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Academic Year 1969-1970, Unit 6: Some Aspects of Communist China's International Relations (open access)

Academic Year 1969-1970, Unit 6: Some Aspects of Communist China's International Relations

This booklet is the sixth unit of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about the military forces of Communist countries. This unit discusses China's relationships with other countries and includes background information, review questions, and a list of suggested readings for further study.
Date: July 1969
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Air Force Extension Course Lesson Summary] (open access)

[Air Force Extension Course Lesson Summary]

Text summarizing key points of lesson plans from and Air Force extension course. The lessons cover military organization, hierarchy, Air Force functions and commands, foreign policy, and international politics, particularly about the USSR. A few brief notes in pen can be seen on the back of the last page.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Intelligence Training Bulletin, Volume 15, Issue 8, November-December 1963 (open access)

Air Intelligence Training Bulletin, Volume 15, Issue 8, November-December 1963

Monthly publication of the Continental Air Command containing articles of interest to intelligence officers in the Air Force Reserve. This issue includes articles on Bolivia, Nikita Khrushchev, Mao Zedong, Soviet military aircraft, and Soviet military insignia. An index to all of the articles published during 1963 can be found on page 56.
Date: November 1963
Creator: Murray, James D.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Intelligence Training Bulletin, Volume 16, Number 1, January-June 1964 (open access)

Air Intelligence Training Bulletin, Volume 16, Number 1, January-June 1964

Monthly publication of the Continental Air Command containing articles of interest to intelligence officers in the Air Force Reserve. This issue includes articles on Rumania, China, Brazil, Asian Economies, The Colombo Plan, and the Soviet army.
Date: January 1964
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces. Air Defense Command.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baskin Robbins in Moscow]

Photograph of a Baskin Robbins Ice Cream store in Moscow; the shop is inside a large gray building and has a sign in English above a set of glass doors. In the foreground two unidentified women are walking on the sidewalk and a car is parked on the street; two pay phones are also visible next to the shop on the right.
Date: 1990~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charlyne Creger and a Woman in Uniforms]

Photograph of Charlyne Creger (left) wearing her blue WASP uniform and an unidentified woman wearing a black military uniform standing in front of a multi-story building; Creger is carrying a book with the title "The Great pallace" printed on its spine.
Date: 1990~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charlyne Creger and Russian Woman]

Photograph of Charlyne Creger wearing a hat covered in pins with a U.S. flag on it standing next to an unidentified woman wearing several military medals on her blue jacket. Other people are partially visible on the left and right and behind them two orange buses and a multi-story building can be seen.
Date: 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Charlyne Creger Bio] (open access)

[Charlyne Creger Bio]

List of biographical details about the life of Rosa Charlyne Creger with handwritten notes and corrections.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Charlyne Creger Bio #2] (open access)

[Charlyne Creger Bio #2]

List of biographical details about the life of Rosa Charlyne Creger with handwritten notes and corrections.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charlyne Creger Taking a Picture]

Photograph of Charlyne Creger wearing her blue WASP uniform and holding a camera, taking a photograph; she is standing next to two unidentified women and several others are visible in the background.
Date: 1990
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: A Visit To The "Night Witches"] (open access)

[Clipping: A Visit To The "Night Witches"]

Newspaper clipping with an article about WASP, Soviet woman pilots, and an anniversary in which they were able to meet.
Date: unknown
Creator: Rybalkina, Natalia
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Aviatrixes] (open access)

[Clipping: Aviatrixes]

Newspaper clipping showing a journal photo of the Women Airforce Service Pilots having lunch with one of Russia's Night Witches. The ladies in the photo are wearing business casual attire and are seated around a table with open menu books.
Date: September 21, 1990
Creator: Edwards, Scott
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Aviatrixies] (open access)

[Clipping: Aviatrixies]

Newspaper clipping showing a photo of the Women Airforce Service Pilots having lunch with one of Russia's Night Witches. The ladies in the photo are wearing business casual attire and are seated around a table with open menu books.
Date: unknown
Creator: Edwards, Scott
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Charlyne Creger meets The Night Witches] (open access)

[Clipping: Charlyne Creger meets The Night Witches]

