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Adriashenko, Viktor
Akashev, Konstantin World War I aviator, Bolshevik revolutionary, and the first commander of the Soviet air forces.
Akhmatovich, E. Soviet revolutionary and early participant in the founding of the Soviet air forces
Alekseev, Pavel Soviet aviator and general officer who became a victim of Stalin's Military Purges just before the outbreak of World War II
Alksnis, Yakov Alksnis was the head of Soviet Military Aviation for 11 years during its early, formative period (1926-1937), but then was arrested and executed during the Great Purge.
Andrews, Frank One of the key figures in the development of American airpower, who served as the first commander of the General Headquarters Air Force and was an advocate of strategic bombing
Andrianov, Nikolai
Arnold, Henry An early US military aviation pioneer who went on to become the first Chief of the US Army Air Corps, and the commander of US Army Air Forces during World War II.
Arvatov, Georgii Early Soviet aviator, participant in the Russian Civil War, and three-time Order of the Red Banner recipient
Arzhenukhin, Fyodor
Astakhov, Fyodor Soviet military aviator and senior air commander during World War II
Auzan, Adolf Soviet aviator during the Russian Civil War, Order of the Red Banner recipient and air force engineer
Bane, Thurman Early U.S. military aviator, played a key role in laying the foundations for U.S. Air Force research and development
Baranov, Pyotr Participant in the Russian Revolution and a political officer during the Russian Civil War, who later commanded the Soviet air forces from 1924 to 1931
Bartini, Robert Soviet aircraft designer from the mid-1920s through World War II
Blagoveshchenskii, Aleksei
Browning, Miles U.S. Naval aviator and pioneer in the development of aircraft carrier combat tactics
Chernikh, Sergei Soviet fighter pilot, participant in the Spanish Civil War, and Hero of the Soviet Union
Chkalov, Valery Famous Soviet test-pilot and long-distance arctic flier, who made the first non-stop flight from Moscow, across the North Pole, to the United States in 1937.
Cot, Pierre French Air Minister from 1933-34 and 1936-1938
Denain, Victor First Chief of Staff of the French Air Force (1932) and later French Air Minister (1934-1936)
Denisov, Sergei Soviet military aviator, participant in the Spanish Civil War, and one of the earliest two-time Hero of the Soviet Union
Dobrolezh, Aleksandr Soviet military aviator
Douhet, Giulio
Eaker, Ira One of the key figures in the development of American airpower and one of the main architects of the American strategic bombing campaign in Europe during World War II
Filin, Aleksandr Soviet test pilot in the 1930s, and commander of the Soviet Air Force Scientific Testing Institute (NII)
Franko, Pyotr
Frunze, Mikhail One of the Soviet Union's foremost military thinkers, and an early advocate for the development of Soviet airpower
George, Harold World War I aviator, head of the Air War Plans Division at the start of World War II, and later commander of the Air Transport Command
Grigorovich, Dmitry Soviet aircraft designer
Gritsevets, Sergei Soviet fighter ace who participated in the Spanish Civil War, and was one of the first people to become a two-time Hero of the Soviet Union
Gromadin, Mikhail One of the early Soviet Air Defense (PVO) commanders and the first to command the National Air Defense Forces (PVO Strany)
Gromov, Mikhail Soviet military aviator and test pilot, senior air commander during World War II, and Hero of the Soviet Union
Gusev, Aleksandr Soviet fighter pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union who served in the Spanish Civil War, the Battle of Khalkhin-Gol, and World War II
Gusev, Konstantin Soviet military aviator and senior commander prior to World War II
Gvaita, Evgeniy Early Soviet aviator who participated in the Russian Civil War
Ingaunis, Felix An experienced and well respected Soviet aviator who fought during the Russian Civil War and rose to the rank of Corps Commander in charge of the Kiev Military District Air Forces, before becoming a victim of Stalin's Military Purges in 1937.
