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Title Index 

7 December 1941: The Air Force Story 

10 Propositions Regarding Air Power

The 31 Initiatives: A Study in Air Force-Army Cooperation 

80 Years Strong (1942-2022): A History of Air Education and Training Command, "The First Command"

A

Acquisition Management in the U.S. Air Force and Its Predecessors

Aerial Interdiction: Air Power and the Land Battle in Three American Wars

An Aerospace Bibliography

Africa to the Alps: The Army Air Forces in the Mediterranean Theater

Air Base Defense in the Republic of Vietnam

Air Force Bases:

Vol. I:  Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982

Vol. II: Air Bases Outside of the United States of America

Air Force Combat Medals, Streamers, and Campaigns  

Air Force Combat Units of World War II

Air Force Combat Wings: Lineage and Honors Histories, 1947-1977

The Air Force Integrates, 1945-1964

Air Force Officers: Personnel Policy Development, 1944-1974

The Air Force Role in Developing International Outer Space Law

Air Force Roles and Missions: A History

Air House : A History

Air Interdiction in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam

Air Leadership

Air Power and the Fight for Khe Sanh

Air Power and Warfare: Eighth Military History Symposium

Air Power for Patton's Army: The XIX Tactical Air Command in the Second World War

Air Power in Three Wars: World War II, Korea, Vietnam

Air Power Versus U-boats: Confronting Hitler's Submarine Menace in the European Theater

Air Superiority in World War II and Korea

Air War Over South Vietnam, 1968-1975 
 
Air Warfare and Air Base Defense, 1917-1973 

Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion: an Annotated Bibliography


Airlift and Airborne Operations in World War II

Airpower Advantage: Planning the Gulf War Air Campaign 1989 - 1991  

The American Military and the Far East: Ninth Military History Symposium  

The American Military on the Frontier: Seventh Military History Symposium

Anatomy of A Reform : The Expeditionary Aerospace Force

The Army Air Forces in World War II series:

Vol. 1 - Plans and Early Operations: Jan 1939-Aug 1942 

Vol. 2 - Europe: Torch to Pointblank: Aug 1942-Dec 1943

Vol. 3 - Europe: Argument to V-E Day: Jan 1944-May 1945

Vol. 4 - The Pacific: Guadalcanal to Saipan: Aug 1942-Jul 1944

Vol. 5 - The Pacific: Matterhorn to Nagasaki: Jun 1944-Aug 1945

Vol. 6 - Men and Planes

Vol. 7 - Services Around the World

The Army Air Forces in World War II: Combat Chronology  

Army Air Forces Medical Services in World War II  

Ash Warriors

Autonomy of the Air Arm

Aviation in the U.S. Army, 1919-1939 

 

B

The Battle Against the U-Boat in the American Theater

Belle Chance : A Commander's Haven 

Bernard A. Schriever:  Challenging the Unknown

Beyond Horizons: A Half Century of Air Force Space Leadership, revised edition

Billy Mitchell: Stormy Petrel of the Air  

Blacks in the Army Air Forces during World War II: The Problem of Race Relations

Building a Strategic Air Force, 1945-1953

 

C

A Career in Test and Evaluation: Interview of Charles E. "Pete" Adolph

Carl A. Spaatz and the Air War in Europe

Case Studies in Strategic Bombardment

Case Studies in the Achievement of Air Superiority

Case Studies in the Development of Close Air Support

Case Studies in the Use of Land-Based Aerial Forces in Maritime Operations, 1939-1990


Case Studies in the History of Hypersonic Technology:

Vol. I:  From Max Valier to Project PRIME, (1924-1967)

Vol. II: From Scramjet to the National Aero-Space Plan (1964-1986)

Vol. III: The Quest for the Orbital Jet: The National Aero-Space Plane Program (1983-1995)

Catalog of the United States Air Force Oral History Collection

A Century of Air Power Leadership: Past Present and Future, Proceedings of a Symposium


