Stories Collection

  1. Grandfather Clock When I'm down and the skies are cloudy, I hear his he...
  2. 1. Cut out a poster-board tag. 2. Glue a shaped sequin, such as a snowflake or ...
  3. The Blue Fire-Breather helps my dad solder water pipes. It can shoot two levels of f...
  4. * How many different kinds of light do you see here? What causes the light in each? ...
  5. Carter woke up early. This was the day he had waited for all year--the New Year's Ev...
  6. My Name My name feels like a soft dandelion rubbing against my toes. ...
  7. 1. Tie a loop at one end of a long piece of thin ribbon. 2. To make a spiral wr...
  8. Elooster is half rooster and half elephant. The elephant's head is for watering plan...
  9. My favorite holiday memory is of the time my two younger sisters woke up very early ...
  10. As I finished tying my toe shoes, my best friend ran into the dressing room. &...
  11. Which ramp makes it easier to roll the wheelbarrow into the truck? ANSWERS: ...
  12. A Little Person Inside At night when I sit in my bed, I never get lonely. ...
  13. Bill: "Look, there's an egg. Why don't we tell it a joke?" Tracy: &q...
  14. Why did the dinosaurs put stones inside their stomachs instead of chewing their food...
  15. Christmas Eve On a winter night When the moon is low The rabbits hop on...
  16. They achieved greatness. They were cheered by thousands and wined and dined by dignit...
  17. Osprey Combat Aircraft #52 -US Navy F-14 Tomcat Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom, by ...
  18. The adversary wasn't always the enemy In the last days of WW II, distance, weather an...
  19. CLASSICS The Army's L-19 Combat aircraft assigned to ground-- fighting battalions, ...
  20. Ready Room Reading Air Force One by Robert F. Dorr, MBI Publishing Company, 651 287-...
  21. CLASSICS To a generation of naval aviators, the Grumman F9F Panther was the "blowtor...
  22. Though it was variously dubbed the "Able Dog" and the "flying dump truck," during the...
  23. When Soviet-built MiG-15s began to dominate the skies over Korea, the North American ...
  24. Starfires at Suwon I read with some interest the "Airdrop" letter in the April 1998 ...
  25. Now that the holidays are over and you actually have a few free moments occasionally,...
  26. Heroic Flights: The First 100 Years of Aviation. By John Frayn Turner. South Yorkshir...
  27. Stand Well Clear. By D. K. Tooker. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2003. Photo...
  28. A Question of Loyalty: Gen. Billy Mitchell and the Court-Martial that Gripped the Nat...
  29. Imagining Flight: Aviation and the Popular Culture. By Bowdoin Van Riper. College Sta...
  30. Warthog and the Close Air Support Debate. By Douglas N. Campbell. Annapolis, Md.: Nav...
  31. On June 21, 2004, Col. George K. Williams, USAF (Ret.) was named to be the new Execut...
  32. Travel back in time on November 13, 2004 and relive the life and death drama of World...
  33. The origins of the Yom Kippur War of October 1973 may be traced to the Suez Crisis in...
  34. To the End of the Solar System: The Story of the Nuclear Rocket. By James A. Dewar. L...
  35. 100 Years of Air Power and Aviation. By Robin Higham. College Station: Texas A & ...
