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Red Flag
Author: Kernan Chaisson
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2014-06-20
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 193933537X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Red Flag, a unique air warfare training center in Nevada has been a leading contributor to U.S. air supremacy for the last quarter century. Here, America's fighter pilots have honed their skills against the most dangerous threats potential enemies have to offer. In other, even more secretive areas, such as Area 51, revolutionary new weapons have been developed and tested. When Red Flag emerged from the shadows, descriptions have concentrated on the aircraft, their pilots and the missions flown over the desert range. Now, for the first time, this book looks at what the Red Flag training facility is actually like, how the remarkable equipment there works and what it was like to serve at this unique technical wonderland. Written by a leading electronics and radar systems expert who took a prominent role in designing the instrumentation that makes Red Flag unique, this book tells us not only what Red Flag has achieved but how pilots, operators and electronic engineers combined to win America's wars in the air.
Aircraft of Red Flag
Author: Scott Cuong Tran
Publisher:
Published: 2022-03-31
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781913870119
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Red Flag is the world's premier air-to-air combat exercise. Run by the US Air Force, its aim is to provide aircrew with a safe environment in which to take part in intensive air combat sorties. Illustrated with over 140 full-color photos, this collection looks at the aircraft involved in Red Flag.
Grounded
Author: Robert M. Farley
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2014-01-31
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0813144965
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Director and producer Tim Burton impresses audiences with stunning visuals, sinister fantasy worlds, and characters whose personalities are strange and yet familiar. Drawing inspiration from sources as varied as Lewis Carroll, Salvador Dalí, Washington Irving, and Dr. Seuss, Burton's creations frequently elicit both alarm and wonder. Whether crafting an offbeat animated feature, a box-office hit, a collection of short fiction, or an art exhibition, Burton pushes the envelope, and he has emerged as a powerful force in contemporary popular culture. In The Philosophy of Tim Burton, a distinguished group of scholars examines the philosophical underpinnings and significance of the director's oeuvre, investigating films such as Batman (1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), The Nightmare before Christmas (1993), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Big Fish (2003), Sweeney Todd (2007), Alice in Wonderland (2010), and Dark Shadows (2012). The essays in this volume explore Burton's distinctive style, often disturbing content, and popular appeal through three thematic lenses: identity, views on authority, and aesthetic vision. Covering topics ranging from Burton's fascination with Victorian ideals, to his celebration of childhood, to his personal expression of the fantastic, the contributors highlight the filmmaker's peculiar narrative style and his use of unreal settings to prompt heightened awareness of the world we inhabit. The Philosophy of Tim Burton offers a penetrating and provocative look at one of Hollywood's most influential auteurs.
F-15 Eagle at War
Author: Tyson Rininger
Publisher: Zenith Press
Published: 2009-01-18
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780760333501
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This spectacularly illustrated volume follows the design, manufacture, and performance of the F-15 from its first appearance in 1972 through its service today.
Command Of The Air
Author: General Giulio Douhet
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Published: 2014-08-15
Total Pages: 327
ISBN-13: 1782898522
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the pantheon of air power spokesmen, Giulio Douhet holds center stage. His writings, more often cited than perhaps actually read, appear as excerpts and aphorisms in the writings of numerous other air power spokesmen, advocates-and critics. Though a highly controversial figure, the very controversy that surrounds him offers to us a testimonial of the value and depth of his work, and the need for airmen today to become familiar with his thought. The progressive development of air power to the point where, today, it is more correct to refer to aerospace power has not outdated the notions of Douhet in the slightest In fact, in many ways, the kinds of technological capabilities that we enjoy as a global air power provider attest to the breadth of his vision. Douhet, together with Hugh “Boom” Trenchard of Great Britain and William “Billy” Mitchell of the United States, is justly recognized as one of the three great spokesmen of the early air power era. This reprint is offered in the spirit of continuing the dialogue that Douhet himself so perceptively began with the first edition of this book, published in 1921. Readers may well find much that they disagree with in this book, but also much that is of enduring value. The vital necessity of Douhet’s central vision-that command of the air is all important in modern warfare-has been proven throughout the history of wars in this century, from the fighting over the Somme to the air war over Kuwait and Iraq.
The Air Campaign
Author: John A. Warden, III
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1994-05
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 0788108093
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →One of the first analyses of the pure art of planning the aerial dimensions of war. Explores the complicated connection between air superiority and victory in war. Focuses on the use of air forces at the operational level in a theater of war. Presents fascinating historical examples, stressing that the mastery of operational-level strategy can be the key to winning future wars. 20 photos. Bibliography.
Striving for Air Superiority
Author: Craig C. Hannah
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781585441464
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Annotation. "Tactical bombing", Gen. Jimmy Doolittle reportedly observed, "is breaking the milk bottle. Strategic bombing is killing the cow". Most nations have historically chosen between building tactical and strategic air forces; rarely has a state given equal weight to both. The advantages of tactical air power are obvious today as small wars and petty tyrants bedevil us, but in a Cold War world split between continental superpowers, strategic bombing took precedence, with calamitous consequences. In the 1960s, the U.S. Air Force lacked the equipment and properly trained pilots to assure air superiority because the Tactical Air Command (TAC) had become little more than a handmaiden to the Strategic Air Command (SAC). TAC focused primarily on the interdiction of enemy bombers and virtually ignored its other responsibilities. Its aircraft were designed to shoot at large, lumbering bombers and not to engage in dog fights with highly maneuverable MiGs. Hannah shows how a tactical air force that won a victory in World War II deteriorated into a second-rate force flying aging aircraft during the early years of the Cold War, recovered briefly over Korea, then slid into obsolescence during the 1950s. His explanation of why America's fighter aircraft did not work in Vietnam is instructive and unsettling. Hannah explains how TAC struggled through the war in Vietnam to emerge in the 1970s as the best tactical air force in the world. He side-steps politics and inter-service rivalries to focus on the nuts and bolts of tactical air power. The result is a factual, informative account of how an air force first loses its way then finds its mission again.
The Aircraft of Red Flag 08-3
Author: allen@allenrockwellphoto. com Allen Rockwell
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2008-08-16
Total Pages: 54
ISBN-13: 1435756509
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A collection of fine aviation photos from the legendary Red Flag exercises at Nellis Air Force Base in July 2008.
F-15 Eagle at War
Author: Tyson Rininger
Publisher: Zenith Press
Published: 2009-01-15
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 1616732695
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The F-15A entered service in 1972 as "the first dedicated USAF air superiority fighter since the F-86 Sabre." More than three decades and myriad models and variants later, the F-15 is still the U.S. Air Force's premiere air superiority weapon, a veteran of U.S. conflicts as recent as Operation Desert Storm and presently serving in the air forces of U.S. allies around the world. F-15 Eagle at War, featuring the spectacular aerial photography of author Tyson V. Rininger, follows the design, manufacture, and performance of the F-15 from its first appearance through its service in various Cold War and contemporary conflicts. The book profiles each model and upgrade in technology up to the F-15C, D, and E models that served in the Persian Gulf, where they claimed 36 of 39 Air Force victories in air-to-air combat. It is a fitting and thoroughly fascinating tribute to this celebrated aircraft and icon of the U.S. Air Force.
