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Author : John F. Kreis
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Air Warfare and Air Base Air Defense, 1914-1973 written by John F. Kreis and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John F. Kreis
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Air Warfare and Air Base Defense 1914-1973 written by John F. Kreis and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John F. Kreis
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ISBN 13 : 9781410200426
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Air Warfare and Air Base Air Defense 1914 - 1973 written by John F. Kreis and published by . This book was released on 2002-06-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the earliest development of combat avaiation, the security and continued operating efficiency of established bases guaranteed the successful application of air power in modern military campaigns. The factors affecting this security are many and varied. They are explored in detail in this collection of studies drawn from American and foreign experience dating from World War I to the Arab-Israeli conflict of 1973.John F. Kreis completed this volume while assigned to the Special Studies Branch, Office of Air Force History. A graduate of Williamette University, Mr. Kreis also earned a Master of Arts degree in History in 1975 at the University of Delaware. As an Air Force officer he specialized in air base security and defense. As part of his preparation for work in this field, he graduated from the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy at Quantico, Virginia.
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Total Pages : 427 pages
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Download or read book Air Warfare and Air Base Air Defense 1914-1973 written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the projection of air power in contemporary warfare is among the most complex endeavors facing a military commander, few of the activities required to support and sustain air forces in battle have been explored in depth in historical literature. Even less studied has been the defense of air bases. Since the introduction of airplanes to warfare, it was obvious that bases must be kept functioning at peak efficiency to seize and maintain air superiority over an enemy as well as to carry out close air support and interdiction operations. A number of factors have been critical in actions involving air bases: advancing technology in aircraft and in defensive weapons, command and control systems, detection capabilities, evolving air power doctrine that predisposes air forces to specific courses of action, human endurance and morale, camouflage or concealment, dispersion, the ability to foresee and counter the strategy of a potential enemy, and in many cases pure chance that favors one side over the other. In response to a request by the Air Force Director of Plans, the Office of Air Force History undertook to condense into one volume the experiences of various nations' air forces in defending air bases against attacks from the air. Maj. John Kreis, an experienced air security officer who spent much of his career providing protection for U.S. Air Force bases, accomplished this task by adopting a case study approach that highlights the interplay of the factors affecting air base defense over half a century. In these pages he has presented examples of the earliest attempts to defend airfields and troops in World War I from aerial assault. He chronicles the development of radar and command organizations that influenced so heavily the Royal Air Force's performance in the Battle of Britain, the ability to marshal defenses and repair crews on the island of Malta, and evolving command arrangements in North Africa that made for success against a capable enemy.
Author : John F. Kreis
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781517371395
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (713 download)
Download or read book Air Warfare and Air Base Air Defense written by John F. Kreis and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-09-18 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the projection of air power in contemporary warfare is among the most complex endeavors facing a military commander, few of the activities required to support and sustain air forces in battle have been explored in depth in historical literature. Even less studied has been the defense of air bases. Since the introduction of airplanes to warfare, it was obvious that bases must be kept functioning at peak efficiency to seize and maintain air superiority over an enemy as well as to carry out close air support and interdiction operations. A number of factors have been critical in actions involving air bases: advancing technology in aircraft and in defensive weapons, command and control systems, detection capabilities, evolving air power doctrine that predisposes air forces to specific courses of action, human endurance and morale, camouflage or concealment, dispersion, the ability to foresee and counter the strategy of a potential enemy, and in many cases pure chance that favors one side over the other. In response to a request by the Air Force Director of Plans, the Office of Air Force History undertook to condense into one volume the experiences of various nations' air forces in defending air bases against attacks from the air. Maj. John Kreis, an experienced air security officer who spent much of his career providing protection for U. S. Air Force bases, accomplished this task by adopting a case study approach that highlights the interplay of the factors affecting air base defense over half a century. In these pages he has presented examples of the earliest attempts to defend airfields and troops in World War I from aerial assault. He chronicles the development of radar and command organizations that influenced so heavily the Royal Air Force's performance in the Battle of Britain, the ability to marshal defenses and repair crews on the island of Malta, and evolving command arrangements in North Africa that made for success against a capable enemy whose own command arrangements were deficient. Cases were also chosen to investigate failures from which sound lessons could be drawn. Limited conflict in the cold war world has imposed its own logic on base defense and attacks on installations, and the examples of base destruction in the Middle East wars between 1948 and 1973 are also instructive. This volume has wide application in staff planning for developing base defensive emplacements, providing repair and support services, and training base personnel to react in a host of contingencies. For the Air Force gene ally, it offers new insights into matters not usually treated in doctrinal literature. The cases elaborated upon here will also have an appeal to a wider public audience interested in military aviation in all of its aspects.