  36. Anatomy of a Reform: The Expeditionary Aerospace Force. By Richard G. Davis. Washingt...
  37. The Royal Air Force in Texas: Training British Pilots in Terrell During World War II....
  38. From Autogiro to Gyroplane: The Amazing Survival of an Aviation Technology. By Bruce ...
  39. Choosing War: The Lost Chance for Peace and the Escalation of War in Vietnam. By Fred...
  40. Mastering the Ultimate High Ground: Next Steps in the Military Uses of Space. By Benj...
  41. World History of Warfare. By I. Archer, John R. Ferris, Holger H. Herwig, and Timothy...
  42. Boyne, Walter J. The Influence of Air Power upon History. Gretna, La.: Pelican Publis...
  43. Lester F. Rentmeester's article in the Summer 2004 issue of Air Power History, "Open ...
  44. The Sampson AFB Veterans Association seeks to contact all 3650th Basic Military Train...
  45. The Indochinese Experience of the French and the Americans: Nationalism and Communism...
  46. September 9-12 The Tailhook Association will hold its 47th Annual Symposium at the...
  47. Airwar: Theory and Practice. By Philip S. Meilinger. London and Portland Ore.: Frank ...
  48. Arabs at War. By Kenneth M. Pollack. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2002. Map...
  49. Reference my article, "Bombers and Boats: SB-17 and SB-29 Combat Operations in Korea,...
  50. The 27th Air Transport Group (310th, 311th, 312th, 325th Ferrying Sqdns; 86th, 87th, ...
  51. Born on November 2, 1929 in Joliet, Illinois, four days after the Black Tuesday stock...
  52. Milestones of the First Century of Flight. By F. Clifton Berry, Jr. Charlottesville, ...
  53. They Marched into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America October 1967. By David...
  54. The lead article, by James S. Corum, examines the failure of Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe...