Jordanoff, Assen Bulgarian-American aviation pioneer, aviator, and engineer responsible for designing the first Bulgarian-built airplane during World War I
Kagan, Mikhail
Kamanin, Nikolai Soviet air officer, Hero of the Soviet Union, and participant in the Soviet space program
Kesselring, Albert Luftwaffe Chief of Staff (1936-37)
Khripin, Vasily
Klisheiko, Franz
Kokhanskii, Vladislav
Kokkinaki, Vladimir Soviet test pilot for the Air Force Scientific Test Institute and later the Ilyushin Design Bureau, and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union
Konkin, Yakov Early Soviet aviator, commanded air forces for the 8th Army on the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War
Konokotin, Viktor Early Soviet aviator and observer who served in airships during the Russian Civil War
Kopets, Ivan Soviet volunteer pilot in the Spanish Civil War and commander of the Western Special Military District--which was hit hardest by the German attack--at the start of World War II
Korotaev, Pyotr
Kozhevnikov, Aleksandr
Kravchenko, Grigorii Soviet fighter ace and one of the first to become a two-time Hero of the Soviet Union
Kutsevalov, Timofey Soviet fighter pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, and senior air commander during World War II
Lapchinskii, Aleksandr One of the leading airpower theorists in the Soviet Union leading up to WWII
Lapin, Albert
Lavinovskii, Boris
Lavrov, Vasily
Lazarevich, Vladimir
Liddell Hart, Basil Renowned British military historian and theorist, and an early proponent of airpower
von der Lieth-Thomsen, Hermann German aviation pioneer and Luftstreitkräfte Chief of Staff during World War I
Loktionov, Alexander Commander of the Soviet air forces from 1937 to 1939
Lopatin, Vsevolod
Lyapidevskii, Anatolii Soviet naval aviator, participant in the rescue of the stranded crew of the Chelyuskin, and first ever Hero of the Soviet Union
Maltsev, Victor Early Soviet aviator who later ran afoul of the Communist Party and ended up collaborating with the Germans during World War II, ultimately as commander of air forces for the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia (KONR)
Mecozzi, Amadeo Italian World War I ace fighter pilot and airpower theorist who advocated the use of airpower in close cooperation with ground forces, in contrast to the theories of fellow Italian Giulio Douhet
Mednis, Artur Mednis was the first in the USSR to write a study specifically on ground attack aviation.
Mezheninov, Sergei Russian General Staff officer and commander in the Soviet army and air forces
Mezheraup, Pyotr An early Soviet aviator, Russian Civil War participant, and three-time recipient of the Order of the Red Banner
Mironov, Aleksei Early Soviet aviator and air commander who served in the Black Sea Fleet during World War II
Mitchell, William
Moiseev, Yakov Soviet pilot, participant in the Russian Civil War, test pilot, and three-time Order of the Red Banner recipient
Monastiryov, Sokrat An early Soviet aviator and three-time recipient of the Order of the Red Banner
Mozhaev, A. Early Soviet aviator and air commander
Naumov, A. Soviet aviator, Deputy Commander of the air forces in the early 1930s
Olds, Robert US Army Air Corps pilot, airpower theorist, Air Corps Tactical School instructor, and proponent of strategic bombing
Pavlov, Ivan Russian fighter pilot during World War I who sided with the Reds during the Russian Civil War and subsequently served in the Soviet air forces
Petrozhitskii, Ivan World War I fighter pilot, early Soviet aviator and later air commander during the 1930's, arrested by Stalin in 1938 but freed in 1948
Polikarpov, Nikolai Soviet aircraft designer most famous for designing fighters prior to World War II, including the I-153, I-15, and I-16
Polynin, Fyodr Soviet bomber pilot, participant in the Second Sino-Japanese War, air commander, and Hero of the Soviet Union
Proskurov, Ivan Proskurov participated as a Soviet volunteer bomber pilot in the Spanish Civil War, for which he was awarded Hero of the Soviet Union; in the course of just a few years he rose from the rank of Sr. Lt. to General in charge of Military Intelligence (later known as the GRU), only to be purged by Stalin five days after the Nazis invaded and the Soviets were drawn into World War II.
Pumpur, Pyotr Soviet fighter ace and fighter group commander during the Spanish Civil War, and Hero of the Soviet Union
Pushkin, Anatoly Soviet bomber pilot who served as a volunteer pilot in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and later participated in the Soviet-Finnish War and World War II, earning the title Hero of the Soviet Union
Remezyuk, Vasily
von Rohden, Hans-Detlef Luftwaffe general staff officer, airpower theorist, and supporter of the use of strategic bombing
Rozengolts, Arkadii Soviet Communist Party functionary who served as commander of Soviet Air Forces in 1923-24
Rychagov, Pavel
Pyzhenkov, Mikhail
Sakrier, Ivan Soviet engineer, head of the Air Force Armaments Directorate in 1941
Salmond, John British military aviator during World War I, senior RAF commander, and RAF Chief of Staff during the early 1930s
Samoilo, Aleksandr
Samoilov, Ivan
Sapozhnikov, Grigorii
von Seeckt, Hans German general staff officer who was responsible for rebuilding the Reichswehr after World War I; von Seeckt was not an air officer, but had a keen appreciation for the importance of airpower and contributed significantly to the rebuilding of the Luftwaffe.
