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WINTER 2007 - Volume 54, Number 4 Features The Importance of History General T. Michael Moseley, Air Force Chief of Staff 5 Air Force History Office—Living Legends Series Moderated by C. R. “Dick” Anderegg 8 Session I: “Emerging Air Power: The World War II Era” Alison, Hallion, McGee, and Taylor 8 Session II: “The Jet Age: Korea, Vietnam, Cold War” Hanton, Harbison, Hornburg, and McInerney 22 Session III: “Modern Warfare: Desert Storm, OIF and OEF Deptula and Link 36 Book Reviews Preemptive Strike: The Secret Plan That Would Have Prevented the Attack on Pearl Harbor By Alan Armstrong Reviewed by John F. O’Connell 46 In Hostile Skies: An American B-24 Pilot in World War II By James M. Davis and David L. Snead, ed. Reviewed by Stu Tobias 46 Ideas into Hardware: A History of the Rocket Engine Test Facility at the NASA Glenn Research Center By Virginia P. Dawson Reviewed by James A. Painter 47 Air Battle for Dunkirk 26 May - 3 June 1940 By Norman Franks Reviewed by Stetson M. Siler 47 The Fighting Flying Boat: A History of the Martin PBM Mariner By Richard A. Hoffman Reviewed by Richard R. Muller 48 Airplanes: The Life Story of a Technology By Jeremy R. Kinney Reviewed by I. B. Holley, Jr. 48 On “Other War”: Lessons from Five Decades of RAND Counterinsurgency Research By Austin Long Reviewed by John L. Cirafici 48 Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965 By Mark Moyar Reviewed by Curtis H. O’Sullivan 49 The Cambridge History of Warfare By Geoffrey Parker, ed. Reviewed by Curtis H. O’Sullivan 49 Powerful and Brutal Weapons: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Easter Offensive By Stephen P. Randolph Reviewed by Alan Gropman 50 The Power to Fly: An Engineer’s Life By Brian H. Rowe Reviewed by Sherman N. Mullin 50 A Drive in the Clouds: The Story of the Aerocar By Jake Schultz Reviewed by Jeffrey P. Joyce 51 Fight to the Last Man By Hugh Sebag-Montefiore Reviewed by Curtis H. O’Sulliva 51 The Millionaire’s Unit—The Aristocratic Flyboys Who Fought the Great War and Invented American Air Power By Mark Wortman Reviewed by Sherman N. Mullin 52 Science in Flux: NASA’s Nuclear Program at Plum Brook Station, 1955 – 2005 By Mark D. Bowles Reviewed by Steven A. Pomeroy 52 The Jet Race and the Second World War By Sterling Michael Pavelec Reviewed by Anthony E. Wessel 53 Beaufighters in the Night: 417 Night Fighter Squadron USAAF By Braxton R. Eisel Reviewed by Anthony E. Wessel 54 Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations By Georgina Howell Reviewed by John L. Cirafici 54 Departments Books Received & Coming Up 56 The President’s Message 58 News, and Reunions 61 In Memoriam 62 History Mystery 64 COVER: Session III from the “Living Legends” symposia. Lt. Gen. Deptula points to his slide, while Dick Anderegg examines it. Correction: The Fall 2007 issue’s cover artist was Samantha R. Mandeles. The Air Force Historical Foundation The Journal of the Air Force Historical Foundation Winter 2007 Volume 54 Number 4 Publisher Alfred F. Hurley Editor Jacob Neufeld Technical Editor Robert F. Dorr Air Force Historical Foundation Book Review Editor 1535 Command Drive – Suite A122 Scott A. Willey Layout and Typesetting Andrews AFB, MD 20762-7002 Richard I. Wolf (301) 736-1959 Fax (301) 981-3574 Advertising Tom Bradley E-mail: [email protected] Circulation On the Web at http://afhistoricalfoundation.org Richard I. Wolf Officers, 2007-2008 Board of Directors, 2007-2008 Col Kenneth J. Alnwick, USAF (Ret) President/Chairman of the Board and Lt Gen Richard E. Brown III, USAF (Ret) Air Power History (ISSN 1044-016X) Chair, Executive Committee Lt Gen Russell C. Davis, USAF (Ret) is produced in March, June, September, Lt Gen Michael A. Nelson, USAF (Ret) CMSgt Rick Dean, USAF (Ret) and December by the Air Force Historical 1st Vice Chairman Lt Gen Marvin R. Esmond, USAF (Ret) Foundation. 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Mullins, USAF (Ret) Copyright © 2007 by the Air Force Lt Gen and Mrs Michael A. Nelson, USAF (Ret) Historical Foundation. All rights reserved. Lt Gen William R. Nelson, USAF (Ret) Periodicals postage paid at Hanover, PA Mr and Mrs Jacob Neufeld Col Helen E. O’Day, USAF (Ret) 17331 and additional mailing offices. Col J. C. Shahbaz, USAF (Ret) Postmaster: Please send change of Gen John A. Shaud, USAF (Ret) address to the Circulation Office. Mr William L. Shields Col and Mrs Charles B. van Pelt, USAF (Ret) Col and Mrs Jere T. Wallace, USAF (Ret) Statement of Ownership: See page 60. 2 AIR POWER History / WINTER 2007 From the Editor This special edition of Air Power History commemorates the Sixtieth Anniversary of the founding of the United States Air Force. We are proud to present as the lead article, “The Importance of History,” by the Air Force Chief of Staff, General T. Michael “Buzz” Moseley. The Chief’s affirmation of the value of historical perspective and heritage deserves to be read by all Airmen. Hopefully, his passion for history will rub off on our future leaders. The Air Force History and Museums Program, the D.W. Steele Chapter of the Air Force Association, the Airlift Tanker Association, and the Air Force Sixtieth Anniversary Office partnered to sponsor a three-part symposium on the challenges and triumphs of air power. Held at the Pentagon, it was called the “Living Legends” series and consisted of three panels, one each on May 10, June 14, and July 19, 2007. The first session, “Emerging Air Power: The World War II Era,” featured legendary airmen Lt. Gen. John Alison, Col. Charles McGee, and Col. William Taylor. Richard Hallion, a noted historian of technology, also participated. Session II, “The Jet Age: Korea, Vietnam, and the Cold War,” featured Gen. Hal Hornburg, AVM “Paddy” Harbison, Maj. Gen. James McInerney, and Lt. Col. Tom Hanton. The last session, “Modern Warfare: Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom” presented talks by Lt. Gen. David Deptula and Maj. Gen. Charles Link. C.R. “Dick” Anderegg, the Director of Air Force History, moderated the discussions for the entire series, which focused on the topics of technology, tactics, training, and leader- ship. “Our goal,” he said, “is to broaden airmen’s horizons, to give them a historical per- spective. When people have a perspective on how things were in the past, they know what questions to ask in the future.” We are very much interested in readers’ opinions of whether, and to what extent, these proceedings fulfilled the stated goals. On page 2, you will find both my e-mail and snail mail addresses. Please let me know your thoughts.