  55. Forgotten Fields of America, Volume III: World War II Bases and Training, Then and No...
  56. In a 1946 speech at Fulton, Missouri, Britain's Winston Churchill declared that an "i...
  57. Turning the Vertical Flank: Air power as a Maneuver Force in the Theater Campaign. By...
  58. Atkinson, Rick, In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat. New York: Henry Ho...
  59. The coalition aspect of conducting aerial warfare is one of the less explored subject...
  60. Lighting the Flame: The Turbojet Revolution Comes to America. By James O. Young. Edwa...
  61. Women Who Fly. By Lynn M. Homan and Thomas Reilly. Illustrated by Rosalie M. Shepherd...
  62. The first invaders of Normandy, on June 6, 1944, did not arrive by sea during the day...
  63. The readers of Air Power History know their airplanes. Once again, readers correctly ...
  64. Early Cold War Overflights 1950-1956: Symposium Proceedings Vol. I & II. By R. Ca...
  65. Like Sex with Gods: An Unorthodox History of Flying. By Bayla Singer. College Station...
  66. June 3-4 Siena College will host its annual symposium, World War II--A 60-Year Per...
  67. The Day We Bombed Switzerland: Flying with the US Eighth Force in World War II. By Ja...
  68. One of the most successful tactical innovations of the Vietnam War was the introducti...
  69. By Joseph T. Stanik. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2003. Maps. Photographs. ...
  70. Dr. Ivan A. Getting, military scientists and technologist, died on October 11, 2003; ...
  71. Michael Rowland betrays his Air Force antecedents in "Why the U.S. Air Force did not ...
  72. General Charles A. Gabriel, USAF, (Ret.) died of natural causes on September 4, 2003 ...
  73. Edited by William C. Martel. Washington, D.C. and London: Smithsonian Institution Pre...
  74. General W. L. Creech died on August 26, 2003. He was seventy-six. Among his many acco...
  75. By Robert W. Duffner. Maxwell AFB Ala.: Air University Press, 2000. Tables. Illustrat...
  76. It is mid-June 2002, and my wife Shirley Waterhouse and I are about to complete a six...
  77. By Henry G. Gole. Annapolis Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2003. Maps. Photographs. Note...
  78. General W. Y. Smith, USAF (Ret.) General W. Y. Smith served for 35 years in the US...
  79. By Ted W. Lawson. Washington, D.C.: Brassey's, 2002 [Brassey's Aviation Classics; ori...
  80. The work of a reconnaissance pilot lacks much of the personal glamour that is attache...
  81. Readers of Air Power History readily identified the North American P-64 fighter of Wo...
  82. As we near the end of the centennial of flight year--also the fiftieth anniversary of...
  83. At the suggestion of Col. William B. Taylor III, USAF (Ret.), Herman S. Wolk and Geor...
  84. Is it time to reconsider Kennedy's space policy? The answer to this question is a res...
  85. By Phillip S. Meilinger. Maxwell AFB, Ala.: Air University Press, 2001. Glossary. Ind...
  86. By Ward Carroll. New York, New York: Signet Books, 2002. Pp. 323. $6.95 ISBN: 0-451-2...
  87. By James W. Vernon. Annapolis Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2003. Photographs. Index. P...
  88. By Frederick H. Fleitz, Jr. Westport, Ct.: Praeger, 2002. Maps. Tables. Diagrams. Ill...
  89. Burgess, Colin and Kate Doolan, with Bert Vis. Fallen Astronauts: Heroes Who Died Rea...
  90. Edited by Sebastian Cox and Peter Gray. London and Portland Ore.: Frank Cass, 2002. M...
  91. History of the 504th Bomb Group (H) in World War II. By Fiske Hanley II. Enfield Ct.:...
  92. By Michael H. Gorn. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2001. Photographs. N...
  93. 2003 December 15-18 The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics wil...
  94. By Tami Davis Biddle. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2002. Notes. ...
  95. The Recon Rendezvous 2003 reunion will be held September 3-6, 2003, in Fairborn, Ohio...
  96. The secret dream of every American fighter pilot in combat was to shoot down five ene...
  97. September 4 The Marine Corps Association and the U.S. Naval Institute will co-host...
  98. By Steve Ewing. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2002. Maps. Photographs. Appen...
  99. By Thomas Childers. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2002. Maps. Photographs. Notes. Bib...
  100. By Edward Teller, (Cambridge, Mass.: Perseus Publishing, 2001). $35.00 ISBN: 07382053...
  101. By Jeremy Black. Westport Ct: Praeger, 2002. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. 231. $26...
  102. Of the many facets of air power, airlift gets less than its fair share of attention. ...
  103. In your Summer 2003 issue, Vol. 50, No. 2 Air Power History magazine there is an arti...
  104. By Edwin P. Hoyt. Westport, Ct. and London: Praeger Publishers, 2002. Photographs. No...
  105. Alexander, Thomas E. The Wings of Change: The Army Air Force Experience in Texas duri...
  106. By Dana Bell, Ed. London: Greenhill Books, 2002, and Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Bo...
  107. By Xiaoming Zhang. College Station: Texas A&M Press, 2002. Maps. Tables. Diagrams...
  108. By Thomas G. Mahnken. Ithaca, N.Y.; Cornell University Press, 2002. Photographs. Note...
  109. By Charlene Edwards. Bayside, N.Y: Journeys, 2002. Resource Guide. Chronology. List o...
  110. By R. Dale Reed with Darlene Lister. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2002. [...
  111. By Robert F. Dorr. St. Paul Minn.: MBI Publishing Co., 2002. Photographs. Index. Pp. ...
  112. April 18th was an important day in aviation history, for on that day in 1942, seventy...
  113. During World War II, the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt gained an enviable reputation for ...
  114. Text by Amy E. Williams and Illustrations by Ted Williams. N.Y.: Metro Books, 2002. D...
  115. Gen. Robert Merrill Lee, USAF (Ret.) died of natural causes on June 29, 2003 in Rockl...
  116. By J. Paul de B. Taillon. Westport, Ct. and London: Praeger, 2002. Notes. Bibliograph...
  117. On April 30, 2003, the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum began the delicate...
  118. Did you ever wonder why the best close air support plane of World War II--the F-47 Th...
  119. I remember this mission especially well; everything was different, so to say. It star...
  120. Irish Volunteers in the Second World War by Richard Doherty. Dublin and Portland, Ore...
  121. The Royal Air Force and Aircraft Design, 1923-1939: Air Staff Operational Requirement...
  122. The "What is it?" aircraft in our last issue was the Helio U-10 Courier. The Air Forc...
  123. Billy Mitchell. By James J. Cooke. Boulder Colo. and London: Lynn Rienner Publishers,...
  124. The Praetorian STARShip: The Untold Story of the Combat Talon. By Col. Jerry L. Thigp...
  125. The Precision Revolution: GPS and the Future of Aerial Warfare. By Michael Russell Ri...
  126. In "Operation Hajji Baba," James Currie recounts a little known and long forgotten ep...
  127. The Stars were Big and Bright: The United States Army Air Forces and Texas in World W...
  128. The Big E, the Story of the USS Enterprise. By Edward P. Stafford. Annapolis, Md.: Bl...
  129. Congratulations on the "Centennial of Flight" issue [Vol. 49, No. 4]. It is well writ...
  130. It was the end of August 1952. The eighty-five year old Iranian Muslim had been hoard...
  131. General Robert J. Dixon 1920-2003 Retired United States Air Force Gen. Robert ...
  132. Controlled Bombs and Guided Missiles of World War II and the Cold War Eras: An Inside...
  133. Prelude to Tragedy: Vietnam 1960-1965. Edited by Harvey Neese and John O'Donnell. Ann...
  134. In terms of lightning rod animosity, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was the Osama ...
  135. Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology through History. By Alfred W Crosby Cambridge: C...
  136. Gateway to the Moon: Building the Kennedy Space Center Complex and Moon Launch! Both ...
  137. On War and Leadership: The Words of Combat Commanders from Frederick the Great to Nor...
  138. When Germany signed the NATO Treaty in 1955 and began the process of rearming, it fac...
  139. Damn If They Ain't Flew. By William A. Schoneberger. Virginia Beach, Va.: The Donning...
  140. My best friend from childhood was Bill McGlynn. We started life together. Our mothers...
  141. Bowman, Martin. B-24 Liberator. [Combat Legend Series] Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publis...