Serov, Anatolii Soviet fighter ace in the Spanish Civil War, test pilot, and Hero of the Soviet Union
Shakht, Ernst Swedish-born Soviet bomber pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union who participated in the Spanish Civil War but ultimately became a victim of Stalin's purges
Sharapov, Ivan
Shelukhin, Pyotr
Sherman, William
Shevchenko, Vladimir Soviet pilot who participated in the Spanish Civil War, the Battle of Khalkhin-Gol, the Soviet-Finnish War, and World War II in bomber and ground attack units and received the Hero of the Soviet Union
Shirinkin, Aleksei Russian fighter ace during World War I, sided with the Soviets and flew in the Soviet air forces and as a test pilot
Slepnyov, Mavrikii Soviet civilian and later military aviator, who was one of the first to receive the Hero of the Soviet Union
Slessor, John One of the RAF's most brilliant thinkers, and a key advocate of promoting nuclear weapons as an instrument of deterrence during the Cold War
Slyusarev, Sidor Soviet bomber pilot, air commander, and Hero of the Soviet Union who fought in the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Soviet-Finnish War, and World War II
Smushkevich, Yakov Soviet Air Force commander and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union who participated in the Spanish Civil War and the Battle of Khalkhin-Gol, and ultimately fell victim to Stalin's Military Purges
Spaight, James British civil servant, airpower and strategic bombing advocate, and prolific author during the interwar years and into World War II
Sperrle, Hugo German observer pilot during World War I, commander of the Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War, and a senior Luftwaffe commander during World War II
Stepanov, Evgenii Soviet fighter ace and Hero of the Soviet Union, who flew an I-15 in the Spanish Civil War and Battle of Khalkhin-Gol
Stroev, Mikhail Soviet aviator, air commander, and an early participant in the founding of the Soviet air forces
Sudets, Vladimir Soviet aviator, senior air commander during World War II, and Hero of the Soviet Union
Thomson, Christopher British Secretary of State for Air and one of the principal proponents of the Imperial Airship Scheme
Tkachyov, Ivan
Tkhor, Grigorii Soviet aviator, participant in the Spanish Civil War and deputy commander of an air division during World War II
Tomashevskii, Apollinarii Soviet aviator who participated in World War I and the Russian Civil War and later became one of the earliest Soviet test pilots
Trenchard, Hugh
Trotsky, Leon Leading Soviet revolutionary, key figure in the formation and early development of the Soviet armed forces, and an early advocate for the development of Soviet airpower
Turzhanskii, Alexander Soviet aviator and specialist in the development of ground attack aviation tactics
Turzhanskii, Boris Soviet fighter pilot, participant in the Spanish Civil War, and the first to receive the title Hero of the Soviet Union for action in combat
Udet, Ernst The second highest scoring German ace during World War I, with 62 victories
Ukhin, Evgenii Soviet pilot-observer, participant in the Russian Civil War, and three-time Order of the Red Banner recipient
Vasilchenko, Nikolai
von Richthofen, Wolfram Brother of the "Red Baron" Manfred von Richtofen and World War I ace in his own right, who became one of the finest tactical air commanders of World War II
Vorotnikov, Alexander World War I Russian aviator who joined the Reds after the Russian Revolution and became one of the earliest commanders of the Red air forces
Vuillemin, Joseph World War I French ace and commander of the French air forces from 1938 to 1940
Walker, Kenneth American military aviator, proponent of strategic bombing, and Medal of Honor recipient during World War II
Wever, Walther The Luftwaffe's first Chief of Staff, 1933-1936
Wilberg, Helmuth German World War I aviator (with German pilot's license #26) and later a senior commander in the Luftwaffe
Wilson, Donald American aviator who played a role in the development of US airpower doctrine as an instructor at the Air Corps Tactical School in the 1930s
Yatsenko, Vladimir Soviet aircraft designer responsible for designing aircraft including the DI-6 and the I-287
Zalevskii, Adam
Zimin, Georgii World War II Soviet fighter ace and air commander
Znamenskii, Andrei Soviet Communist Party functionary who served as commander of the Red Army Air Forces in 1922-23


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2I-N1 The first biplane fighter design created by Soviet aircraft designer Nikolai Polikarpov
ANT-25 An experimental Soviet long-range aircraft that made a record-breaking, 63 hour non-stop flight from Moscow to Pearson Field, Washington in June, 1937.
