Lowry Air Force Base / Jack Stokes Ballard, John Bond, and George Paxton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ballard, Jack S., Author.

Bond, John, 1921- Author.

Paxton, George, 1930- Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Denver (Colo.)--History--Pictorial works.

Denver (Colo.).

Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.)--History--Pictorial works.

Lowry Air Force Base (Colo.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, portraits.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2013]

Summary:

From 1937 to 1994, Lowry Air Force Base, located on the eastern edge of the city of Denver, served the nation and the surrounding community in many distinguished ways. The air base, primarily a technical training center, graduated more than 1.1 million enlisted members and officers in skills ranging from armament to photography, tremendously strengthening the country’s war efforts in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Cold War. In addition, from the 1980s, Lowry Air Force Base remained one of Colorado’s largest employers, with approximately 10,000 military and civilian men and women, providing an economic impact approaching 1 billion annually. Thus Lowry significantly contributed to maintaining the world’s largest air force and to promoting the accelerated growth of the Denver metro area and Colorado.

Contents:

The beginning : 1937

Air Corps Technical School : 1937-1942

Lowry Air Operations : 1938-1966

The world at war : 1941-1945

The Cold War : 1950s-1960s

The Air Force Academy at Lowry : 1955-1958

Expanded technical training : 1960s-1990s.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127).

OCLC:

884607054