  142. Guts & Glory: The Making of the American Military Image in Film. By Lawrence H. S...
  143. Air Warfare: An International Encyclopedia. Edited by Walter Boyne. Santa Barbara, Ca...
  144. Blumenson, Martin. Heroes Never Die: Warriors and Warfare in World War II. New York: ...
  145. In his third contribution to Air Power History on the subject of early Soviet aviatio...
  146. The "'What is it?" aircraft in our last issue was the McDonnell XH-20 Little Henry he...
  147. In a similar way, the battle for Mazar was a transforming battle. Coalition forces to...
  148. When Giants Roamed the Sky: Karl Arnstein and the Rise of Airships from Zeppelin to G...
  149. Eisel "Brick" Braxton On March 27, 2002, a piece of American aerospace heritage wa...
  150. The reconstruction and modernization of the Soviet Union's Navy Fleet began in the mi...
  151. Sunburst: The Rise of Japanese Naval Air Power, 1909-1941. By Mark R. Peattie. Annapo...
  152. Shield and Sword: The United States Navy and the Persian Gulf War. By Edward J. Marol...
  153. In October and November 1941, twenty-six B-17C and D Flying Fortresses were transferr...
  154. Wilbur & Orville Wright: A Bibliography Commemorating the One-Hundredth Anniversa...
  155. Dr. John L. MeLucas who served as under secretary of the Air Force from 1969 to 1973,...
  156. The Origins and Technology of the Advanced Extravehicular Space Suit. By Gary Harris....
  157. Hitler's Squadron: The Fuehrer's Personal Aircraft and Transport Unit, 1933 - 1945. B...
  158. XIX Tactical Air Command and ULTRA: Patton's Force Enhancers in the 1944 Campaign in ...
  159. A Command Post at War: First Army Headquarters in Europe, 1943-1945. By David W. Hoga...
  160. I read with particular interest the story, "The United States Air Force and the Bats ...
  161. In 1977 Norman Davies noted that, in regard to Polish military history "very little h...
  162. Combined Fleet Decoded: The Secret History of American Intelligence and the Japanese ...
  163. Because I Fly: A Collection of Aviation Poetry. By Lt. Col. Helinut H. Reda, USAF, ed...
  164. Voices from the Rear: Vietnam, 1969-1970. By George M. Watson, Jr., Xlibris Corporati...
  165. On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright successfully flew for the first time ...
  166. Birds from Hell. By Wilbur H. Morrison. Central Point, Ore.: Hellgate press, 2001. Ph...
  167. The readers of Air Power History know their airplanes. Once again, readers correctly ...
  168. As the Air Force Historical Foundation approaches its fiftieth anniversary in 2003, I...
  169. Combat: The Great American Warp1ane. By Jim Wilson. New York: Hearst Books, 2001. Dia...
  170. Veterans Benefits: A Guide to State Programs. By R. E. Armstrong and Terry P. Rizzuti...
  171. The Korean War (3 Volume Set). By the Korea Institute of Military History, introducti...
  172. Archer, Christon I. et al., World History of Warfare. Lincoln: University of Nebraska...
  173. Following their successful flights in 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Wright ...
  174. By early 1910, the monopoly the Wright brothers held on the flying market was being s...
  175. Maurer Maurer Air Force Historian Dr. Maurer Maurer, a longtime historian in t...
  176. Nestled among a growing industrial area and residential community in the heart of Col...
  177. Science and Technology; The Making of the Air Force Research Laboratory. By Robert W ...
  178. Wilbur and Orville Wright were not physically at Fort Sam Houston in 1910, of course....
  179. I Always Wanted to Fly: America's Cold War Airmen. By Wolfgang W E. Samuel. Jackson: ...
  180. As Air Power History goes to press, the celebration of the centennial of the first po...
  181. A Dance with Death: Soviet Airwomen in World War LI. By Anne Noggle. Introduction by ...
  182. Gen. Benjamin D. Davis, Jr. was born in Washington, D.C. on December 18, 1912, the so...
  183. On August 30, 1995, Serbian forces shot down a French Mirage 2000K aircraft, as it wa...
  184. Conducting Post-World War II National Security Research in Executive Branch Records: ...
  185. The Art of Wing Leadership and Aircrew Morale in Combat, CADRE Paper No. 11. By Lt Co...
  186. Pogue's War: Diaries of a WW II Combat istorian. By Forrest C. Pogue. Lexington: The ...
  187. Air Commodore John L. Mitchell, RAF (Ret.), I was extremely interested in H. A. Eber...
  188. Boyne, Walter J., ed. Air Warfare: An International Encyclopedia. [2 vols.: Vol. One ...
  189. David O. Cooke, the Director of Administration and Management, and Director of Washin...
  190. Lt. Gen. Abbott Congleton Greenleaf; USAF (Ret.), died of respiratory failure on June...
  191. War Machines: Transforming Technologies in the U.S. Military, 1920-1940. By Timothy M...
  192. FOUR "CATERPILLARS" AND A FUNERAL DOCUMENTS ON THE CRASH OF THE HUFF-DALAND XLB-5, MA...
  193. The Ethics of Destruction: Norms and Force in International Relations. By Ward Thomas...
  194. Secret Squadrons of the Eighth. By Pat Carty London: Ian Allen, 1990 [Reprinted 20001...
  195. A new kind of military aviation made its combat debut off Casablanca, French Morocco,...
  196. To Hanoi and Back: The United States Air Force and North Vietnam, 1966--1973. By Wayn...
  197. Jungle Ace: Col. Gerald R. Johnson, the USAAF's Top Fighter Leader of the Pacific War...
  198. The Phantom Defense: America's Pursuit of the Star Wars Illusion. By Craig Eisendrath...
  199. Trust but Verify: Imagery Analysis in the Cold War. By David T. Lindgren. Annapolis. ...