Ar 64 Single seat biplane fighter that was one of the first models built in quantity after the Germans abandoned the Treaty of Versailles
Ar 65 One of Germany's earliest biplane fighter models built after it abandoned the Treaty of Versailles
B-6 American biplane bomber that served as a front-line bomber from 1930-1934, and was the last biplane bomber design built by the US military
Breguet 14 French biplane bomber and reconnaissance aircraft
CR.32 Italian biplane fighter used in the Spanish Civil War and early in World War II
DB-1 American single-engine monoplane bomber prototype produced in the early 1920s
Do 11 German twin-engined transport/bomber built in the early 1930s
Do 13 Derivative of the Do 11, produced in small numbers during the early 1930s
Do 18 German seaplane developed in the mid-1930s
Do 19 Prototype for a German four-engine heavy bomber
Do J Twin-engined German flying boat
Do Y German three-engine transport developed as a bomber prototype in the early 1930s
F.60 Goliath World War I era heavy bomber that was produced too late to see action in the war and was subsequently converted for use as a civil airliner
FG-62 Soviet version of the F.60 Goliath, which was purchased in small numbers from France and served in the mid-1920s as the USSR's first "heavy bomber" after the retirement of the Ilya Muromets
HD 37 A late-1920s German biplane fighter design, produced only under license by the Soviet Union in limited quantities as the I-7
HD 38 German biplane fighter developed in the late 1920s
He 100 Pre-World War II German high-performance fighter design that never entered series production
He 42 German biplane seaplane used as a trainer for naval pilots from the 1930s through the end of World War II
He 45 German biplane light bomber, produced in the early 1930s
He 46 German reconnaissance and light bomber introduced in the mid-1930s
He 50 German dive-bomber and later light night bomber used from the mid-1930s through almost the end of World War II
He 51 Single-engine biplane fighter that was one of the first types developed under Hitler's secret rearmament program and participated in the Spanish Civil War.
He 51W Naval version of the He 51 fighter, with floats in place of fixed landing gear
He 59 German torpedo-bomber and reconnaissance float plane created in the early 1930s
He 60 German biplane reconnaissance seaplane produced in the mid-1930s
He 70 German high-speed reconnaissance and light-bomber aircraft developed in the early 1930s
Hinaidi Twin-engined biplane bomber that served with the RAF from the mid-twenties to the mid-thirties
I-1 The earliest indigenously designed Soviet fighter to enter series production, albeit with a relatively unsuccessful and short career
I-15
I-153 Soviet biplane fighter that was largely obsolete by the start of World War II
I-16
I-207 One of the last biplane fighter designs created in the USSR, tested between 1937-39 but ultimately never matched the performance of the I-153 and did not enter production.
