CONAC Specialized Training Manual, Number 45-7550, Volume 1 (open access)

CONAC Specialized Training Manual, Number 45-7550, Volume 1

This book is volume 1 of an Air Force Reserve instructor course that discusses the responsibilities and important qualities needed in being an instructor, along with several skill-sets, techniques, and aids to help communicate with and educate Air Force students.
Date: May 1, 1956
Creator: United States. Air Force. Air Training Command. Technical Training.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Instructor's Manual: Basic Flying (open access)

Instructor's Manual: Basic Flying

Training manual developed for U.S. Army flight instructors that details methods and steps for teaching students to fly aircraft.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces. Air Training Command.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Reserve Center Training Manual, Course 45-7550, Increment 2, Volume 2 (open access)

Air Reserve Center Training Manual, Course 45-7550, Increment 2, Volume 2

Worksheet booklet supplementary to Increment 2, Volume 2 of the United States Air Force Reserve Instructors Course. This booklet discusses the development of courses and lesson plans, as well the use of demonstrative methods of teaching.
Date: January 1, 1957
Creator: United States. Air Force. Air Training Command. Technical Training.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Specialized Training Manual (open access)

Specialized Training Manual

This book is the student text for a training course on management for administrative officers in the Air Force Reserve. Each of the book's six lessons contains a set of readings and ends with a list of review questions.
Date: July 1, 1955
Creator: United States. Air Force. Continental Air Command.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Copy of Specialized Training Manual (open access)

Copy of Specialized Training Manual

This book is the student text for a training course on management for administrative officers in the Air Force Reserve. Each of the book's six lessons contains a set of readings and ends with a list of review questions.
Date: July 1, 1955
Creator: United States. Air Force. Continental Air Command.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reserve Individual Survival and Recovery Course, Number 45-0001, Volume 1. Effects of CBR Agents (open access)

Reserve Individual Survival and Recovery Course, Number 45-0001, Volume 1. Effects of CBR Agents

This booklet is from Volume 1 of an Air Force Reserve element training course on individual survival. This book discusses steps to take in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear attack. Work pages can be seen filled in with blue ink handwriting within the book.
Date: June 1961
Creator: Lowry Technical Training Center.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
CONAC Air Reserve Center Training Manual, Number 45-7550. Increment 2, Volume 2 (open access)

CONAC Air Reserve Center Training Manual, Number 45-7550. Increment 2, Volume 2

This book is volume 2 of an Air Force Reserve instructor course that discusses teaching methods and strategies for Air Force flight instructors to educate and evaluate flight students. The name, Paul A. Hill, can be seen written near the top left of the cover page and a pen sketch of a house along with a study note can be seen inside the cover.
Date: January 1, 1951
Creator: United States. Air Force. Continental Air Command.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advanced Instructor's Syllabus: Instrument Flying Radio Range-Radio Compass (open access)

Advanced Instructor's Syllabus: Instrument Flying Radio Range-Radio Compass

Instruction booklet created by the Air Force on how to use the radio range-radio compass for flight navigation.
Date: March 15, 1944
Creator: United States. Air Army Forces. Air Service Command.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Instrument Flying: Basic and Advanced (open access)

Instrument Flying: Basic and Advanced

Special edition of a technical manual containing training documentation on three subjects related to instrument flying. The name, "Hottman, W. B." is written in the top left corner of the cover, followed by a handwritten note about returning the manual.
Date: January 15, 1944
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Path of Flight: Practical Information About Navigation of Private Aircraft (open access)

Path of Flight: Practical Information About Navigation of Private Aircraft

Manual compiled by the Civil Aeronautics Administration to provide private pilots with essential information on aircraft navigation.
Date: 1958
Creator: United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Catalog of United States Air Force Correspondence Courses (open access)

Catalog of United States Air Force Correspondence Courses

Catalog of classes available via correspondence courses from Air University that includes information about course numbers, teachers, and class structure. A note penned on the inside cover page states, "Application in back of catalog".
Date: January 1962
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Envelop Addressed to Paul Hill]

Envelope addressed to Major Paul A. Hill at 309 Ragland Street Sweetwater, Texas, sent from Gunter Air Force Base in Alabama. The word, "Books", can be sen printed at the top of one side.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Academic Year 1968-1969, Unit 5: Role of the Computer in Defense Management (open access)

Academic Year 1968-1969, Unit 5: Role of the Computer in Defense Management

This booklet is the firth unit of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about management. This unit discusses the "computer's role in the specific area of defense management" and includes background information, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: July 1968
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 11, Chapter 4. Accounting and Finance (open access)

Command Study 11, Chapter 4. Accounting and Finance

This booklet is the fourth chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel. This chapter discusses the "accounting and finance function within the comptroller organization with special reference to the mission, history, organizational doctrine and structure, and concepts at operations at each level of command" (p. 1). It includes background information, review questions, and a list of suggested readings for further study.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 16, Chapter 5. Air Force Management (open access)

Command Study 16, Chapter 5. Air Force Management

This booklet is the fifth chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about the Department of Defense. This chapter discusses "concepts and programs applied by the Air Force to improve operations and to implement management doctrines set forth by the Department of Defense" (p. 1). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: September 1966
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 14, Chapter 5. Military Support of Civil Defense (open access)

Command Study 14, Chapter 5. Military Support of Civil Defense

This booklet is the fifth chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about nonmilitary defense preparations. This chapter discusses "some of the factors involved in military support of civil defense operations and in the coordination of military and nonmilitary defense planning" (p. 2). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: June 1965
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
USAF Extension Course Catalog: 1952 (open access)

USAF Extension Course Catalog: 1952

Catalog of correspondence courses offered by the USAF Extension Course Institute for members of the United States Air Force, Reserve, and Air National Guard.
Date: 1952
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 16, Chapter 3. The Defense Communications Agency (open access)

Command Study 16, Chapter 3. The Defense Communications Agency

This booklet is the third chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about the Department of Defense. This chapter discusses the mission, structure, and operations of the Defense Communications Agency. It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: September 1966
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 13, Chapter 1. Education and Training (open access)

Current Study 13, Chapter 1. Education and Training

This booklet is the first chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the challenges faced by low-income countries. This chapter discusses the role education and training plays in a country's economic, political, and social development. It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: April 1965
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Area 1, Phase 3. The Special Staff (open access)

Area 1, Phase 3. The Special Staff

This booklet is the 3rd unit of an extension training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about military management. This book discusses the functions and responsibilities most often found on the Air Force special staff.
Date: November 1964
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 9, Chapter 2. United States Army (open access)

Command Study 9, Chapter 2. United States Army

This booklet is the second chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the state of defense in the United States during the Cold War. This chapter discusses the organization, functions, concepts, and operations of the United States Army. It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of suggested readings for further study.
Date: October 1962
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
USAF Extension Course Phase 2, Part A, Course Number 200. Fundamentals of Learning and Expression (open access)

USAF Extension Course Phase 2, Part A, Course Number 200. Fundamentals of Learning and Expression

This book unit is Phase 2, Part A of an Air University extension course that discusses correct techniques for learning, oral communication, and discussion.
Date: 1949
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Area 1, Phase 3. The Coordinating Staff (open access)

Area 1, Phase 3. The Coordinating Staff

This booklet is the Area 1, Phase 3 unit of an extension training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about the military management. This phase discusses military staff management, functions of the coordinating staff, and the interrelationships of the commander and coordinating staff.
Date: November 1964
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Paul Hill Correspondence Course Packet]

Examination and study materials from an Air Force correspondence course taken by WASP instructor, Paul A. Hill.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Collection
System: The Portal to Texas History