Citizen Airmen: A History of the Air Force Reserve, 1946-1994

Coalition Air Warfare in the Korean War, 1950-1953

The Cold War and Beyond: Chronology of the U.S. Air Force, 1947-1997

Combat Squadrons of the Air Force: World War II  

Command and Commanders in Modern Military History: Proceedings of the Second Military History Symposium

The Command of the Air

A Concise History of the U.S. Air Force

Condensed Analysis of the Ninth Air Force in the European Theater of Operations

Coningham: A Biography of Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham

Conquering the Night: Army Air Forces Night Fighters at War

 

D

D-Day 1944: Air Power Over the Normandy Beaches and Beyond 

Decisive Force: Strategic Bombing in the Gulf War

Defending the West: The United States Air Force and European Security, 1946-1998

Development and Employment of Fixed-Wing Gunships, 1962-1972

The Development of Air Doctrine in the Army Air Arm, 1917-1941

The Development of Ballistic Missiles in the United States Air Force, 1945-1960

 

E

The Emerging Shield: The Air Force and the Evolution of Continental Air Defense, 1945-1960  

Encyclopedia of U.S. Air Force Aircraft and Missile Systems:

Vol. I:  Post-World War II Fighters, 1945-1973

Vol. II: Post-World War II Bombers, 1945-1973

The Enlisted Experience: A Conversation with the Chief Master Sergeants of the Air Force

 

F

The F-15 Eagle: Origins and Development 1964-1972
 
The First 109 Minutes: 9/11 and the U. S. Air Force, updated 2018

First In the Air: The Eagle Squadrons of World War II


A Fit, Fighting Force: The Air Force Nursing Services Chronology

Flying Minute Men: The Story of the Civil Air Patrol

The Flying Tigers: Chennault's American Volunteer Group in China


Foulois and the U.S. Army Air Corps, 1931-1935

Foundation of the Force: Air Force Enlisted Personnel Policy, 1907-1956

Frank M. Andrews: Marshall's Airman

Fueling the Fires of Resistance: AAF Special Operations in the Balkans During World War II 

Fulcrum of Power: Essays on the United States Air Force and National Security  

 

G

General James H. Doolittle: The Air force's Warrior Scholar

General Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War

Generations of Chevrons  

Generations of Service

Golden Legacy, Boundless Future

Great Game to 9/11: A concise History of Afghanistan's International Relations 

Green Light: A Troop Carrier Squadron's War from Normandy to the Rhine  

Guide to Air Force Historical Literature

A Guide to Documentary Sources 

Guideposts for the United States Military in the 21st Century

Gulf War Air Power Survey series:

Summary Report

Vol. 1: Planning and Command and Control

Vol. 2: Operations and Effects and Effectiveness

Vol. 3: Logistics and Support 

Vol. 4: Weapons, Tactics, and Training and Space Operations

Vol. 5: A Statistical Compendium and Chronology 

 

H

HAP: Henry H. Arnold, Military Aviator

The Harmon Lectures in Military History, 1959-1987  

Harnessing the Genie: Science and Technology Forecasting for the Air Force, 1944-1986  

Headquarters USAF Reorganization: 1947-1990

Help From Above  

High Frontier: The U.S. Air Force and the Military Space Program

The High Road to Tokyo Bay 

A History of Aeromedical Evacuation in the U. S. Air Force

History of the Air Corps Tactical School, 1920-1940 

History of the Air Force History and Museums Program

A History of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet


Hitting Home: The Air Offensive Against Japan

The Home Front and War in the Twentieth Century: Tenth Military History Symposium 

 

I

Ideas and Weapons

Immediate Reach, Immediate Power: Air Expeditionary Force and American Power Projection 

The Intelligence Revolution: A Historical Retrospective: Thirteenth Military History Symposium

 

K

Khobar Towers: Tragedy and Response

 

L

Leading the Way: The History of Air Force Civil Engineers: 1907-2012

Leaping the Atlantic Wall: Army Air Forces Campaigns in Western Europe, 1942-1945  

LeMay On Vietnam

Like a Thunderbolt: The Lafayette Escadrille and the Advent of American Pursuit in World War I

