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• Aerospace science : history of air power (Air University Press, 1986) (page images at HathiTrust)
• US air power : ascension to prominence (Air Force ROTC, Air Training Command (ATC), 1974), by Thomas E. Mackin and United States. Air Force ROTC. (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The role of airpower in the Overlord invasion : an effects-based operation (Maxwell AFB, Ala. : Airpower Research Institute, College of Aerospace Doctrine, Research and Education, Air University, 2007., 2007), by Michael P. Dahlstrom, Research Air University (U.S.). College of Aerospace Doctrine, and Air University (U.S.). Airpower Research Institute (page images at HathiTrust)

• Aerospace Power in the Twenty-First Century: A Basic Primer (2001), by Clayton K. S. Chun
  • PDF with commentary at Air University Press
  • page images at HathiTrust

• American Airpower Comes of Age: General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold's World War II Diaries (2 volumes; Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 2002), by Henry Harley Arnold, ed. by John W. Huston
  • Volume 1: PDF with commentary at Air University Press
  • Volume 2: PDF with commentary at Air University Press

• Air power and warfare : a supplement (United States Air Force Academy, 2002), by Elwood L. White and United States Air Force Academy. Library (page images at HathiTrust)

• Air power and warfare : the proceedings of the 8th Military History Symposium, United States Air Force Academy, 18-20 October 1978 (Office of Air Office History, Headquarters USAF : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1979), by United States Air Force Academy Military History Symposium (U.S.) 8th, Robert C. Ehrhart, and Alfred F. Hurley (page images at HathiTrust)

• Air Power History (partial serial archives)

• The influence of air power upon historians (United States Air Force Academy, 1979), by Noel Francis Parrish and United States Air Force Academy (page images at HathiTrust)

• Airmen and Air Theory: A Review of the Sources (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 2001), by Phillip S. Meilinger
  • PDF with commentary at Air University Press
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Airpower and Ground Armies: Essays on the Evolution of Anglo-American Air Doctrine, 1940-1943 (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1998), ed. by Daniel R. Mortensen (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)

• Airpower and Ground Armies: Essays on the Evolution of Anglo-American Air Doctrine, 1940-1943 (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1998), ed. by Daniel R. Mortensen (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)
• Architects of American Air Supremacy: Gen. Hap Arnold and Dr. Theodore von Kármán (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1997), by Dik A. Daso (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)
• The development of air doctrine in the Army air arm, 1917-1941 (Office of Air Force History, U.S. Air Force, 1985), by Thomas H. Greer and United States. Air Force. Office of Air Force History (page images at HathiTrust)
• Building a strategic Air Force (Air Force History and Museums Program, 1996), by Walton S. Moody and Air Force History and Museums Program (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Frontiers of aviation history (Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, Junior Program Branch, 1997), by Patricia Q. Roberson and United States. Air Force Junior ROTC. (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Army and its air corps : Army policy toward aviation, 1919-1941 (Air University Press, 1998), by James P. Tate (page images at HathiTrust)
• Frontiers of aviation history (Air Force Officer Accessions and Training Schools, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, 2002), by DeShana E. Chisolm and United States. Air Force Junior ROTC. (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wright Field story (History Office, Aeronautical Systems Center, Air Force Materiel Command, 2004), by Lori S. Hawthorne-Tagg and Aeronautical Systems Center History Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• First six hundred days of combat (IRIS Press, 2004), by Rebecca Grant (page images at HathiTrust)
• A century of air power leadership : past, present, and future : proceedings of a symposium (Air Force History and Museums Program, 2007), by Jacob Neufeld, Air Force History and Museums Program (U.S.), and Bush School of Government & Public Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gen Bill Creech and the reformation of the tactical air forces, 1978-1984 (Air University Press in collaboration with CADRE, 2004), by James C. Slife and Research Air University (U.S.). College of Aerospace Doctrine (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beyond the battle line : US air attack theory and doctrine, 1919-1941 (Air University Press, 1996), by Gary C. Cox (page images at HathiTrust)
• Global power and air mobility for the new millennium. (Air University Press, 2002), by Robert A. Colella and Air University (U.S.). School of Advanced Airpower Studies (page images at HathiTrust)

