parts of the oceans beyond the horizon and that neighbor the shorelines of other countries. A forceful and clarifying challenge to conventional accounts of geopolitics, Near and Far Waters offers an accessible introduction to the combination of economic and political relations that are the reason behind, and the result of, the development of seapower to control near waters and project force into far waters. Examining the histories of three naval powers (the Netherlands, Britain, and the United States), this book distills the past and present patterns of seapower and their tendency to trigger repercussive conflict and war. Readers will gain an appreciation for how geopolitics works, the importance of seapower in economic competition, the motivations behind China's desire to become a global naval force, and the risks of current and future wars. Drawing on decades of experience, Flint urges readers to take seriously the dilemma of near/far waters as a context for an alternative understanding of global politics.

Time

Author : Briton Hadden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1600 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Time written by Briton Hadden and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 1600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

MX programs

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Dept. of Defense
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book MX programs written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Dept. of Defense and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Department of State Bulletin

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Department of State Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The official monthly record of United States foreign policy.

Army RD & A.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.U/5 (183 download)

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Download or read book Army RD & A. written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Technical Abstract Bulletin

Author : Defense Documentation Center (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 856 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Technical Abstract Bulletin written by Defense Documentation Center (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Aircraft Yearbook

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Aircraft Yearbook written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Aircraft Year Book

Author : Fay Leone Faurote
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Aircraft Year Book written by Fay Leone Faurote and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Congressional Record

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1342 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 1342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)