The Phnom Penh Airlift

Author: Charles W. Heckman
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476608547
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 395

Book Description
Superbly written, this is an account by a participant in the airlift that supplied the blockaded capital of the Khmer Republic and several provincial capitals with food and other necessities of life during the last year of the United States' direct involvement in the Indochina War. Civilian pilots from many nations stepped in to fill the gap left by the departing American armed forces; they had to contend not only with makeshift facilities and heavy fire from the invading Vietnamese but also with a monumentally inept and corrupt Cambodian bureaucracy, which hindered the effective operation of the airlift in countless way.

Tactical Airlift

Author: Ray L. Bowers
Publisher: Department of the Air Force
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 930

Book Description
Air Force History and Museums Program. Presents the United States Air Force’s use of one form of air power, tactical airlift aviation, in the changing limited warfare situation in Vietnam. Covers the period from the decision of President Truman to assist the French in 1950 to the end of United States involvement in 1975.

The United States Air Force and Humanitarian Airlift Operations, 1947-1994

Author: Daniel Lee Haulman
Publisher: Air Force History & Museums Program
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 554

Book Description
Beretter om det amerikanske flyvevåben og dets nødhjælpsflyvninger i perioden 1947-1994.

U.S. Air Operations in Cambodia: April 1973

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on United States Security Agreements and Commitments Abroad
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 20

Book Description

Crisis in Cambodia

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees and Escapees
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description

Relief and Rehabilitation of War Victims in Indochina: Crisis in Cambodia

Book Description

Trash Haulers

Author: Sam McGowan
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1468501917
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396

Book Description
On August 23, 1954 the most successful airplane in aviation history took to the skies on its maiden flight. A little over two years later the first operational airplanes were delivered to the 463rd Troop Carrier Wing at Ardmore AFB, Oklahoma. Over the next 21 years Tactical Air Command, United States Air Forces Europe and Pacific Air Forces troop carrier/tactical airlift crew amassed a heroic and impressive record from Africa to Vietnam. Trash Haulers is a revision of a 1988 TAB/Aero publication by Sam McGowan, who was part of that mission.

the Cambodia-Vietnam debate

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cambodia
Languages : en
Pages : 296

Book Description

The Vietnam-Cambodia Emergency, 1975...

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cambodia
Languages : en
Pages : 720

Book Description

Anything, Anywhere, Anytime

Author: Sam McGowan
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1468505645
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 508

Book Description
In December, 1941 US Army pilots began hauling passengers and cargo around the Philippines after the Japanese attack on Clark Field, thus beginning one of the most important air force missions of World War II. As America greared up to fight the war, dozens of what came to be known as troop carrier squadrons were activated and equipped, usually with Douglas C-47 and C-53 version of the DC-8 transport. Beginning in New Guinea, US Army troop carrier crews became a crucial part of the effort to turn the tide of war. In Europe troop carrier squadrons supported Army airborne forces and provided logistical support for air force squadrons. During the Battle of the Bulge troop carrier crews kept the 101st Airborne Division supplied. After the war, troop carrier squadrons supplied the besieged city of Berlin. Troop carrier crews supported UN forces in Korea, then supported French efforts in Indochina where their successors would become crucial to US efforts in the 1960s and early 1970s. This is their story.