• Vezzano to Desert Storm : history of Fifteenth Air Force : 1943-1991 (U.S. Dept. of the Air Force, 1991), by Dennis F. Casey, 15th United States. Air Force. Air Force, and United States Department of the Air Force (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Airpower in Three Wars (reprint edition; Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 2003), by William W. Momyer
  • PDF with commentary at Air University Press
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Airpower: Myths and Facts (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 2003), by Phillip S. Meilinger (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)
• Aerospace Power in the Twenty-First Century: A Basic Primer (2001), by Clayton K. S. Chun
  • PDF with commentary at Air University Press
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Air Campaign: John Warden and the Classical Airpower Theorists (revised edition; Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1999), by David R. Mets (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)
• The Paths of Heaven: The Evolution of Airpower Theory (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1997), ed. by Phillip S. Meilinger (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)
• Land-Based Air Power in Third World Crises (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1986), by David R. Mets
  • PDF with commentary at Air University Press
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Air Power and Maneuver Warfare (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 1994), by Martin Van Creveld, Kenneth S. Brower, and Steven L. Canby (PDF with commentary at Air University Press)
• A-10s Over Kosovo: The Victory of Airpower over a Fielded Army as Told by Airmen Who Fought in Operation Allied Force (Maxwell AFB, AL: Air University Press, 2003), ed. by Christopher E. Haave and Phil M. Haun
  • PDF with commentary at Air University Press
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Air power in three wars [WWII, Korea, Vietnam] (Dept. of Defense, Dept. of the Air Force, 1979), by William W. Momyer, A J C Lavalle, and United States Air Force (page images at HathiTrust)
• Buying aircraft : matériel procurement for the Army Air Forces. (Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. of the Army; [for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1964), by I. B. Holley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wings for peace; a primer for a new defense. (H. Regnery, 1953), by Bonner Frank Fellers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Air superiority in World War II and Korea : an interview with Gen. James Ferguson, Gen. Robert M. Lee, Gen. William W. Momyer, and Lt. Gen. Elwood R. Quesada (Office of Air Force History, United States Air Force, 1983), by Joseph P. Harahan, Richard H. Kohn, and United States. Air Force. Office of Air Force History (page images at HathiTrust)
• The command of the air (Office of Air Force History :, 1983), by Giulio Douhet and United States. Air Force. Office of Air Force History (page images at HathiTrust)
• Air power. (Praeger, 1955), by Asher Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Soviet air power. (Pageant Press, 1956), by Richard E. Stockwell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wings over America; the future of air power (Public affairs committee, incorporated, 1946), by John Stuart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Air power. (F.A. Praeger, 1957), by Asher Lee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Foundations of air power. (Headquarters, Air Force ROTC, U. S. Air Force, 1958), by United States. Air Force ROTC. (page images at HathiTrust)
• Military air power : the CADRE digest of air power opinions and thoughts (Air University Press, 1990), by Charles M. Westenhoff and Air University (U.S.). Press (page images at HathiTrust)
• Air power for peace (McGraw-Hill Book Company, inc., 1945), by Eugene Edward Wilson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Genocide, airpower, and intervention (Air University Press, 2008), by Douglas Carl Peifer and Air University (U.S.). Press (page images at HathiTrust)
• Airpower in three wars (Dept of the Air Force, 1978), by William W. Momyer, James C. Gaston, and A. J. C. Lavalle (page images at HathiTrust)
• A threat-based reassessment of western air power (Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University, 2005), by Alan Stephens and Australian National University. Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (page images at HathiTrust)
• CVAN-70 aircraft carrier : joint hearings before the Joint Senate-House Armed Services Subcommittee of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees on ... Ninety-first Congress, second session ... April 7, 8, 10, 13, and 16, 1970. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1970), by United States. Congress. Joint Senate-House Armed Services Subcommittee on CVAN-70 Aircraft Carrier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wings of the dawn; a study of air power as a contribution to civilization. ([Hartford?, 1955), by Eugene Edward Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The fundamentals of air power, an address; with introductory remarks by John Dwight Sullivan. (Library of Congress, 1948), by John Cobb Cooper and Library of Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
• Study of airpower. Hearings before the Subcommittee on the Air Force of the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, Eighty-fourth Congress, second session. Airpower. (U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1956), by United States Senate Committee on Armed Services (page images at HathiTrust)
• A comparative study of the influence of airpower upon the national policies of Germany, Great Britian [sic] the United States, and the Soviet Union. (Catholic University of America Press, 1951), by Donald Eugene Smith (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Costs of expanding and modernizing the Navy's carrier-based air forces. (The Congress of the U.S., Congressional Budget Office, 1982), by United States Congressional Budget Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• US air power, key to deterrence : the US Air Force (1947-1981) (Air Force ROTC, Air Training Command (ATC), 1984), by John Emory Jordan and United States. Air Force ROTC. (page images at HathiTrust)
• Basic aerospace doctrine of the United States Air Force. (United States Government Printing Office, 1992), by Dennis M. Drew and United States Department of the Air Force (page images at HathiTrust)
• America: too young to die! (McGraw-Hill, 1961), by Alexander Procofieff De Seversky (page images at HathiTrust)
• The posture of military airlift : report (U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1976), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Research and Development (page images at HathiTrust)
• John Boyd and John Warden : air power's quest for strategic paralysis (Air University, 1995), by David S. Fadok and Air University (U.S.). Airpower Research Institute (page images at HathiTrust)
• Making the connection : an air strategy analysis framework (Air University Press, 1996), by Thomas P. Ehrhard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guided missiles in foreign countries, prepared for the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, Eighty-fifth Congress, first session (U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1957), by Library of Congress Legislative Reference Service, Eilene Marie Slack Galloway, and United States Senate Committee on Armed Services (page images at HathiTrust)
• Foundations of air power II. (Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps, Air University, 1959), by United States. Air Force ROTC. (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Strategic air power, the pattern of dynamic security. (Infantry Journal Press, 1949), by Stefan Thomas Possony (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Airpower as a maneuver force in the theater campaign (Air University Press, 2002), by Robert P. Givens and Research Air University (U.S.). College of Aerospace Doctrine (page images at HathiTrust)
• U.S. Air Force Project RAND. (Rand Corp., 1957), by Bernard Brodie, United States Air Force, and Rand Corporation (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Readings on the functions of military air power. (Documentary Research Division, Research Studies Institute, Air University, 1957), by Air University (U.S.). Research Studies Institute. Documentary Research Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Summary of the Report of the President's Air Policy Commission. (U.S. Govt.Print. Off., 1948), by United States. President's Air Policy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Contribution of airpower to the collapse of Italy, 1943 (Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : Air University Press, 1998., 1998), by Philip A. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Should we buy bombers, carriers, or fighters? (Air University Press, 1992), by Roy Michael Mattson, Air University (U.S.). School of Advanced Airpower Studies, and Air University (U.S.). Press (page images at HathiTrust)
• A kill is a kill : asymmetrically attacking United States airpower (Air University, 2000), by Michael A. O'Halloran and Air University (U.S.). School of Advanced Airpower Studies (page images at HathiTrust)
• An evaluation of the halt-phase strategy (Air University Press, 2001), by Mark C. Nowland and Air University (U.S.). Press (page images at HathiTrust)

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