The Air Force Way of War : U.S. Tactics and Training after Vietnam
Bok Engelsk 2015 · Electronic Books
| Utgitt | Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky , [2015]
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (261 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 USAF Pilot Training and the Air War in Vietnam; 2 Training Tactical Fighter Pilots for War; 3 Operational Exercises; 4 Setting the Stage; 5 Short of War; PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS; 6 Preparing for a Storm; 7 Desert Storm; 8 Reorganization after the Storm; 9 Deliberate and Allied Force; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - On December 18, 1972, more than one hundred U.S. B-52 bombers flew over North Vietnam to initiate Operation Linebacker II. During the next eleven days, sixteen of these planes were shot down and another four suffered heavy damage. These losses soon proved so devastating that Strategic Air Command was ordered to halt the bombing. The U.S. Air Force's poor performance in this and other operations during Vietnam was partly due to the fact that they had trained their pilots according to methods devised during World War II and the Korean War, when strategic bombers attacking targets were expected t
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| Emner | United States. . Air Force - Officers - Training of - History.
Air pilots, Military - Training of - History. - United States Air power - United States Air warfare - History. Vis mer... |
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| ISBN | 0-8131-6129-0
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