West Point Graduates and the United States Air Force - Shaping American Aerospace Power (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2020
Authors:	Charles F.G. Kuyk Jr. • Charles F.G. Kuyk Iii
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 70mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	293
ISBN-13:	978-1-4766-8094-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Air forces & warfare Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4766-8094-9
Barcode:	9781476680941

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