Service Reading List: Air Force

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The Doolittle Raid: America’s Daring First Strike Against Japan

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On April 18, 1942, 16 B-25s launched from the carrier Hornet, under the command of Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle, flew 650 miles to Japan, dropped their bombs on Tokyo and other targets, and escaped to China and neutral Soviet territory. Although a very small affair […]

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The Unseen War – Allied Air Power and the takedown of Saddam Hussein

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The Unseen War offers a comprehensive assessment of the air contribution to the three weeks of major combat that ended the rule of Iraq’s Saddam Hussein in 2003.  In contrast to Operation DESERT STORM in 1991, the role of allied air power in the Nation’s second […]

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House To House

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One of the great heroes of the Iraq War, Staff Sergeant David Bellavia captures the brutal action and raw intensity of leading his Third Platoon, Alpha Company, into the lethally choreographed kill zone of booby-trapped, explosive-laden houses of Fallujah’s militant insurgents. Bringing to searing life […]