I-3 An early fighter design by Nikolai Polikarpov
I-7 Early 1930's era Soviet single seat biplane fighter, license-built based on the German Heinkel HD 37
I-Z Heavily armed but poor performing Soviet fighter plane produced in small numbers during the mid-1930s
IL-400 Prototype monoplane fighter powered by the Liberty engine that was one of the earliest indigenous Soviet fighter designs, by Nikolai Polikarpov
IL-400b Refined version of the IL-400 prototype monoplane fighter created by Nikolai Polikarpov
Ju 52 German transport aircraft that was used extensively by the Luftwaffe, including some use as a medium bomber
Ju 86 German bomber developed in the mid-1930s that saw limited action in the Spanish Civil War and the German invasion of Poland
KOMTA An experimental heavy, twin-engined triplane that was one of the earliest types designed entirely in the post-revolution Soviet Union
MB-2 American biplane bomber that served as the U.S. Air Service's primary multi-engine bomber during the early and mid-1920s
MBR-2 Soviet reconnaissance flying-boat that served with the Soviet Navy before and during World War II
O2U Corsair Biplane reconnaissance/light bomber operated by the US Navy starting in the late 1920s and by several export customers
P-1 Hawk American open cockpit biplane fighter operated by the US Army Air Corps during the 1920s
P-12 Biplane fighter design that served with the US Army Air Corps and US Navy during the early 1930s until it was superseded by the P-26
P-16 Two-seat biplane fighter used by the US Army Air Corps in the early 1930s
Po-2 Heavily produced Soviet biplane trainer and general utility aircraft that served throughout the 1930s and World War II
R-1 The first mass-produced Soviet aircraft, an early effort by Soviet aircraft designer Nikolai Polikarpov that was derived from the De Haviland DH. 9A
R-3 A streamlined, low-wing monoplane design with retractable landing gear that was developed as an air-racer and was an early example of the formula that would be successfully used in the mid-1930s for the Me 109, Spitfire, and the I-16
R-5 Soviet biplane reconnaissance/light-bomber aircraft used widely in the USSR during the 1930s
SSS Ground attack variant of the Soviet R-5 biplane
TB-1 An early twin-engined Soviet "heavy" bomber design
Tabor An experimental British triplane quad-engine heavy bomber design produced just after World War I
Vickers Victoria British biplane transport aircraft, used from the early 1920s to the mid 1930s
XNBL-1 An experimental triplane six-engine heavy bomber built for the US Army Air Service in the early 1920s
YuG-1 Soviet version of the Junkers K 30 bomber, purchased in small numbers from Junkers in the mid-1920s and regarded as the first effective "modern" long-range bomber in the Soviet inventory
ZRS-Class Dirigible The US Navy's ZRS-class dirigibles were flying aircraft carriers that could carry, launch, and retrieve up to five fighters each.

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[edit] Books

  Title Author Year
A Few Great Captains: The Men and Events That Shaped the Development of U.S. Air Power Copp, DeWitt S. 1980
Against the Wind: 90 Years of Flight Test in the Miami Valley 1994
Air Power in the Next War Spaight, J. M. 1938
Air Warfare Sherman, William Carrington 1926
Aircraft Construction in the USSR, 1917-1945 Byushgens, G. S. 1994
The Aircraft of R. L. Bartini Yakubovich, N. V. 2006
Along the Roads of China: 1937-1945 Chudodeev, Yu. V. (editor) 1989
Arming the Luftwaffe Homze, Edward L. 1976
Army Commander of the Winged 1967
The Breguet 14 Bruce, J. M.; Noel, Jean 1967
Color Schemes and Markings of Russian Navy and Air Force Aircraft to 1940 Kondratev, V. I.; Kotelnikov, V. P. 2007
Combat Pilots of a Dying Empire: Aviation in the Russian Civil War Khairulin, Marat; Kondratev, Vyacheslav 2008
Combat Routes Polynin, Fyodr Petrovich 1972
The Development of Air Doctrine in the Army Air Arm, 1917-1941 Greer, Thomas H. 1985
Dictatorship of the Air: Aviation Culture and the Fate of Modern Russia Palmer, Scott W. 2006
The Forgotten Air Force: French Air Doctrine in the 1930s Cain, Christopher 2002
