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Tomorrow's air force tracing the past, shaping the future

Looking ahead to future airpower requirements, this book on the history and future of American combat airpower argues that the USAF must adapt to changes that confront it or risk decline into irrelevance. To provide decision makers with the necessary analytical tools, this book uses organizational m...

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Main Author: Smith, Jeffrey J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, IN Indiana University Press 2014
Subjects:
United States. > Air Force > Organization > History
United States. > Air Force > Reorganization
Air power > United States > History
Organizational change > United States
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Call Number :UG 773 .S65 2014
Table of Contents:
  • Period one: 1907-1947
  • The birth of military airpower
  • World War I and the interwar years
  • World War II
  • "Counting" the changes in period one
  • Period two: 1947-1992
  • The rise of bomber dominance: 1947-1965
  • Bomber decline: 1965-1992
  • The changing leadership of period two
  • Period three: 1992-2030
  • Fighter pilot dominance: 1992-1994
  • From Bosnia to Allied Force: 1994-1999
  • September 11, Afghanistan, and Iraq: 2001-2011
  • Signs of change: 1992-2010
  • Anticipating USAF change
  • Framing the survey perspectives
  • Changing leadership
  • Predicting the future
  • Summary and recommendations

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