MEMBERSHIP/Air Power History
Air Power History chronicles the great campaigns, the leaders, the successes and the failures of air forces in the past. Eyewitness accounts and historical articles will capture your interest, issue after issue. Regular features will keep you up-to-date on new books, museum exhibits and meetings.
Latest Issue: SPRING 2008
In this latest edition of Air Power History, Tom Wildenberg’s series “Howard Hughes and the Air Force” returns with its second installment, detailing the development of the Hughes D-2 and XF-11 aircraft. In addition, the Spring 2008 issue features “The Things We Are: Air Force Heritage and History in Artifacts,” by Jeff Duford, who makes a case for the enduring value of the Air Force’s material culture through the examination of artifacts ranging from a coal briquette from the Berlin Airlift to a shattered flight helmet from the Vietnam War.
Featured in this edition:
- The Things We Are: Air Force Heritage and History in Artifacts
Jeff Duford - A Visionary Ahead of His Time: Howard Hughes and the U.S. Air Force – Part II: The Hughes D-2 and the XF-11
Thomas Wildenberg - X-15B: Pursuit of Early Orbital Human Spaceflight
L. Parker Temple, III - Chasing the XB-70A Valkyrie
George J. Marrett


