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Author | : Col Usaf Timmons, Timothy |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Pub |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2012-08-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781478384410 |
The privilege of commanding an Air Force squadron, despite its heavy responsibilities and unrelenting challenges, represents for many Air Force officers the high point of their careers. It is service as a squadron commander that accords true command authority for the first time. The authority, used consistently and wisely, provides a foundation for command. As with the officer's commission itself, command authority is granted to those who have earned it, both by performance and a revealed capacity for the demands of total responsibility. But once granted, it much be revalidated every day. So as one assumes squadron command, bringing years of experience and proven record to join with this new authority, one might still need a little practical help to success with the tasks of command. This book offers such help. “Commanding an Air Force Squadron” brings unique and welcome material to a subject other books have addressed. It is rich in practical, useful, down-to-earth advice from officers who have recently experienced squadron command. The author does not quote regulations, parrot doctrine, or paraphrase the abstractions that lace the pages of so many books about leadership. Nor does he puff throughout the manuscript about how he did it. Rather, he presents a digest of practical wisdom based on real-world experience drawn from the reflection of many former commanders from any different types of units. He addresses all Air Force squadron commanders, rated and nonrated, in all sorts of missions worldwide. Please also see a follow up to this book entitled “Commanding an Air Force Squadron in the Twenty-First Century (2003)” by Jeffry F. Smith, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF.
Author | : Aaron Allston |
Publisher | : Random House Worlds |
Total Pages | : 469 |
Release | : 2011-06-28 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0307796515 |
The Rebel Alliance’s elite strike force must join together with Han Solo to take down their old foe, the warlord Zsinj. Wraith Squadron: they are the Rebel Alliance’s ultimate strike force. Sleek, swift, and deadly, they are the first in battle, the last line of defense. Now they must find and destroy a wily enemy more powerful than the Empire itself. Their covert mission has been a success. The enemy has been vanquished. Or so they thought. The Super Star Destroyer Iron Fist somehow escaped destruction and with it the New Republic’s greatest threat, the infamous warlord Zsinj. To defeat him, Wraith Squadron must join a combat task force led by the only man crafty enough to beat Zsinj at his own game: Han Solo. But Zsinj knows the X-wing fighters’ indomitable courage is both their greatest strength–and their greatest weakness. For even against the most overwhelming odds, the Rebels will fight to the death. And that will leave Zsinj the galaxy’s unchallenged master! Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!
Author | : Roy A. Grossnick |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 588 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Airplanes, Military |
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Author | : Adrian Stewart |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2016-08-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473848431 |
For many years the importance and contribution of the Hawker Hurricane was eclipsed by the Spitfire but statistically the Hurricane was superior in the majority of cases. Thanks to Tommy Sopwiths initiative and gamble the Hurricane was ready at the outbreak of the Second World War and in service throughout.As this superbly researched book reveals by examining the roles, actions and personalities of ten Hurricane squadrons, this iconic aircraft was not only exceptionally robust but astonishingly versatile. We track its performance from the Battle of France and Britain through the Middle East, Italy and on to Burma. It excelled as day and night interceptor, intruder and importantly as a rocket firing tank buster.The Hurricane inspired great loyalty among its pilots and their colourful personalities and thrilling experiences make this splendid book an informative and entertaining read.
Author | : Les Rogers |
Publisher | : Schiffer Pub Limited |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780764312847 |
Years in the making, this book covers the wide variety of markings used by British aviation units in World War I. Organized numerically by squadron number the book includes both textual and photographic examples for nearly all RFC, RAF, and RNAS squadrons. Many of the photographs are published here for the first time, and the color profiles offer a representative selection of units, aircraft, and color schemes. A classic book.
Author | : Barbara Harper-Nelson |
Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2014-07-15 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 1445639513 |
The most extraordinary memoir of World War Two in the air since First Light by Geoffrey Wellum
Author | : John Somers Baron Somers |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 658 |
Release | : 1809 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
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Author | : Norman Macleod |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 608 |
Release | : 1872 |
Genre | : Children's periodicals |
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Author | : Greg Baughen |
Publisher | : Fonthill Media |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2017-05-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
In The Rise of the Bomber: RAF-Army Planning 1919 to Munich 1938, the second book in the series, author Greg Baughen uses archive material to reassess British air policy in the inter-war years. Gone is the image of a Royal Air Force starved of funds and struggling for survival against a bullying Army and Navy. Instead, Baughen describes how the Air Force set out to replace both the Army and Navy. It blocked the development of a modern air/tank strategy and won government backing for a defence policy built around the bomber the first weapon of mass destruction. Yet the time and money invested in the policy achieved nothing. When put to the test in 1938, the equipment proved inadequate and the strategy flawed. The Air Staff had misled the government, deceived itself and left the country defenceless. Yet, all was not lost. Unintentionally, the Air Ministry had been creating the aircraft that might still save the country...
Author | : United States Naval Institute |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1884 |
Release | : 1913 |
Genre | : Marine engineering |
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