West Point graduates and the United States Air Force : shaping American aerospace power / Charles F.G. Kuyk, Jr. ; with Charles F.G. Kuyk, III ; foreword by Richard P. Hallion.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuyk, Charles F. G., Jr., 1926- author.

Contributor:

Kuyk, Charles F. G., III, 1951- contributor.

Hallion, Richard, 1948- writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Air Force--History.

United States.

Aeronautics, Military--United States--History.

Aeronautics, Military.

Astronautics--United States--History.

Astronautics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 pages)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]

Summary:

"West Point graduates played a central role in developing U.S. military air and space power from the earliest days of mechanized flight through the establishment of the U.S. Air Force in 1947, and continuing through the Persian Gulf War. These graduates served at a time when the world's greatest wave of technological advancement occurred: in aviation, nuclear weapons, rocketry, ICBMs, computers, satellite systems in inner space and man in outer space. This history traces the advancement of weapons and space technology that became the hallmark of the U.S. Air Force, and the pivotal role that West Point graduates played in integrating them into a wide variety of Air Force systems and programs. Many became aircraft commanders, test pilots, astronauts and, later in their careers, general officers who helped shape and implement technologies still in use today." Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The early years of U.S. Army Aviation (1903-47)

Path to Independence

The Class of 1950

Cultural Transitions

Focus on Advancing Technology

Flight Tests and Test Pilots

Aerial Reconnaissance

Military Airlift

ICbMs

Space

U.S. Air Force Academy

Leadership.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-3938-8