Charles F. G. Kuyk, III Charles F. G. Kuyk

West Point Graduates and the United States Air Force

Shaping American Aerospace Power

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9781476680941
• ISBN-10: 1476680949
• Artikelnr.: 60966712

Autorenporträt

Charles F.G. Kuyk, Jr., is a veteran of 36 years of military service, from Private to Major General. He served with the Marines in World War II, as a B-29 combat pilot in Korea, a nuclear bomber pilot during the Cold War, an experimental test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base, a commander and pilot of an EB-66 electronic counter measures (ECM) squadron during the Vietnam War, commander of the C-5 Wing during the airlift support of the Arab-Israeli war, Commander of the numbered Air Force for the western half of the world and as a general officer at the Pentagon defining future Air Force requirements.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Richard P. Hallion Preface by Charles F.G. Kuyk, Jr. Abbreviations
1.
The Early Years of U.S. Army Aviation (1903-47)
2.
Path to Independence
3.
The Class of 1950
4.
Cultural Transitions
5.
Focus on Advancing Technology
6.
Flight Tests and Test Pilots
7.
Aerial Reconnaissance
8.
Military Airlift
9.
ICBMs 10.
Space 11.
U.S. Air Force Academy 12.
Leadership Epilogue Chronology of Key Events Chapter Notes Bibliography Index