Reach and Power: The Heritage of the United States Air Force in Pictures and Artifacts
- ISBN-10
- 0160492718
- ISBN-13
- 9780160492716
- Category
- History / Military / General
- Pages
- 556
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Air Force History and Museums Program
- Author
- Ron Dick
Description
This illustrated oversize vol. commemorates the 50th ann'y. of the creation of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) as a fully independent branch of the military in 1947. Covers the accomplishments and actions in the history of American aviation, which predates the creation of the USAF: from the era of the Wright biplanes before and through WWI; the years of development between 1919 and 1941; the harrowing maturation of the force during WWII's global fight; the creation of the service itself; its tempering during the Berlin Airlift and the Korean War; the long watch of the Cold War; the grueling conflict in Southeast Asia; the rebuilding of the force in the 1970s and 1980s; air power's triumph in the Gulf War, and its use since then for both humanitarian and combat operations.
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