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On the Wings of War and Peace examines the history of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) during the early Cold War period.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword
Gen (retd) Paul Manson
Preface
Glossary
Introduction
Randall Wakelam
Section 1:
Introduction
Peter Rayls
1. The Expansion and Contraction of Canada’s First Line of Defence: The RCAF in the Cold War, 1945-1968
Bertram Frandsen and Peter Rayls
2. No 1 Air Division, Royal Canadian Air Force
Raymond Stouffer
3. The RCAF, USAF, and Continental Air Defence, 1945-1957
Richard Goette
4. NORAD PEAKS, 1957-1964
Joseph Jockel
Section 2:
Introduction
Randall Wakelam
5. Hubris: The CF-105 Avro Arrow Program and the End of the Golden Age of the Royal Canadian Air Force
Russell Isinger and Donald C. Story
6. Educating Air Power Practitioners
Randall Wakelam
7. Training the Flyers: The Legacy of Canada’s International Air Training Schemes: and the NATO Air Training Plan
Rachel Heide
8. RCAF Air Maintenance
Terry Leversedge
9. The Forgotten Decade: Women and the RCAF 1952-1962
Allan English
10. The Air Reserves: A Functional Second Line of Defence?
Mathias Joost
Section 3:
Introduction
William March
11. The RCAF at the Dawn of the Space Age, 1958-1965
Andrew Godefroy
12. The Search For Rescue Leadership
James Pierotti
13. On Wings of Hope and Peace: The RCAF and Humanitarian and Peacekeeping Operations, 1946 - 1967
William March
14. Maritime Air
Ernest Cable
15. From Army Co-operation to Army Co-optation: Canada’s Struggles with Aviation Support to the Land Force
Dean Black
16. Air Transport Command: Versatile and Ready in Cold War and Hot War
Bertram Frandsen
Annex A: Budgets, Personnel and Organizations
Annex B: Chiefs of the Air Staff
Notes on Contributors
Index
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Edited by Randall Wakelam, William March, and Peter Rayls
