Technology and the air force : a retrospective assessment / edited by Jacob Neufeld, George M. Watson, Jr., and David Chenoweth.

Show other versions (1)
Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Air Force History and Museums Program (U.S.) (Issuing body)
Other Authors: Neufeld, Jacob
Watson, George M.
Chenoweth, David
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Air Force History and Museums Program, U.S. Air Force, 1997.
Subjects:
United States. > Air Force > Equipment > History > Congresses.
Aeronautics > Technological innovations > United States > History > Congresses.
United States. > Air Force.
Aeronautics > Technological innovations.
Armed Forces > Equipment and supplies.
United States.
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
Genre:
Congresses.
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - All users (Federal Depository Library Program Persistant URL)
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 333 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
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.