Technology and the air force : a retrospective assessment / edited by Jacob Neufeld, George M. Watson, Jr., and David Chenoweth.
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : Air Force History and Museums Program, U.S. Air Force, 1997. |
| Description | ix, 333 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS47653 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Neufeld, Jacob. |
| Other author/creator | Watson, George M., Jr. |
| Other author/creator | Chenoweth, David. |
| Other author/creator | Air Force History and Museums Program (U.S.) |
| Contents | Riding England's coattails : the Army Air Forces and the turbojet revolution / James O. Young -- Technological forecasting and the Air Force / Michael H. Gorn -- Air Force and the supersonic breakthrough / Richard P. Hallion -- Origins of air refueling in the United States Air Force / Thomas A. Julian -- Technology and doctrine / I.B. Holley, Jr. -- Ace in the hole : the Air Force Ballistic Missiles Program / Jacob Neufeld -- Stretching the rubber band : smart weapons for air-to-ground attack / David R. Mets -- USAF and the cruise missile : opportunity or threat? / Kenneth P. Werrell -- Blind faith : the United States Air Force and the development of fly-by-wire technology / James E. Tomayko -- New calculus revisited / Fredrick L. Frostic -- Nuclear-powered flight / Baron C. Hacker -- F-16 Lightweight Fighter : a case study in technology transition / David C. Aronstein, Albert C. Piccirillo -- Air Force agenda : a case study in early spacecraft technology / R. Cargill Hall -- Origins of the global positioning system / George W. Bradley III -- Space revolution / Thomas S. Moorman, Jr. -- AWACS and JSTARS / George K. Williams -- Computational fluid dynamics / John D. Anderson, Jr. -- Low observables : the Air Force and Stealth / Paul G. Kaminski -- Information systems and applications / Carl O'Berry -- Summation / Richard P. Hallion. |
| General note | Papers presented at a symposium held Oct. 23-24, 1995 at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. |
| General note | Shipping list no.: 1998-0080-P. |
| General note | GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Other forms | Also available via Internet from the Air Force History web site. Address as of 4/20/04: http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/Publications/fulltext/technology%5Fand%5Fthe%5Faf%5Fa%5Fretrospective%5Fassessment.pdf; current access is available via PURL. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Technology and the air force |
| LCCN | 97040558 |
| GPO item number | 0422-M-01 |
| Govt. docs number | D 301.82/7:T 22 |
Availability
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| Joyner | Fed Docs Stacks | D 301.82/7:T 22 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |