The United States Air Force: A Chronology
- ISBN-10
- 1598846825
- ISBN-13
- 9781598846829
- Series
- The United States Air Force
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 351
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-01
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Author
- John C. Fredriksen
Description
Understand the growth and evolution of American air power with this overview of the history of the world's most successful aviation force. * Comprehensive, daily coverage of relevant wartime and peacetime events as they affected the U.S. Air Force as an institution and fighting machine * Illustrations of important aircraft, personalities, and historical events * Over 20 sidebars affording greater detail and context on notable events and people * A 5,000-word bibliography of the latest scholarship on U.S. Air Force history, organization, leadership, and equipment
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Other editions
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- 2015-03-03
- 468 pages
- Paperback
- Createspace Independent Pub
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- 1988
- 455 pages
- Ebook
- Office of Air Force History, U.S. Air Force
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