This manual is designed for use by barrage balloon units as a guide in the selection and training of personnel and the operation of materiel. The instructions given may be applied with slight modifications to any type of materiel used by barrage...
"This manual presents the details of construction, use, and maintenance of land sites for low altitude barrage balloons. Rigging of the bed is described for securing low-altitude barrage balloons by bedding down, tail-line mooring, mooring-cirlce...
Discusses the tactical uses of the balloon. It is an observation station from which by reason of its height and relatively fixed position in space continuous observation and immediate direct transmission of data are possible.
This historical study investigates the military effectiveness and combat power of Civil War balloons. The categories inherent to military effectiveness include timeliness, accuracy, usefulness, operational considerations, and logistics. Limited by...
This manual presents the details of construction, use, and maintenance of land sites for low altitude barrage balloons. Rigging of the bed is described for securing low altitude barrage balloons by bedding down, tail-line mooring, mooring-circle...
United States. War Dept. Division of Military Aeronautics
This book describes a new type of gas balloon developed by the Italians for observation. The book describes the dimensions, type of material used, and the maximum pressure. Contains 9 plates plus photographs.
The purposes of US Army Order of Battle 1919–1941 are threefold. The first is to fill a void in the published record of US Army units documented by Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War published by the Center of...
The purposes of US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 are threefold. The first is to fill a void in the published record of US Army units documented by Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War published by the Center of...
This study is a consideration of the employment of balloons and balloon observation by the American First Army in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Topics include background on balloon observation (prior to the World War and early training), shortage of...
The purposes of this thesis are as follows: (1) To determine the requirements of a visual ground to air marking system for use by ground combat or patrol type units in a counterinsurgency environment. (2) To report the results of an experiment...
The object of the course is to give you such a general knowledge of this branch of the service, its value, uses and methods; as to enable you to pursue the subject further, to understand thoroughly the value of your work in relation to it, and most...
Conference notes regarding the tactics and techniques of an air corps. Discusses the characteristics of aircraft, pursuit aviation, attack aviation, bombardment aviation, balloon observation and other important principles necessary for effective...
[G-2, Headquarters, United States Army Forces Pacific Ocean Areas]
Contained within this document are various publications including weekly reports, ATIS bulletins, supplemental and periodic reports, intelligence summaries, mission reports, etc.
What will be the probable use of lighter-than-air units in future wars and what peace time organization will be needed to carry the program into effect?