Air War Over South Vietnam, 1968-1975
Author : Bernard C. Nalty
Publisher :
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 18,42 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Government publications
ISBN :
Tactical Airlift
Author : Ray L. Bowers
Publisher : Department of the Air Force
Page : 930 pages
File Size : 41,66 MB
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
Air Force History and Museums Program. Presents the United States Air Force’s use of one form of air power, tactical airlift aviation, in the changing limited warfare situation in Vietnam. Covers the period from the decision of President Truman to assist the French in 1950 to the end of United States involvement in 1975.
The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia, 1961-1973
Author : Jack S. Ballard
Publisher :
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 13,98 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Government publications
ISBN :
Book Description
Operation Ranch Hand
Author : William A. Buckingham
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,88 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Government publications
ISBN :
Book Description
Apollo's Warriors
Author : Michael E. Haas
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 35,74 MB
Release : 1998-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780788149832
Book Description
Presenting a fascinating insider's view of U.S.A.F. special operations, this volume brings to life the critical contributions these forces have made to the exercise of air & space power. Focusing in particular on the period between the Korean War & the Indochina wars of 1950-1979, the accounts of numerous missions are profusely illustrated with photos & maps. Includes a discussion of AF operations in Europe during WWII, as well as profiles of Air Commandos who performed above & beyond the call of duty. Reflects on the need for financial & political support for restoration of the forces. Bibliography. Extensive photos & maps. Charts & tables.
A War Too Long
Author : John Schlight
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 13,4 MB
Release : 2004-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781410214232
Book Description
The Air Force instinctively disliked the slow, gradual way the United States prosecuted its war against the Vietnamese communists. While Americans undoubtedly delayed a communist victory in South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia long enough to spare Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries a similar fate, the American public grew very tired of this war years before its dismal conclusion. Due to questionable political policies and decision-making, only sporadic and relatively ineffective use had been made of air power's ability to bring great force to bear quickly and decisively. The United States and its Air Force experienced a decade of frustration made more painful by the losses of its personnel killed, wounded, or taken prisoner. Fighting resolutely and courageously, the Air Force played the decisive role in forcing North Vietnam to the peace table in 1973. The demands of the Vietnam War forced new developments such as laser-guided-bombs that would eventually radically transform the shape of air warfare.
Air Base Defense in the Republic of Vietnam, 1961-1973
Author : Roger P. Fox
Publisher :
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 28,60 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Air bases
ISBN :
Book Description
Linebacker II
Author : James R. McCarthy
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 20,82 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Government publications
ISBN :
Book Description
Interdiction in Southern Laos 1960-1968
Author : Jacob Staaveren
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 11,4 MB
Release : 2012-05-25
Category :
ISBN : 9781477541883
Book Description
Throughout the War in Southeast Asia, Communist forces form North Vietnam infiltrated the isolated, neutral state of Laos. Men and supplies crossed the mountain passes and travelled along an intricate web of roads and jungle paths known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail to the Viet Cong insurgents in South Vietnam. American involvement in Laos began which a photo-reconnaissance missions and, as the war in Vietnam intensified, expanded to a series of air-ground operations from bases in Vietnam and Thailand against fixed targets and infiltration routes in southern Laos. This volume examines this complex operational environment. United States Air Force. Center for Air Force History.
Sierra Hotel : flying Air Force fighters in the decade after Vietnam
Author :
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 30,32 MB
Release : 2001
Category :
ISBN : 1428990488
Book Description
In February 1999, only a few weeks before the U.S. Air Force spearheaded NATO's Allied Force air campaign against Serbia, Col. C.R. Anderegg, USAF (Ret.), visited the commander of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe. Colonel Anderegg had known Gen. John Jumper since they had served together as jet forward air controllers in Southeast Asia nearly thirty years earlier. From the vantage point of 1999, they looked back to the day in February 1970, when they first controlled a laser-guided bomb strike. In this book Anderegg takes us from "glimmers of hope" like that one through other major improvements in the Air Force that came between the Vietnam War and the Gulf War. Always central in Anderegg's account of those changes are the people who made them. This is a very personal book by an officer who participated in the transformation he describes so vividly. Much of his story revolves around the Fighter Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada, where he served two tours as an instructor pilot specializing in guided munitions.
