The History of the US Air Force

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THE HISTORT OF THE
US AIR FORCE
The US Air Force was created as a separate and independent foree in 1947, but its heri-tage goes back to the creation of the Aero-nautical Dnision of the US Aram Signal Corps in 1907. Since thai time it became in tum the Army's Air Service, Air Corps and íinally the I S Army Air Forces. a semi-autonomous force ihat was, diiring World War II, the largest air force ever to exist.
Ilié story of the US Air Force since 1947 is the story of its Major Comniands, all of vvhose designated missions add up to the totál global mission of the USAF. From the tactical com-mands liké the Alaskan Air Command, the US Air Forces in Europe, the Pacific Air Forces and the Tactical Air Command to the Militarv Airlift Comniand, the flying comniands operate the aircraft that ser\e the objective of mitional securit\. This book telis, too, of the noníl\ing comniands sueh as the Air Force Svstems Command that develops aircraft and svstems, and the Air Force Logistics... Tovább

Fülszöveg

THE HISTORT OF THE
US AIR FORCE
The US Air Force was created as a separate and independent foree in 1947, but its heri-tage goes back to the creation of the Aero-nautical Dnision of the US Aram Signal Corps in 1907. Since thai time it became in tum the Army's Air Service, Air Corps and íinally the I S Army Air Forces. a semi-autonomous force ihat was, diiring World War II, the largest air force ever to exist.
Ilié story of the US Air Force since 1947 is the story of its Major Comniands, all of vvhose designated missions add up to the totál global mission of the USAF. From the tactical com-mands liké the Alaskan Air Command, the US Air Forces in Europe, the Pacific Air Forces and the Tactical Air Command to the Militarv Airlift Comniand, the flying comniands operate the aircraft that ser\e the objective of mitional securit\. This book telis, too, of the noníl\ing comniands sueh as the Air Force Svstems Command that develops aircraft and svstems, and the Air Force Logistics Command that maintains the vast íleet of USAF aircraft. This book alsó telis of the commands Eke the Air Tniining Command that have exlsted in their present form back to World War 11 and the USAAF. but it is alsó the story of the Space Command, created in 1982 and poised at the threshold of a whole new era. The stor> of the US Air Force Ls alsó an account of the men who have commanded it and the men who have served it before and since 1947.
In addition to the text arc over a dozen important tables and lists. The author has alsó prepared over tvvo dozen maps and charts, including historical data never before brought together in a single volume, all of vvhich goes to make the present work the most comprehensive history of the US Air Force publicly available today, Vissza