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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Best of the best  Air Force cookbook Best of the best Air Force cookbook Karen Tosten 286 p. ; 23 cm OL11779534W
Velocity Velocity Aloysius G. Casey "This storyline addresses the only question mark on O'Malley's career -- the Lavelle raids of February 1972. Using appropriate Nixon White House audio recordings and top secret messages (sent by the … OL11870079W
End game End game Dale Brown,Jim Defelice A volatile U.S. ally has fallen prey to the terrorist beast. India is the target of radical Islamic jihadists, and the world watches breathlessly as tensions escalate between the uneasy giant and its… OL14949643W
Famous air force bombers Famous air force bombers George Sullivan A history of the bombers used by the Air Force through the years with descriptions of the various kinds. OL15079298W
Stealth jet fighter Stealth jet fighter Tracey Reavis Discusses the history and development of the United States Air Force's Stealth bomber, its design and special features, and some of the missions it has flown in Operation Desert Storm and in Kosovo i… OL15833348W
Raven strike Raven strike Dale Brown When Whiplash Director Jonathon Reid stumbles upon a deadly conspiracy within the CIA, he, torn between loyalty and conscience, must find a way to alert the President and avert a national disaster. OL16506180W
Casualties of war Casualties of war Chris Lynch Beck is doing well working as a mechanic in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War until men start dying all around him. Beck starts to worry he's cursed and hopes a long awaited reunion with his … OL16600014W
Iron Wolf Iron Wolf Dale Brown In the spring of 2017, the U.S. economy is rebounding under President Stacy Anne Barbeau, the country's first female president. But her leadership is about to be severely tested: Russian president Ge… OL17867601W
Lords of the sky Lords of the sky Dan Hampton "The New York Times bestselling author of Viper Pilot and retired USAF F-16 legend Dan Hampton offers the first comprehensive popular history of combat aviation--a unique, entertaining, and action-pa… OL17873200W
The B-45 Tornado The B-45 Tornado John C. Fredriksen "The North American B-45 Tornado was America's first jet bomber and was used in a number of vital missions for nearly a decade. Drawing from declassified secret documents, this history explains the b… OL18608246W
Beyond the wild blue Beyond the wild blue Walter J. Boyne A comprehensive history of the U.S. Air Force examines its leaders, victories, and flight technology, from the earliest incarnations to the stealth bomber OL1881985W
The lonely American The lonely American Vera Lam "Saigon, 1962; the United States is trying to help the South Vietnamese government defeat a communist insurgency. An American Air Force officer, David Emerson, meets a lovely young woman, Lucie Hong.… OL19993479W
Six Years in the Hanoi Hilton Six Years in the Hanoi Hilton John McCain,Amy Shively Hawk xxiii, 229 pages : 24 cm OL21140601W
Air Force manpower requirements and component mix Air Force manpower requirements and component mix Albert A. Robbert Processes for determining U.S. Air Force manpower requirements vary considerably across and within the variety of workforces employed to meet Air Force missions, including active duty military person… OL22645214W
The Air Force The Air Force Hamilton, John "Describes the history, organization, and activities of the U.S. air force."--From source other than the Library of Congress OL2713569W
Thinking About America's Defense Thinking About America's Defense Kent, Glenn A. Over his 33 years in the Air Force and more than 20 years at RAND, Lt GenGlenn A. Kent was a uniquely acute analyst and developer of American defensepolicy. In this volume, he offers not so much a me… OL2756202W
Cold War warrior Cold War warrior Warren Knight "Cold War Warrior is the memoir of a boy who grew to manhood in the service of his country during the height of the Cold War. As a Russian linguist in the United States Air Force Security Service, Wa… OL28759348W
A fiery peace in a cold war A fiery peace in a cold war Neil Sheehan From Neil Sheehan, author of the Pulitzer Prize--winning classic A Bright Shining Lie, comes this long-awaited, magnificent epic. Here is the never-before-told story of the nuclear arms race that cha… OL3063441W
The Lucky Bastard Club The Lucky Bastard Club Eugene Fletcher Excellent story of how an amateur flyer became a first rate bombrr pilot in the USAF stationed in the Uk. Frank, sincere, no punches pulled. Very well written. And great stories of how erstwhile civi… OL4124291W
Aerospace Power Aerospace Power Grover E. Myers Major Myers offers a serious alternative to "aerospace folklore." He proposes an indivisible airpower concept and argues that it would result in a far more flexible aerospace force structure--one tha… OL5267743W
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