The United States Air Force in Korea, 1950-1953

Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History, 1983. Reprint, Revised Edition. Second Printing. Wraps. Very good. 25 cm, xxi, [3], 823, [1] pages. Wraps. Footnotes. Illustrations. Maps. Bibliography. Glossary. Index. Cover has slight wear and soiling. The author was a senior historian at the Albert F. Simpson Historical Research Center. He received his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. During World War II he served as historical officer of the Army Air Forces Tactical Center, Orlando, Florida and assistant historical officer of Headquarters, Far East Air Forces in the Philippines. After the war he joined the United States Air Force Historical Office and later relocated to the Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. He became a professor and then professor emeritus there. He retired from the Civil Service in 1974 and also retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force Reserve. A comprehensive history of the U.S. Far East Air Force in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. When the Korean War broke out in 1950, the AF effectively injected itself into the war in its first week, providing transportation, evacuation, intelligence, but most importantly the means to delay the rapid advance of the North Korean forces. Futrell describes all these operations with a clarity and a balance that have since become a model for official military history. He has analyzed the operations, interpreting their significance to the course of the conflict & their importance in the application of air power in modern warfare.