Understand the growth and evolution of American air power with this overview of the history of the world's most successful aviation force.
The United States Air Force: A Chronology captures the sweep of U.S. Air Force history from the service's inception to present times. Concise entries, arranged by date, touch upon military events such as victories and defeats; significant political, administrative, and technological changes affecting the service; and significant events in the careers of noted leaders. Daily occurrences are described within the context of greater historical events such as wars.
The chronology covers all aspects of the U.S. Air Force and its historical antecedents (U.S. Air Service, Army Air Corps, and Army Air Force), commencing with the Balloon Corps in the American Civil War and extending through Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in Afghanistan. Events of note, major and minor, are listed in the order of occurrence. The book includes all major air campaigns in all major conflicts, as well as such noteworthy events as record-breaking flights and the introduction of new aircraft.
Comprehensive, daily coverage of relevant wartime and peacetime events as they affected the U.S. Air Force as an institution and fighting machineIllustrations of important aircraft, personalities, and historical eventsOver 20 sidebars affording greater detail and context on notable events and peopleA 5,000-word bibliography of the latest scholarship on U.S. Air Force history, organization, leadership, and equipment
- ISBN10 6613053562
- ISBN13 9786613053565
- Publish Date 12 January 2011
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 24 August 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint ABC-CLIO
- Format eBook
- Pages 351
- Language English