Foulois and the U.S. Army Air Corps: 1931-1935 Shiner, John F., Lt. Col. 1983
German Aircraft in Russian and Soviet Service 1914-1940 Alexandrov, Andrei; Petrov, Genadi 2002
German Secret Flight Test Centres to 1945 Beauvais, Heinrich; Kössler, Karl; Mayer, Max; Regel, Christoph 2002
The History of Aircraft Construction in the USSR to 1938 Shavrov, V. B. 1985
Hitler's Luftwaffe in the Spanish Civil War Proctor, Raymond L. 1983
The Ilya Muromets Bomber at War Nikolskoi, S. N.; Nikolskoi, M. N. 2008
Kenneth N. Walker: Airpower's Untempered Crusader Byrd, Martha 1997
Khalkhin-Gol: The War in the Air Kondratev, Vyacheslav 2002
Long Range Aviation: The First 90 Years 2005
The Luftwaffe's Way of War: German Air Force Doctrine 1911-1945 Corum, James S.; Muller, Richard R. 1998
Mason Patrick and the Fight for Air Service Independence White, Robert P. 2001
Nesterov's Heirs Dyachenko, G. Kh. 1963
No Pasaran! They Will Not Pass! Peliser, Francisco Merono 2008
The Orenburg Flight Academy Kopilov, I. S. 1976
Polikarpov's Biplane Fighters Gordon, Yefim; Dexter, Keith 2002
Polikarpov's I-16 Fighter: Its Forerunners and Progeny Gordon, Yefim; Dexter, Keith 2001
Political Repression of Command Staff in the Special Red-Banner Far East Army 1937-1938 Milbakh, V. S. 2007
The R-5 Family of Aircraft Raguzin, A. S. 2005
The Red Air Force Versus the White Poles Berezin, P. F. 1940
Royal New Zealand Air Force Ross, J. M. S. 1955
Soviet Aviation and Air Power: A Historical View Higham, Robin; Kipp, Jacob W. 1977
Soviet Military Aviation 1917-1941 Shumikhin, V. S. 1986
State Capitalism and Working-Class Radicalism in the French Aircraft Industry Chapman, Herrick 1990
Sunburst: The Rise of Japanese Naval Air Power, 1909-1941 Peattie, Mark R. 2001
The TB-1 Heavy Bomber Rigmant, V. G.; Kotelnikov, V. R. 2006
Tactics in Soviet Military Writings 1917-1940 Sinyaev, A. D. (editor) 1970
Tragedy in the Red Army: 1937-1938 Suvenirov, O. F. 1998
Tribunal for Stalin's Falcons Zvyagintsev, Vyacheslav 2008
United States Naval Aviation 1910-1995 Grossnick, Roy A. 1997
Versus Finland: Soviet Naval Aviation in the Baltic During the 1939-1940 War Tirkeltaub, S. V.; Stepakov, V. N. 2000
Warplanes of the Third Reich Green, William 1970
Why Air Forces Fail: The Anatomy of Defeat Higham, Robin; Harris, Stephen J. 2006
Wolfram von Richtofen: Master of the German Air War Corum, James S. 2008
The Wrathful Skies of Spain Gusev, Aleksandr Ivanovich 1973


[edit] Articles

  Title Author Journal Volume
Aerial Resupply of Surrounded RKKA Units Kiselev, O. N. Voenno-Istoricheskij Zhurnal Vol. 2006, No. 1
Air Army Doctrinal Roots, 1917-1918 Greer, Thomas H. Military Affairs Vol. 20, No. 4 (Winter 1956)
The Air Doctrine of General Douhet Tulasne, Joseph(?) Royal Air Force Air Power Review Vol. 8, No. 2 (Summer 2005)
The Air Mail Fiasco Correll, John T. Air Force Magazine Vol. 91, No. 3 (March 2008)
'A Swift Agent of Government': Air Power in British Colonial Africa, 1916-1939 Killingray, David Journal of African History Vol. 25, No. 4 (1984)
Airplanes in National Defense Mitchell, William Lendrum Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Vol. 131 (May 1927)
Airpower and Restraint in Small Wars: Marine Corps Aviation in the Second Nicaraguan Campaign, 1927-33 Wray, Johnson R. Air and Space Power Journal Volume XV, No. 3 (Fall 2001)
Antonescu's Eagles Against Stalin's Falcons: The Romanian Air Force, 1920-1941 Statiev, Alexander Journal of Military History Vol. 66, No. 4 (October 2002)
At the Beginnings of Ukrainian Military Aviation Kharuk, Andrei Aviatsiya i Vremya 2004 No. 4
Billy Mitchell, the 3rd Attack Group and the Laredo Project of 1923 Miller, Robert G. Air Power History Vol. 54, No. 2 (Summer 2007)
Biplane Battle: Flying Against the Bolsheviks During Russia's Civil War O'Conner, Derek Aviation History Magazine September 2007
Birth of the GHQ Air Force Shiner, John F. Military Affairs Vol. 42, No. 3 (October 1978)
British Intelligence on the German Air Force and Aircraft Industry, 1933-1939 Wark, Wesley K. Historical Journal Vol. 25, No. 3 (September 1982)