Newspaper clipping explaining the details of Charlyne Creger's visit to the Soviet Union to meet the Soviet women pilots of World War II, The Night Witches. This clipping includes a photo of Charlyne Creger with some members of the WASP and The Night Witches.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bigner, Betty
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Men Didn't Have to Prove They Could Fly, But Women Did"] (open access)

[Clipping: "Men Didn't Have to Prove They Could Fly, But Women Did"]

Photocopy of an article about the death of Marvel Crosson, the sabotage of the Women's Air Derby, how it changed woman aviation history, the Ninety-Nines, female aviators, how they gained popularity, the Powder Puff Derby, female aviation achievments, female astronauts, and how the woman aviators are presently doing.
Date: unknown
Creator: Roberts, David
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Paul Mantz Wins Bendix Race at 435 M.P.H. for New Mark] (open access)

[Clipping: Paul Mantz Wins Bendix Race at 435 M.P.H. for New Mark]

Newspaper clipping of the front page of the New York Herald Tribune, including articles about about international relations, local politics, Nazi trials, and more. Of particular note is the article about the Bendix Trophy race where Jacqueline Cochran took third place.
Date: August 31, 1946
Creator: Allen, C. B.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping with Photos of Pilots] (open access)

[Clipping with Photos of Pilots]

Newspaper clipping of the Washington Post with part of an article of Lazarsky's aviation experiences. The article includes a photo on the first page with a caption, "A copy of a military photo shows Lazarsky in the 1940s. She wanted only one thing in those days: 'To fly.'" and a group photo on the second page with the caption, "Members of the Women Air Force Service Pilots gathered last month for trip to Moscow, where they met their Soviet counterparts in World War II."
Date: June 8, 1990
Creator: Shaffer, Ron
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 4. Elements of Aerospace Warfare (open access)

Command Study 4. Elements of Aerospace Warfare

This book is the student text for a training course "designed to acquaint inactive duty Air Force Reserve officers with the basic elements and fundamentals that contribute to the current capability of the United States Air Force to carry out its mission" (Preface, p. v). It consists of six chapters: Target Considerations; United States Air Force: Weapons; United States Air Force Manned Delivery Vehicles; United States Air Force Unmanned Delivery Vehicles; United States Air Force Bases, Personnel, and Material; and Soviet Aerospace Developments. Each chapter includes background information, review questions, and a list of suggested readings for further study.
Date: October 1960
Creator: Detachment 1
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Command Study 4 Key Points] (open access)

[Command Study 4 Key Points]

Text summarizing key points of Chapters 1 through 5 from and Air Force Extension course. The chapters cover Air Force general operations and personnel, power dynamics of the free world, Soviet aerospace developments, United States manned and unmanned missiles, other Air force weapons, and target considerations.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 10, Chapter 5. Democracy Versus Communism (open access)

Command Study 10, Chapter 5. Democracy Versus Communism

This booklet is the fifth chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel. This chapter discusses the differences between democracy and communism and includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of suggested readings for further study.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 12, Chapter 1. Basic Military Doctrine: Soviet Union and Communist China (open access)

Command Study 12, Chapter 1. Basic Military Doctrine: Soviet Union and Communist China

This booklet is the first chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the military strength of communist countries. This chapter discusses the military doctrine of both the Soviet Union and China and includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 12, Chapter 2. The Soviet Armed Forces (open access)

Command Study 12, Chapter 2. The Soviet Armed Forces

This booklet is the second chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the military strength of communist countries. This chapter discusses the development of the Soviet armed forces and includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 12, Chapter 5. Implications for the Future (open access)

Command Study 12, Chapter 5. Implications for the Future

This booklet is the fifth chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the military strength of communist countries. This chapter discusses "the implications of the Communist war complex for future international relationships and the Communist drive for world domination" (p. 1). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 15, Chapter 5. Soviet Reactions to Changes in American Military Strategy (open access)

Command Study 15, Chapter 5. Soviet Reactions to Changes in American Military Strategy

This booklet is the fifth chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about the United States' space program. This chapter discusses "the Soviet response to the changes in United States military strategy" (p. 2) through a review of Soviet military literature produced between 1945 to 1964. It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: October 1966
Creator: Whiting, Kenneth R.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History