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United States Air Force: A Chronological History and Guide to Resources

By Al Superczynski

This E-Book (in PDF format) on CD-R provides a chronological history of the USAF from 1947 through September 2002, giving a year-by-year listing of combat operations, organizational changes, selected crashes, introduction and retirements of aircraft types and weapons systems, record flights, and military space activities.

An Image Gallery contains approximately 200 images, covering many of the aircraft and weapons systems used by the USAF over the past half century. Many of the images are close-in detail shots that will be of interest to scale modelers.

The extensive Guide to Resources lists hundreds of information sources dating back to the late 1940s, covering books, newspapers, and magazines. This is organized into sections dealing with specific aircraft and weapons types, conflicts, and general reference works.

Also included on the CD-R is a bonus E-Book, U.S. Nuclear Weapons: History and Guide to Resources, detailing the atomic-armed missiles of the United States from the 1950s to the present day. This work also has an extensive bibliography.

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Sample Bibliography Entries:

F-105 Thunderchief

Magazine Articles and Photos:

[Photo: "F-105 Has Flat Wing Root Intakes"] AW March 25, 1957 p.27

"Intake, Speed Brake Design Are F-105 Innovations" Aviation Week July 29, 1957 p.28-29 4 photos

[Photo: "Republic F-105 Thunderchief"] Aviation Week August 5, 1957
front cover

"F-105 Shows Steep Climb, Weapons Load" Aviation Week August 5, 1957 p.74-75 3 photos

"Republic F-105s Move Down Final Assembly Line" Aviation Week February 17, 1958 p.76-77 4 photos

[Photo: F-105Ds] Aviation Week & Space Technology March 12, 1962 p.89

Cecil Brownlow "F-105D's Limited-War Capability Boosted" Aviation Week & Space Technology February 25, 1963 p.105-111 3 photos

[Photo: "Two Seat F-105F Makes Maiden Flight"] Aviation Week & Space
Technology July 1, 1963 p.59

"F-105 Grounded for Inspection" Aviation Week & Space Technology May 25, 1964 p.31

"F-105 Closes on North Viet Mig-17 Near Hanoi" Aviation Week & Space
Technology May 15, 1967 p.23, 1 illustration

Cecil Brownlow "F-105 Modified for Vietnam Role" Aviation Week & Space Technology May 22, 1967 p.16-17, 1 illustration

Cecil Brownlow "USAF to Strengthen F-105 Survivability" Aviation Week & Space Technology September 23, 1968 p.78-81, 4 photos

[Photo: "F-105s Carry Shrike Missiles Over North Vietnam"] Aviation Week & Space Technology October 7, 1968 p.97

"Republic to Improve F-105D Bomb System" Aviation Week & Space Technology October 14, 1968 p.19

Joe Mizrahi, Peter Mancus "Thud, Goes the Weasel" Airpower January 1981 p.24-33, 50, 23 photos

James Knotts "The Wild Weasels" Air Aces of the Vietnam War/Challenge
Publications, 1987. p.64-71 9 photos

Jack Dean "F-105: All-Out Warrior In A Limited War" Wings April 1991
p.10-38, 48-55 100 photos

Newspaper Articles and Photos:

"Jet Spans 49-State U.S." New York Times January 23, 1959 p.9 c.2

"Jet Sets Speed Mark of 1,216 M.P.H." New York Times December 13, 1959

"Test Pilot Missing" New York Times December 16, 1959 p.49 c.4

"5 Die as Jet Falls and Explodes In a Las Vegas Housing Project" New York Times May 14, 1964 p.1 c.5+, 1 photo

"U.S. Jet Crash Near Tokyo Kills 2 Americans, Hurts 8" New York Times May 6, 1965 p.30 c.5

"F-105 Planes Grounded" New York Times October 8, 1975 p.64

"Crash at Jersey Base" New York Times February 6, 1980 p.B2

Books:

Doug Richardson "Republic F-105 Thunderchief" Salamander, 1992. ISBN
0-8317-1410-7

Ken Neubeck "F-105 Thunderchief Walk Around" Squadron/Signal
Publications, 2000. ISBN 0-89747-418X

W. Howard Plunkett "F-105 Thunderchiefs: A 29-year Illustrated Operational History" McFarland & Company, 2000. ISBN 0786408804

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Cost of the CD-R is $7 plus shipping/handling to US addresses only. Inquire to cmr707@nauticom.net.nospam (with the NOSPAM removed) for ordering information

Our thanks to the author and publisher, Chris Reed, for the review sample.