Department of Defense and Unification of Air Service

Department of Defense and Unification of Air Service
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1434
Release: 1926
Genre: Aeronautics, Military
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Contains hearings and reports of the House Committee on Military Affairs regarding H.R. 46, a bill to reconstitute the War Dept. as it originally existed, and to change the name of the War Dept. to the Dept. of Defense and the aviation responsibilities between Army and Navy.

Fulcrum of power : essays on the United States Air Force and national security

Fulcrum of power : essays on the United States Air Force and national security
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2003
Genre:
ISBN: 1428990089

N THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, THE IMPACT OF FLIGHT REACHED INTO EVERY CORNER OF American society. However, nowhere has its impact been more dramatic than in the realm of military affairs. Over the past one hundred years, the evolution of military aviation technology has altered the way Americans have looked at national security. The development of military aviation has had an enormous impact upon the battlefield which, in turn, has transformed international politics and the crafting of national security policy. The question of how best to protect the United States against external military threats has come to involve the projection of military power abroad. With the passage of time and accelerated advancement of military aviation technology, the organization and development of air forces have assumed greater urgency and significance. In 1934, James H. Jimmy Doolittle noted that the future security of our nation is dependent upon an adequate air force AND this will become increasingly important as the science of aviation advances. I.