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The History of Dyess Air Force Base: 1941 to the Present

Product code 9780764348228


Publisher/Brand Schiffer

Author Lt. Col. George A. Larson, USAF (Ret.)

Format a4

No. Pages 272

Version Hard cover

Language English

Category Books on aviation

Subcategory Military Aviation » US

Availability Product out of stock and no longer available.

Product description

This book covers the history of Dyess Air Force Base from 1941 to the present. The reader is led from the construction and World War II training operations through the Cold War with the Soviet Union, to bomber and missile nuclear alert, and to the transition of a world-wide conventional weapons response capability with the B-1B and air mobility options provided by the C-130 Hercules transport. The book includes a photo tour of the base as well as information on topics such as: Abilene Air Force Base, 96th Bombardment Wing and the Boeing B-47E Stratojet, Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter and the 11th Aerial Refueling Squadron, 578th Strategic Missile Squadron and the Atlas F Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, 4th Strategic Support Squadron and the Douglas C-124C Globemaster II, the Nike-Hercules Surface-to-Air Missile, 96th Bombardment Wing and the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, and the Special Weapons Storage Area.

263 color and b/w images



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