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Author Smith, Jeffrey J.

Title Tomorrow's Air Force : tracing the past, shaping the future / Jeffrey J. Smith.

Publication Info. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (272 pages)
text rdacontent
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Note Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 9, 2013).
Subject United States. Air Force -- Organization -- History.
United States. Air Force -- Reorganization.
Air power -- United States -- History.
Organizational change -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
ISBN 9780253010780
9780253010926 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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