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... used by the United States during World War II to his triumphs and disappointments as a commander in the field. While the book tells this story well, it does more than just relate the life and times of Possum Hansell. The book goes a long way toward explaining the origins of many of the arguments about the utility of airpower in the closing decade of the twentieth century....

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.... . . . . . . . . . 85 4 THE FRICTIONS OF WAR . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 5 THE GLOBAL BOMBER FORCE . . . . . . . . .129 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 6 TRIUMPH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 7 TRAGEDY . . . . . . . . . . ...

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...In Department of Defense Energy Strategy: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks, Col Gregory J. Lengyel, United States Air Force (USAF), takes a comprehensive look at our national energy problems from a perspective unique to the Department of Defense (DOD). From his fictional opening implying that conflicts of the future could revolve around vola...

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...y (COIN) mission within military academic circles and the special operations community. Support for a COIN aircraft needs hard numbers, given the Air Force’s budget constraints brought on by the dedication to the F- 22A. Building on Arthur Davis’s COIN aircraft advocacy paper, this research doesn’t focus on further advocacy, but on a process and method for COIN aircraft pr...

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...A huge portion of the military burden in support of these operations falls on the shoulders of the Mobility Air Forces (MAF). Lt Col Eileen M. Isola’s Leading Air Mobility Operations in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies provides just such an educational foundation for MAF war fighters charged with leading CHEs. She provides a superb syn...

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...The study reviews each force’s combat glider experience and analyzes it in light of the glider doctrine, or lack thereof, with which each began the war. While military cargo gliders have seen their day, recent technological advances in gliders make...

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...The study reviews each force’s combat glider experience and analyzes it in light of the glider doctrine, or lack thereof, with which each began the war. While military cargo gliders have seen their day, recent technological advances in gliders make...

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... French mandate he was appointed a director of the prisons of the citadel of Damascus. When the great Syrian uprising took place against the French forces, he helped the revolutionaries in every conceivable way until they placed the seal of the revolution in his trustworthy hands. Due to his subversive activities he fell foul of the French governor of Syria resulting in ...

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................................................. 82 . „La revedere, Bălceşti!” ............................................. 84 IV. Bursier la... Air Force .................................................... 85 . Roma şi Siracuza din... America! .............................. 86 . Atacat de... oboseală şi melancolie! ........................... 87 . Şoferind după... MA...

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...hampion when Caelan claims the throne. She is willing to give up everything... her childhood, her life, even her heart for Arnhem. No matter the pain it bri...

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...green eyes widened. His hair had once been a dark and handsome brown but now it was whiter, older, as the rest of his body had become once Christop... ...e. You always told me how important our family name is, how to always uphold it, and honor it, like I should Arnhem.” “As a noble, ‘tis our duty.”... ...oimhe. Aislinn never did get along with Jasmine or Adhamh. Come to think of it, Aislinn doesn’t get along with anyone, Caoimhe realized. But it d... ...r the first time, she worried that she would fail. She quickly swallowed and forced her despair away. I shall not fail. I shall not. Cannot. I h... ...s thoughts. She impatiently brushed her shoulder length blond hair away when it covered her view of the crowd. Try as she might, she couldn’t see t... ...g girl made her way through the crowd. She strolled forward with agility and forcefulness, and stopped when she stood opposite of Aislinn. She cool... ...them cheer me on and shout my name. I wish to fight the evil Speicans and to force them back onto their lands. Most importantly, I shall make Chris... ...enched her fists at her side as her too-long sleeves slid over her hands, and forced a sharp breath through her nose. “Look, I know I’m a girl. You... ... 24 A few months. Only a handful of months until summer. And she would be forced to swim, regardless of whether or not she was ready. Again, th...

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...Middlesex and Worcester counties, continuing in its command until 1766. The episode of his removal is part of the political history of Massachusetts. It followed close upon his alignment against the prerogative party, in the political unrest fomented by the Stamp Act — and it was a summary action, put into effect without notice by the following communication delivered by a...

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.... . . 10 Doctrine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Education , Training, and Lessons Learned . 24 Preparedness , Security, and Force Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Leadership and Professionalism . . . . . . . 32 Character and Leadership Trai...

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...en by a zombie and now she’s scheduled for lethal injection. Breaking all the rules, eighteen year old, Dean Walters snags an experimental serum. But it can’t be tested until Val turns into a zombie: something authorities won’t allow. Her execution is scheduled to happen before transformation is complete, giving Dean only hours to break her out. When their helicopter c...

