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By Engle, Jason[2021]., Amber Books Call No: MILITARY NF ENG Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Photographs and text describe the history of the United States Air Force, discussing training, types of missions, different military planes and more. .
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[2015]., Pre-adolescent, Creative Paperbacks Call No: 358.4 WHITING Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A chronological account of the American special forces unit known as Air Force Special Ops, including key details about important figures, landmark missions, and controversies"--Provided by publisher.
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c2001., Juvenile, Twenty-First Century Books Call No: 940.54 4973 092 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Chronicles the experiences of American G.I. Dale Aldrich during the Second World War, during which he served as a ball turret, or belly gunner, on a B-17 bomber, flying bombing missions over occupied Europe and spending more than a year interned in a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp.
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-- Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr.By Earl, Saric2010, ABDO Pub. Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Military heroesSummary Note: Examines the life and military career of Air Force General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., discussing his childhood, the challenges he had to overcome as an African-American cadet at West Point, and his role as a Tuskeegee airman leader. Includes photographs and a time line.
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c2010., Charlesbridge Call No: 943 .1550874 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the efforts of US Air Force Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen to aid the children in Russian-blockaded West Berlin by dropping packages filled with candy from the air. Features personal photographs, along with letters and drawings from the children of Berlin.
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c2010., Juvenile, Watertown, MA Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Candy was so scarce in Berlin in 1948 that when American Air Force Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen gave a few sticks of gum to a group of German children, they tore the wrappers into strips to pass around so they all could have a chance to smell them. The children's excitement inspired Halvorsen to start "candy drops," parachuting down small packages of treats as the U.S. Air Force flew food into West Berlin.
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-- U.S. Air Forcec2010., Juvenile, Marshall Cavendish Benchmark Call No: 358.4 Dol Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Series Title: Military serviceSummary Note: Discusses the history of the Air Force and the various types of aircraft used by them. Provides information about the requirements to join the Air Force, areas of Air Force service, enlistment, and training. Includes insignias for both enlisted ranks and officers as well as the salary and benefits for each rank and provides an acronym glossary, an index, and sources for additional information.
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By Rice, Earlec2003., Chelsea House Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Profiles Claire Lee Chennault who, after retiring from the United States Army Air Corps, volunteered as an advisor to Chiang Kai-Shek and led both Chinese and American air troops against Japan during World War II.
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By Tate, Polo2018., Feiwel and Friends Call No: NF Memoir TAT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A YA memoir of sexual abuse in the Air Force academy, and the author's survival and healing"--Provided by publisher.
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By Tate, Polo2018., Feiwel and Friends Call No: B Tate Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Author Polo Tate offers a memoir that describes how she worked hard to become a proud member of the U.S. Air Force at age eighteen, but almost didn't survive the sexual, physical, and emotional abuse that pervaded the institution. Tate recalls the events that broke her down, and her long road to recovery.
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Ã2020., Adolescent, Penguin Books Call No: MEMOIR NF HEG Edition: Young readers ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Mary Jennings Hegar discusses her experiences as a helicopter pilot in the National Guard.
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Ã2013., Harper Perennial Call No: B Zuckoff Edition: First Harper Perennial edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Details the efforts of a crashed B-17 to survive in Greenland during the winter of 1942 and 1943. Also chronicles the author's expedition to the region in 2012 to help recover the remains of the crewmen who did not survive.
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[2013], Harper Call No: WWII Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In November 1942, a U.S. cargo plane crashed into the Greenland ice cap, the B-17 sent on the search-and-rescue mission got caught in a storm and also crashed, miraculously all nine men aboard survived. A second rescue operation was launched, but the plane, the Grumman Duck, flew into a storm and vanished. The survivors of the B-17 spent 148 days fighting to stay alive while waiting for rescue by famed explorer Bernt Balchen. Then in 2012 the U.S. Coast Guard and North South Polar mount an expedition to solve the mystery of the vanished plane and recover the remains of the lost plane's crew.
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-- True story of escape from Nazi-occupied France2016., Berkley Caliber Call No: WAR Edition: 1st ed.: January 20 Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Tells the story of World War II United States Air Force turret gunner Arthur Myerowitz, who as shot down over Nazi-occupied France and through incredible acts of friendship, heroism, and valor, evaded Gestapo pursuers for more than six months before escaping to freedom."--Dust jacket.
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c2011., Harper Call No: Warfare Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Provides an account of the crash of a transport plane carrying twenty-four American servicemen and WACs on May 13, 1945, during a sightseeing trip over the Shangri-La Valley in the mountains of Dutch New Guinea, tells how survivors Margaret Hastings, John McCollom, and Kenneth Decker, injured and grieving, braved man-eating headhunters and enemy Japanese troops to find refuge with a primitive tribe which had never seen white people, and discusses their daring rescue.
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-- Lucky six six six2016., Simon & Schuster Call No: MILITARY NF DRU Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. October 2016. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells the story of a daredevil bomber pilot and his crew who fly their lone B-17 into the Japanese Empire in 1943, engaging in the longest dogfight in history, and change the momentum of the War in the Pacific.
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-- How I became a special ops Pararescue Jumper2018., Adolescent, St. Martin's Griffin Call No: MEMOIR NF SET Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A young adult adaptation of the memoir of Jimmy Settle, an Alaskan pararescue jumper, Special Forces Operator, and decorated war hero.
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-- Today's United States Air Force[2013]., Pre-adolescent, Compass Point Books Call No: 358.4 BURGAN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: U.S. Armed Forces (North Mankato, Minn.)Summary Note: An introduction to the United States Air Force, covering missions, the organization of the Air Force, joining and training, weapons systems, and more.
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[2016]., Pre-adolescent, Capstone Call No: WWII NF BRA Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Gives readers an up-close look at the harrowing story of the 807th Medical Evacuation Squadron's escape from behind Nazi Lines after surviving a plane crash in enemy territory"--Provided by publisher.
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c2002., Capstone High-Interest Books Call No: 358.4 STE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: On the front linesSummary Note: Gives an overview of the U.S. Air Force, its missions, members, history, recent conflicts, and modern.