SPRING 2005 - Volume 52, Number 1 Ozark Lead is out of the Aircraft W. Howard Plunkett 4 The Question of British Influence on U.S. Tactical Air Power in World War II Paul Johnston 16 Keith Ferris: Life, Flight and Art Eyewitness to Seventy-five Years of Air Force History Keith Ferris 34 Desert Storm and the Triumph of Joint Warfare Planning Don D. Chipman 52 Book Reviews 66 Images of Three: A History of the First British Aeroplane Unit, Volume I, Pre-1918 by The Archive Britain Campaign & Early Aviation: the Pioneering Years through to the First World War by The Archive Britain Campaign Reviewed by Scott A Willey 66 December 8, 1941: MacArthur’s Pearl Harbor by William H Bartsch Reviewed by Jim Gates 66 Fallen Astronauts: Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon by Clin Burgess & Kate Doolan Reviewed by Rick W. Sturdevant 66 It Happened at Bakers Creek, Australia: A History of the Fifth Air Force’s Worst Air Crash by Robert S. Cutler Reviewed by William H Bartsch 67 The Cambridge Aerospace Dictionary by Bill Gunston, ed. Reviewed by Scott D. Murdock 68 A–10s Over Kosovo: The Victory of Airpower over a Fielded Army as Told by the Airmen Who Fought in Operation Allied Force by Christopher Haave & Phil Haun Reviewed by Darrel Whitcomb 68 Valley of Decision: The Siege of Khe Sanh by John Prados & Ray W. Stubbe Reviewed by Henry Zeybel 70 Airpower Advantage: Planning the Gulf War Air Campaign by Diane T. Putney Reviewed by Curtis H. O’Sullivan 71 Making War, Thinking History: Munich, Vietnam, and Presidential Uses of Force from Korea to Kosovo by Jeffrey Record Reviewed by John L. Cirafici 71 My B–29 Story: A Top Gunner’s World War II Experiences by Roger Sandstedt Reviewed by Scott A Willey 72 Afterburner: Naval Aviators and the Vietnam War by John D. Sherwood Reviewed by Kenneth P. Werrell 73 A Question of Loyalty: Gen. Billy Mitchell and the Court-Martial that Gripped the Nation by Douglas Waller Reviewed by Joseph R. Davis & Reviewed by Curtis H. O’Sullivan 73 Echoes of Eagles: A Son’s Search for his Father and the Legacy of America’s First Fighter Pilots by Charles Wooley with Bill Crawford Reviewed by Scott A Willey 74 American Military Aviation: The Indispensable Arm by Charles J. Gross Reviewed by Jeremy R. Kinney 75 Books Received 76 Coming Up 78 Letters, News, Notices, Reunions 80 History Mystery 84 COVER: “Pursuit Section Instructors, Kelly Field, 1932.” By Keith Ferris, the original is in the Air Force Art Collection. 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Yudkin, USAF (Ret) Vinell Corporation address to the Circulation Office. 2 AIR POWER History / SPRING 2005 From the Editor In this issue, we embark on a fabulous journey through air power history. Our guide is Keith Ferris—the “Dean of Air Force Art.” Mr. Ferris illustrates the journey via an essay with superb pho- tographs and paintings that begins with his birth seventy-five years ago to an Army Air Corps fami- ly and wends its way through today. His love of family and obsession with planes are clearly evident. In “Ozark Lead is out of the Aircraft,” Howard Plunkett narrates the harrowing ordeal of Major Bob Barnett, an F–105D “Thud” pilot, who was shot down and subsequently captured in October 1967, dur- ing the Vietnam War. Readers will follow the failed rescue attempt, Barnett's subsequent imprison- ment, and then his release and return to flying status. Next, Paul Johnston traces the evolution of tactical air power doctrine in both the Royal Air Force and the U.S. Army Air Forces in North Africa during World War II. Johnston's method is to compare the complexities of thinking in both the British and American air forces in order to discern whether and how one side might have influenced the other. Many readers will come away surprised by the pos- sibilities offered. Finally, Don Chipman, a professor recently retired from the Air University, analyzes the significant role of the air plan in winning Gulf War I. Dr. Chipman take us behind the scenes to unfold the pow- erful dynamics of strategic thinking and the influences of personality that framed the debate and gen- erated the victorious plan. More than a dozen book reviews appear in this issue. Covering a variety of subjects and authors, the reviews are meant to inform and guide readers about the latest research and writing in air power history. To pique your interest and provoke discussion—we have published several interesting letters. Readers are encouraged to participate in an opinion poll generated by some of these letters. (See page 81.) In addition to the "Letters to the Editor," announcements, news items, upcoming events, reunions, and the History Mystery round out the departments. Finally, we thank and gratefully acknowledge the contributions made by our referees, who provide outstanding peer review and sage advice regarding the publishability of manuscripts submitted for consideration.