Air mobility : a brief history of the American experience /
Owen, Robert C., 1951-
Air mobility : a brief history of the American experience / Robert C. Owen. - Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, (c)2013. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Discovering air mobility -- Military air transport in the 1920s -- Civil aviation between the wars -- Military air transport in the 1930s -- Mobilizing air transport for global war -- Air transport in World War II -- Troop carrier aviation in World War II -- Airlift consolidation in the 1940s -- The Berlin Airlift -- The Korean War -- Troop carrier aviation in the 1950s -- Army aviation in the 1950s -- Air transport in the 1950s -- The national military airlift hearings -- Inventing the civil reserve airlift fleet -- Vietnam: the air mobility war -- Nickel grass -- Airlift consolidation in the 1970s -- Airlift in the 1980s -- Acquisition of the C-17 -- The first Gulf War -- Messing with success -- The 1990s-years of steady-state surge -- The 2000s-years of steady-state war -- Haiti 2010-the way it works -- The secret is people.
9781597978521
United States. Air Force --Transportation--History.
Airlift, Military--History.--United States
Transportation, Military--History.--United States
Electronic Books.
UC333 / .A376 2013
Air mobility : a brief history of the American experience / Robert C. Owen. - Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, (c)2013. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Discovering air mobility -- Military air transport in the 1920s -- Civil aviation between the wars -- Military air transport in the 1930s -- Mobilizing air transport for global war -- Air transport in World War II -- Troop carrier aviation in World War II -- Airlift consolidation in the 1940s -- The Berlin Airlift -- The Korean War -- Troop carrier aviation in the 1950s -- Army aviation in the 1950s -- Air transport in the 1950s -- The national military airlift hearings -- Inventing the civil reserve airlift fleet -- Vietnam: the air mobility war -- Nickel grass -- Airlift consolidation in the 1970s -- Airlift in the 1980s -- Acquisition of the C-17 -- The first Gulf War -- Messing with success -- The 1990s-years of steady-state surge -- The 2000s-years of steady-state war -- Haiti 2010-the way it works -- The secret is people.
9781597978521
United States. Air Force --Transportation--History.
Airlift, Military--History.--United States
Transportation, Military--History.--United States
Electronic Books.
UC333 / .A376 2013