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June 6, 2022
Air University Press releases single-volume overview of AF’s space launch support

Assured Access surveys more than six decades of Air Force launch support for the nation’s military, intelligence and civilian space communities. It meets the need of a single-volume overview of the Air Force space launch story, serving as a guide and introduction with a focus on the operational
March 25, 2019
The ‘Transportation Plan’: Preparing for the Normandy invasion

By early January 1944, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, or SHAEF, had begun planning for the greatest seaborne invasion in history, Operation Overlord, the invasion of “Fortress Europe,” scheduled for early June. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, was reasonably
Feb. 11, 2019
Operation Argument (‘Big Week’): The beginning of the end of the German Luftwaffe

During the week of Feb. 20-25, 1944, what became known as “Big Week” in Air Force history, Eighth Air Force and the Royal Air Force from England and Fifteenth Air Force from southern Italy conducted strategic bombing raids against German aircraft factories and other industrial targets. These raids,
Aug. 23, 2017
Maxwell Air Force Base and the 42nd Air Base Wing through the Years

Maxwell Air Force Base is one of the most historic Air Force bases that is still in active status. Its history spans over a century of aviation in Central Alabama from the Wright Brothers to today. Since April 1918, a 100 years ago, when the “Air Force” presence began as Aircraft and Engine Depot

Air University & Maxwell AFB News

Air University Press releases single-volume overview of AF’s space launch support

The ‘Transportation Plan’: Preparing for the Normandy invasion

Operation Argument (‘Big Week’): The beginning of the end of the German Luftwaffe

Maxwell Air Force Base and the 42nd Air Base Wing through the Years