The Development of the Italian Air Force Prior to World War II Sadkovich, James J. Military Affairs Vol. 51, No. 3 (July 1987)
Elegant, Unlucky Fellow: The I-3 Fighter Maslov, Mikhail AviaMaster 1999 No. 3
Fighter Defence before Fighter Command: The Rise of Strategic Air Defence in Great Britain, 1917-1934 Ferris, John Journal of Military History Vol. 63, No. 4 (Oct. 1999)
Fighter "Z" Maslov, Mikhail M-Hobby 2008 No. 9
The First Rules of Air Warfare Wyman, Richard H. Air and Space Power Journal March-April 1984
A Flock of Flying Elephants O'Conner, Derek Aviation History Magazine Vol. 18, No. 4 (March 2008)
The Foundations of Soviet Air Power: A Historical and Managerial Interpretation Potts, Ramsay D., Jr. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Vol. 299 (May, 1955)
The I-16 Fighter in the Winter War, 1939-1940 Kiselyov, Oleg Istoriya Aviatsii No. 32
The I-7 Fighter Maslov, Mikhail Aviatsiya 1999 No. 1
If At First You Don't Succeed: The KOMTA! Maslov, Mikhail AviaMaster 2003 No. 4
Improvements in Command and Control of the Red Army Air Forces During the Prewar and Great Patriotic War Years Pervov, A. G. Voenno-Istoricheskij Zhurnal Vol. 2006, No. 1
A Matter of Faith: British Strategic Air Doctrine Before 1939 Smith, Malcolm Journal of Contemporary History Vol. 15, No. 3 (July 1980)
Moroccan Bomber: American Fighters in the Rig War, 1925 Rockwell, Paul Ayers Aviation Quarterly Vol. 5, No. 2 (2nd Quarter, 1979)
The Myth of Air Control: Reassessing the History Corum, James S. Air and Space Power Journal Vol. XIV, No. 4 (Winter 2000)
The Myths of Air Control and the Realities of Imperial Policing Gray, Peter W. Air and Space Power Journal Volume XV, No. 3 (Fall 2001)
The Polikarpov I-16 "Rata" Aeroplane Database Maslov, Mikhail Aeroplane Vol. 36, No. 2 (February 2008)
R-1: The "Old Campaigner" Maslov, Mikhail A.; Anderson, Lenart Aviatsiya i Vremya 2001 No. 4
Radio-Location and the Air Defence Problem: The Design and Development of Soviet Radar 1934-40 Erickson, John Science Studies Vol. 2, No. 2 (July 1972)
Red Riposte: The Soviet Volunteer Group Over Formosa Luks, Alexis Chandelle Vol. 3, No. 1 (March 1998)
The Regia Aeronautica's Forgotten War Kukuruza, Leonid Aviatsiya i Vremya 2005 No. 6
Russia's Oldest Air Regiment Antipov, Vladislav; Kirindas, Aleksandr; Utkin, Igor AviaMaster 2007 No. 7
The SB Bomber in the Soviet-Finnish War Patkin, Vladimir Mir Aviatsii 2002 No. 2
Sandino Against The Marines: The Development of Air Power for Conducting Counterinsurgency Operations in Central America Jennings, Kenneth A. Air and Space Power Journal July-August 1986
Technology and Legitimacy: Soviet Aviation and Stalinism in the 1930s Bailes, K. E. Technology and Culture Vol. 17, No. 1 (Jan. 1976)
Spanish Civil War: German Condor Legion's Tactical Air Power Musciano, Walter A. Aviation History Magazine September 2004
The Tactical School Boyne, Walter J. Air Force Magazine September 2003
The Thread of Doctrine Pauly, John W. Air and Space Power Journal May-June 1976
The White Falcons: The White Air Forces 1918-1920 Johnson, Robert Craig Chandelle Vol. 2, No. 3 (October 1997)
William "Billy" Mitchell: An Air Power Visionary Glines, C. V. Aviation History Magazine Sept. 1997
Wood, Fabric, and Wire: Insights from the Biplanes Era, 1919-1936 Forward Petersen, Michael J. Air and Space Power Journal (Chronicles Online Journal)


[edit] Other Documents

  Title Year
Ambassador of American Airpower: Major General Robert Olds 2008
Army Regulation 487: Leadership and Battle with Combined Arms 1921 & 1923
The Development of Tactical Doctrines at AAFSAT & AAFTAC 1944
The Development of the German Air Force, 1919-1939 1968
The Hague Rules of Air Warfare 1922-1923
Ivan Rodionov's Chronology of Soviet Aviation 2007
Neither Decadent, Nor Traitorous, Nor Stupid: The French Air Force and Air Doctrine in the 1930s 2000
Numbered Soviet Aviation Factories, 1921-1941 2002
The R.100 in Canada 1999
The Soviet-Finnish War, 1939-1940: Getting the Doctrine Right 1993
TR 440-15: Fundamental Principles for the Employment of the Air Service 1926
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