Arsenal of defense : Fort Worth's military legacy / by J'Nell L. Pate ; foreword by Kay Granger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pate, J'Nell L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Defense industries--Texas--Fort Worth--History.

Defense industries.

Fort Worth (Tex.)--History, Military.

Fort Worth (Tex.).

United States--Armed Forces--Texas--Fort Worth--History.

United States.

Fort Worth (Tex.)--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Denton : Texas State Historical Association, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Named after Mexican War general William Jenkins Worth, Fort Worth began as a military post in 1849. More than a century and a half later, the defense industry remains Fort Worth's major strength with Lockheed Martin's F-35s and Bell Helicopter's Ospreys flying the skies over the city. Arsenal of Defense: Fort Worth's Military Legacy covers the entire military history of Fort Worth from the 1840s with tiny Bird's Fort to the massive defense plants of the first decade of the twenty-first century.Although the city is popularly known as ""Cowtown"" for its iconic cattle drives and stockyards, sold

Contents:

A fort began begins the military tradition

World War I: Three airfields

World War I: Camp Bowie

Local aviation between the wars

World War II: The bomber plant

World War II: Air power: At Fort Worth Army Air Field

World War II: Training command and more

Locally owned Globe aircraft

Bell helicopters

The sound of freedom: Carswell and beyond

Air Force Plant 4: General Dynamics to Lockheed Martin

Military impact.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references ( p. [209]-271) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-97213-1

0-87611-258-0

OCLC:

820123136