The Limitless Sky, Air Force Science and Technology Contributions to the Nation


Linebacker II: A View from the Rock, reprinted and updated 2018

The Literature of Aeronautics, Astronautics, and Air Power

Locating Air Force Base Sites: History's Legacy, 2014 update

Logbook of Signal Corps No. 1

Lucrative Targets: United States Air Force in the Kuwaiti Theater of Operations

 

M

Makers of the United States Air Force

Medical Support of the Army Air Forces in World War II 

Military Airlift and Aircraft Procurement: the Case of the C-5A

The Military and Society: Fifth Military History Symposium

Military History of the American Revolution: Sixth Military History Symposium Symposium

Military Planning in the Twentieth Century: Eleventh Military History Symposium

 

N

Natural Defense: U.S. Air Force Origins of the Department of Defense Natural Resources Conservation Program

 

O

The Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, 1947-1965

Office of the Secretary of the Air Force: Organizational and Functional Charts,1947-1984 

The Official Pictorial History of the AAF 

Official Report of the Pan-American Flight

On Target: Organizing and Executing the Strategic Air Campaign against Iraq

One Hundred Ten Years of Flight: USAF Chronology of Significant Air And Space Events 1903-2012

Operation Ranch Hand: The USAF and Herbicides in SEA, 1961-1971

Operation Thursday: Birth of the Air Commandos

Organization and Lineage of the United States Air Force

Organizational Charts: Headquarters USAF, 1947-1990  

Organizational Charts: Headquarters USAF, 1991-2017

Over the Hump  

 

P

A Pattern for Joint Operations: World War II Close Air Support--North Africa

Pearl to V-J Day: WW II in the Pacific 

Personal Papers in the U.S. Air Force Historical Research Center

Piercing the Fog: Intelligence and Army Air Forces Operations in World War II

Planning and Organizing the Postwar Air Force, 1943-1947

Preemptive Defense: Allied Air Power Versus Hitler's V-Weapons, 1943-1945

A Preliminary to War: The 1st Aero Squadron and the Mexican Punitive Expedition of 1919

Prelude to the Total Force: Air National Guard, 1943-1969

Prophecy Fulfilled: "Toward New Horizons" and Its Legacy

 

R

Reach and Power: The Heritage of the United States Air Force in Pictures and Artifacts 

Reflections on Air Force Independence


Reflections on Research and Development in the United States Air Force

Reflections and Remembrances: Veterans of the United States Army Air Forces Reminisce About WWII

Roots of Conflict: A Military Perspective on the Middle East and the Persian Gulf Crisis

The Roswell Report: Fact Versus Fiction in the New Mexico Desert  

The Roswell Report: Case Closed

 

S

SAF/AA: A History of the Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force

Science, Technology and Warfare: Third Military History Symposium

Search and Rescue Operations of the United States Air Force in Southeast Asia, 1961-1975

Secretaries and Chiefs of Staff of the United States Air Force: Biographical Sketches and Portraits

Seeing Off the Bear

Separate and Unequal: Race Relations in the AAF During World War II

Seventy-Five Years of Inflight Refueling: Highlights, 1923-1998

The Shootdown of Trigger 4

Short History of the Tuskegee Airmen

Short of War: Major United States Air Force Contingency Operations, 1947-1997 

Significant Milestones in Air Force History

Sierra Hotel: Flying Air Force Fighters in the Decade After Vietnam

Silver Wings, Golden Valor: The USAF Remembers Korea


Soldiers and Statesmen: Fourth Military History Symposium

The Strategic Air War Against Germany and Japan  

Strategic Air Warfare

The Struggle for Air Force Independence, 1943 - 1947

 

T

Tactical Airlift

Technology and the Air Force: A Retrospective Assessment  

Tempering the Blade: General Carl Spaatz and American Tactical Air Power in North Africa...