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...Chapter 1 One year earlier… It had been a long day in July, with heat waves rampaging throughout South Carolina. Even though nighttime had long fallen and the temperatures had cooled down noticeably, my shirt still stuck to my back. I wondered what good...

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...This study, Blue Horizons, was commissioned by the United States Air Force (USAF) chief of staff to provide “a new look at the future.” Specifically, the chief of staff asked the research team to provide “a common understanding of future strategic and technological trends for Air Force leaders...

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...After describing the type of visionary senior officers needed to lead the Air Force of the future, the study team recommends the identification of “high potential” officers upon selection for field-grade rank. This special designation allows the Air Force to focus education and assignment opportunities...

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1 Introduction 1 2 Leadership Concepts 11 3 The Deliberate Development of Air Force Officers 21 4 Recommendations 35 5 Conclusions 45

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...ie Hall’s Agile Combat Support Doctrine and Logistics Officer Training: Do We Need an Integrated Logistics School for the Expeditionary Air and Space Force? examines the evolution of USAF logistics doctrine, the linkage between doctrine, strategy, tactics, and training programs, and the corresponding application of logistics employment and sustainment functions in a deploy...

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... organized for special operations and intelligence gathering and analysis. Included in its mission was the implementation of, and training of foreign forces in, propaganda, espionage, subversion, and sabotage. After the war, OSS functions were transferred to the newly formed Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). This Simple Sabotage Field Manual was used by OSS agents in trai...

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... world is drained and tired of the killing and destruction. One man, a high school chemistry teacher from St. Louis in the USA, is serving his latest forced stint in the UN forces when something strange happens to him. He dies but yet he doesn't. What if you had the power to bring peace to the entire world? What would you do? This story explores a frightening and strange j...

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... ol. 1 North America Volume One by Anthony Trollope CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION It has been the ambition of my literary life to write a book about the Unit... ...is period either for my book or for my visit. I say so much, in order that it may not be supposed that it is my special purpose to write an account of... ...hat it is my special purpose to write an account of the struggle as far as it has yet been carried. My wish is to describe, as well as I can, the pres... ...ut I have not allowed that disruption to deter me from an object which, if it were delayed, might probably never be carried out. I am there- fore forc... ... if it were delayed, might probably never be carried out. I am there- fore forced to take the subject in its present condition, and being so forced I ... ... or less hampered by the necessity of publicity. Our states- men have been forced to fight their battles with the plan of their tactics open before th... ...opponents there are as belligerents on equal terms with yourselves?” I was forced to say that, as far as I could see, there was no analogy between the... ...s becoming less universal than it was. But it still exists with sufficient force to be urged as an excuse; and while it does exist it seems almost nee... ...d that is as true now as it was then.” This is well put. It describes with force the desires, am- bition, and necessities of a great nation, and it te...

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...Excerpt: ?But I say, Kid, isn?t that going it a little too strong? Whiskey and alcohol?s bad enough; but when it comes to brandy and peppersauce and?--?Dump it in. Who?s making this punch, anyway?? And Malemute Kid smiled benignantly through the clouds of steam. ?By t...

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.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453 To the Man on Trail 1 D UMP it in.” “But I say, Kid, is n’t that going it a little too strong? Whis... ...that going it a little too strong? Whiskey and alcohol ’s bad enough; but when it comes to brandy and pepper sauce and” — “Dump it in. Who ’s making ... ...fergot thehooch we uns made on the Tanana, hev yeh?” “Well, I guess yes. Boys, it would have done your hearts good to see that whole tribe fighting dru... ...auded. “By gar!” ejaculated Louis Savoy, who seemed overcome by the romance of it. “La petite squaw; mon Mason brav. By gar!” Then, as the first tin cu... ...nd the recognition was mutual. A sweeping introduction and a mug of punch were forced upon him before he could explain his errand. “How long since tha... ...t the run from Dawson in ten hours and the dogs being played out. Malemute Kid forced a mug of punch upon him; then he turned for the door, ordering t... ... merrily as it bit into the frozen trunk, each stroke being accom panied by a forced, audible respiration, the “Huh!” “Huh!” of the woodsman. At last... ...e law, are not to be trusted. Sitka Charley knew this; and this was why he had forced them to abandon their rifles with the rest of the camp outfit ten ... ...e had grown lusty and thawed a damp circle in the snow about it, Sitka Charley forced his reluctant comrades to lend a hand in pitching a fly. It was a...