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1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The early years of U.S. Army Aviation (1903-47) -- Path to Independence -- The Class of 1950 -- Cultural Transitions -- Focus on Advancing Technology -- Flight Tests and Test Pilots -- Aerial Reconnaissance -- Military Airlift -- ICbMs -- Space -- U.S. Air Force Academy -- Leadership. |
| Summary |
"West Point graduates played a central role in developing U.S. military air and space power from the earliest days of mechanized flight through the establishment of the U.S. Air Force in 1947, and continuing through the Persian Gulf War. These graduates served at a time when the world's greatest wave of technological advancement occurred: in aviation, nuclear weapons, rocketry, ICBMs, computers, satellite systems in inner space and man in outer space. This history traces the advancement of weapons and space technology that became the hallmark of the U.S. Air Force, and the pivotal role that West Point graduates played in integrating them into a wide variety of Air Force systems and programs. Many became aircraft commanders, test pilots, astronauts and, later in their careers, general officers who helped shape and implement technologies still in use today." Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. Air Force -- History.
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United States. Air Force. |
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History. |
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United States Military Academy -- Biography.
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United States Military Academy. |
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Biographies.
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Aeronautics, Military -- United States -- History.
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Aeronautics, Military. |
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United States. |
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Astronautics -- United States -- History.
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Astronautics. |
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Biography.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Kuyk, Charles F.G., III, 1951- author.
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Hallion, Richard, 1948- writer of foreword.
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| Added Title |
Shaping American aerospace power |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Kuyk, Charles F. G., Jr., 1926- West Point graduates and the United States Air Force. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020] 9781476680941 1476680949 (DLC) 2020020593 (OCoLC)1130767544 |
| ISBN |
9781476639383 (electronic book) |
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1476639388 (electronic book) |
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9781476680941 |
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1476680949 |
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