They Fought With What They Had 

The Three Wars of Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer: His Korean War Diary  

To Hanoi and Back  

To Save a City: The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949 

Toward Independence: The Emergence of the U.S. Air Force, 1943-1947

Training to Fly: Military Flight Training, 1907-1945

Transformation in Russian and Soviet Military History: Twelfth Military History Symposium

Tuskegee Airmen Chronology

 

U

ULTRA and the Army Air Forces in World War II  

The U.S. Air Force in Space, 1945 to the 21st Century

The U.S. Air Service in World War I series:

Vol. I:  The Final Report of the Chief of Air Service AEF and a Tactical History

Vol. II:  Early Concepts of Military Aviation

Vol. III: The Battle of St. Mihiel

Vol. IV: Postwar Review

U. S. Relations With Iraq: From the Mandate to Operation Iraqi Freedom

The USAF Scientific Advisory Board: Its First Twenty Years, 1944-1964

USAF Southeast Asia Monograph series: 

Vol. I:   The Tale of Two Bridges and the Battle for the Skies over North Vietnam

Vol. II:  Airpower and the 1972 Spring Invasion

Vol. III: The Vietnamese Air Force,1951-1975: an Analysis of Its Role in Combat and Fourteen Hours at Kho Tang

Vol. IV: Last Flight from Saigon

Vol. V:  Airpower and the Airlift Evacuation of Kham Duc

Vol. VI: Linebacker II: A View from the Rock

Vol. VII: Air Force Heroes in Vietnam

The United States Air Force Basic Documents on Roles and Missions  

The United States Air Force and Its Antecedents Published and Printed Unit Histories:  A Bibliography  

United States Air Force and the Culture of Innovation, 1945-1965 

United States Air Force History: An Annotated Bibliography

The United States Air Force, First Seventy-Five Years

The United States Air Force in Korea: 1950 -1953

The U.S. Air Force in Korea series

Anything, Anywhere Anytime: Combat Cargo in Korea

Down in the Weeds: Close Air Support in Korea

MIG Alley: The Fight for Air Superiority

Steadfast and Courageous: FEAF Bomber Command and the Air War in Korea, 1950-1953

That Others May Live

The United States Air Force in Korea: Campaigns, Units and Stations, 1950-1953

The United States Air Force in Korea: A Chronology, 1950-1953

The U.S. Air Force in Southeast Asia and the Vietnam War A Narrative Chronology Vol 1 The Early Years Through 1959

The U.S. Air Force in Southeast Asia and the Vietnam War A Narrative Chronology Vol 2, 1960-1961

The United States Air Force In Southeast Asia, 1961-1973 series:

Aces and Aerial Victories : The USAF in the SEA, 1965-1973

Advisory Years to 1965 

Development and Employment of Fixed Wing Gunships, 1962-1972

Gradual Failure: The Air War Over North Vietnam, 1965-1966

An Illustrated Account, 1961-1973, revised edition 1984

Interdiction in Southern Laos, 1960-1968

Tactical Airlift

War in South Vietnam: The Years of the Offensive, 1965-1968

The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia: Civic Action

The United States Army Air Arm, 1861-1917

United States Space Force: Some Origins of the Idea "Whose Time Has Come"

V

Hoyt S. Vandenberg: The Life of a General

 

W

The War Against Trucks: Aerial Interdiction in Southern Laos, 1968-1972  

A War Too Long: The History of the USAF in Southeast Asia, 1961-1975

Weapon of Denial: Air Power and the Battle for New Guinea

Winged Shield, Winged Sword: A History of the United States Air Force , vol 1

Winged Shield, Winged Sword: A History of the United States Air Force , vol 2

Wings At War series:

The AAF in the Invasion of Southern France

The AAF in Northwest Africa

Airborne Assault on Holland

Air-Ground Teamwork on the Western Front

Pacific Counterblow: the 11th Bombardment Group and the 67th Fighter Squadron in the Battle of Guadalcanal

Sunday Punch in Normandy

Wings of Hope: The U.S. Air Force and Humanitarian Airlift Operations, revised 2007

With Courage: The United States Army Air Forces in World War II

Within Limits: The U.S. Air Force and the Korean War