In 2015, the USAF plans to start its first class of F-35A Initial Qualification Training (IQT) students immediately following their graduation from Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training (SUPT). This class will signify the beginning of F-35A...
"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...
The present manual on aircraft recognition is primarily designed for self-instruction and general use but will also serve as a text in recognition courses. It includes four types of material: black and white silhouettes; wash drawings; photographs;...
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...
[Headquarters United States Army Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas]
The standing operating procedures and technical data outlined in this manual are the results of practical study and recent experience in the European and Pacific Theaters. They are published to provide up-to-date information designed to promote the...
The purpose of this manual is to serve as a guide in the identification of United States Government aircraft. Visible features, methods of operation, sounds, and model designation are discussed.
This manual containing illustrations with explanatory data relative to German aircraft is published for distribution. It will be used for instruction of officers and men in appearance and general characteristics of German aircraft.
Leonard LomelI is a true success story for the non-commissioned officer corps of the United States Army. There is no true way to measure how many lives he saved during the D-day invasion. In my research I found it is possible without his successes...
Ranger Lomell exhibited courage and bravery beyond the line of duty on many occasions while participating in World War II battles, such as the invasion of Normandy on D-Day, the Battles of the Brest and Cherbourg Peninsulas in France and the Battle...
This study attempts to determine how much each of the components of fitness; aerobic endurance, anaerobic and muscular endurance, strength, speed, coordination and flexibility are involved in the physically demanding tasks that a Ranger will most...
This monograph presents a concept for the employment of US Special Operations Forces in support of UN peace operations. Such operations are likely to continue for the foreseeable future and remain an important component of the National Security...
Campbell is a H.E. missile-craft, operated by remote radio control with the aid of television, and disguised when necessary for deceptive approach. The mission of Campbell is the sabotage of enemy targets inaccessible to other methods of attack.
After accumulating mishap data from the 1990's, accident investigations are revealing that pilot error causes approximately 80% of aviation mishaps. But, apply a bit more aggressive critical analysis into the type of human errors occurring...
Since World War II, the United States has yielded many of its policy decisions to the desires of the United States military. These policy decisions reach from nylon and aluminum restrictions for the war efforts of World War II through the tough...
This study is to analyze aircraft maintenance procedures in World War II; examine new requirements engendered by present trends; explore fields of Army, Navy, and Air Force to develop maximum common ground, and recommend maintenance methods and...
The rational use of coast-artillery, and the development of a correct system of defence, are based upon a knowledge of the means of defence, of the capability of those means, and of the method of employing them.
It is almost universally conceded that to-day, as in the past, fortifications play the most important rule in the. defense of coasts and harbors. In the United States, submarine mines and other obstructions are officially regarded as auxiliaries...