Author : Kenneth Schaffel
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Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Emerging Shield written by Kenneth Schaffel and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Andreas Olsen
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1597976385
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (979 download)
Download or read book A History of Air Warfare written by John Andreas Olsen and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This one-volume anthology provides a comprehensive analysis of the role that air power has played in military conflicts over the past century. Comprising sixteen essays penned by a global cadre of leading military experts, A History of Air Warfare chronologically examines the utility of air power from the First World War to the second Lebanon war, campaign by campaign. Each essay lays out the objectives, events, and key players of the conflict in question, reviews the role of air power in the strategic and operational contexts, and explores the interplay between the political framework and mil.
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ISBN 13 : 9780849049507
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Download or read book Air War and Air Base Air Defense written by and published by . This book was released on 1991-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 296 pages
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Download or read book Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428914056
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)
Download or read book Piercing the Fog: Intelligence and Army Air Forces Operations in World War II written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1114 pages
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Download or read book Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 1114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen Lee McFarland
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Total Pages : 96 pages
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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.
Author : John F. Kreis
Publisher : Department of the Air Force
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Piercing the Fog written by John F. Kreis and published by Department of the Air Force. This book was released on 1996 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John F. Kreis, general editor. Focuses on how airmen built intelligence organizations during World War 2 to collect and process information about the enemy and how they produced and disseminated this intelligence to decisionmakers and warfighters.
Author : Thomas E. Griffith, Jr.
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700624465
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)
Download or read book MacArthur's Airman written by Thomas E. Griffith, Jr. and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fighter pilot who flew 75 combat missions in World War I, George C. Kenney was a charismatic leader who established himself as an innovative advocate of air power. As General MacArthur's air commander in the Southwest Pacific during World War II, Kenney played a pivotal role in the conduct of the war, but until now his performance has remained largely unexplored. Thomas Griffith offers a critical assessment of Kenney's numerous contributions to MacArthur's war efforts. He depicts Kenney as a staunch proponent of airpower's ability to shape the outcome of military engagements and a commander who shared MacArthur's strategic vision. He tells how Kenney played a key role in campaigns from New Guinea to the Philippines; adapted aircraft, pilots, doctrine, and technology to the demands of aerial warfare in the southwest Pacific; and pursued daring strategies that likely would have failed in the European theater. Kenney is shown to have been an operational and organizational innovator who was willing to scrap doctrine when the situation called for ingenuity, such as shifting to low-level attacks for more effective bombing raids. Griffith tells how Kenney established air superiority in every engagement, provided close air support for troops by bombing enemy supply lines, attacked and destroyed Japanese supply ships, and carried out rapid deployment by airlifting troops and supplies. Griffith draws on Kenney's diary and correspondence, the personal papers of other officers, and previously untapped sources to present a comprehensive portrayal of both the officer and the man. He illuminates Kenney's relationship with MacArthur, General "Hap" Arnold, and other field commanders, and closely examines factors in air warfare often neglected in other accounts, such as intelligence, training, and logistical support. MacArthur's Airman is a rich and insightful study that shows how air, ground, and marine efforts were integrated to achieve major strategic objectives. It firmly establishes the importance of MacArthur's campaign in New Guinea and reveals Kenney's instrumental role in turning the tide against the Japanese.
Author : Kenneth R. Werrell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781780399751
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (997 download)
Download or read book Archie to Sam written by Kenneth R. Werrell and published by . This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archie to SAM is an update to Kenneth Werrell's Archie, Flak, AAA, and SAM published in 1988. He continues to study ground-based air defense systems in new events, including the Gulf War. In rescuing ground-based air defense systems from long neglect, Werrell delves into such topics as tactics, leadership, change, and innovation
Author : Jerry K. Sweeney
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803293373
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (933 download)
Download or read book A Handbook of American Military History written by Jerry K. Sweeney and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of A Handbook of American Military History delineates the military history of the United States from the Revolutionary War into the opening stages of the twenty-first century war on terrorism. Comprehensive and easy to use, it supplies essential information on the social, technological, political, tactical, and strategic developments that have affected the evolution of the U.S. armed forces. New to the second edition is a chapter on U.S. military history from 1995 through 2004 and an index. A Handbook of American Military History is the perfect reader's guide for the military history buff or anyone interested in a brief overview of American military history.
Author : Jerry Sweeney
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429722931
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)
Download or read book A Handbook Of American Military History written by Jerry Sweeney and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique reference work covers the military history of the United States from the Revolution to the Gulf War. The Handbook of American Military History is comprehensive, easy to use, and supplies essential information on the social, technological, political, tactical, and strategic developments that have affected the evolution of the U.S.
