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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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disaster Actions and First Aid (open access)

Disaster Actions and First Aid

This book "provides training material in disaster actions and first aid as a part of the General Military Training Program (p. 1)."
Date: June 15, 1966
Creator: United States. Department of the Air Force.
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.
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Area 1, Phase 3. Staff Management: Study Guide (open access)

Area 1, Phase 3. Staff Management: Study Guide

This booklet is the third phase of an extension training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about military management. This phase discusses staff management, staff hierarchies, and levels of personnel organization within different branches of the military.
Date: November 1964
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
System: The Portal to Texas History
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Area I, Phase II. Command Fundamentals (open access)

Area I, Phase II. Command Fundamentals

Reading material from Area I, Phase II of the Air Command and Staff College Course Correspondence Course. The booklet covers the fundamentals of command with special emphasis on its application in the Air Force'.
Date: unknown
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Area I, Phase 1. Communication Techniques (open access)

Area I, Phase 1. Communication Techniques

Reading material from Area I, Phase I of the Air Command and Staff College Course Correspondence Course. The booklet covers various communication techniques and problem solving skills in relation to communication.
Date: unknown
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Area 1, Phase 3. Command and Staff Action (open access)

Area 1, Phase 3. Command and Staff Action

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 the application of command principles, command planning, and the importance of the steps used in planning an operation.
Date: November 1964
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Area I, Military Management: Fundamentals of Command and Staff (open access)

Area I, Military Management: Fundamentals of Command and Staff

Reading material from Area I of the Air Command and Staff College Course Correspondence Course. The booklet covers the fundamentals of military command,leadership, team work, and staff responsibilities.
Date: July 1964
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Lubbock County Water Analysis] (open access)

[Lubbock County Water Analysis]

Water survey report from Lubbock County in 1945 listing records of all "wells and springs, drillers' logs, water analyses, and map showing locations of wells and springs".
Date: April 1945
Creator: Clark, C. S.
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.
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deaf Smith County Water Analysis] (open access)

[Deaf Smith County Water Analysis]

Water survey report from Deaf Smith County in 1946 listing records of all "wells, drillers' logs, water analyses, and map showing locations of wells".
Date: October 1946
Creator: Clark, C. S.; Spence, E. V. & Pritchett, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Course 2A, Volume 32. Communication Techniques (open access)

Course 2A, Volume 32. Communication Techniques

This booklet is the Course 2A, Volume 32 unit of an extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This book discusses various skills, techniques, and forms of effective communication.
Date: November 1960
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Course 2, Volume 2. Organization for National Security (open access)

Course 2, Volume 2. Organization for National Security

This booklet is the Course 2, Volume 2 unit of an extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This book discusses chains of command and military organizations in relation to United States national security.
Date: June 1959
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Course 2, Volume 1A. American Foreign Policy in Growth and Action (open access)

Course 2, Volume 1A. American Foreign Policy in Growth and Action

This booklet is the first volume of an extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This book discusses the military history of the United States of America from the country's inception through the post-World War 1950's.
Date: April 1959
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 4. The United States Air Force and the Defense of the Free World (open access)

Current Study 4. The United States Air Force and the Defense of the Free World

This book is the student text for a training course "designed to present a composite picture of the offensive and defensive posture of the Air Force today and the part it plays in the defense of the Nation and Free World" (Preface, p. v). It consists of five chapters: The Air Defense Command: Its Mission and Current Operations; Nuclear Weapons and the Free World; The United States Air Force in the Pacific; The Strategic Air Command: Its Mission and Current Operations; and A Review of Some Developments in the Air Force. Each chapter includes background information, review questions, and a list of suggested readings for further study.
Date: October 1960
Creator: Detachment 1
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.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 3. Command and Staff (open access)

Command Study 3. Command and Staff

This book is the student text for a training course "designed to reacquaint inactive duty Air Force Reserve officers with the fundamentals and also with more sophisticated aspects of command and staff activities" (Introduction, p. v). It consists of six lessons: Command Authority and Leadership; Command and Staff: Organization and Responsibilities; Management as a Staff Function; Organization for National Security; Headquarters USAF: Organization and Functions; and Air Force Commands. Each lesson includes background information, review questions, and a list of suggested readings for further study.
Date: 1960?
Creator: Detachment 1
System: The Portal to Texas History
Course 2A, Volume 50. Command and Staff (open access)

Course 2A, Volume 50. Command and Staff

This booklet is the Course 2A, Volume 50 unit of an extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This book discusses the qualifications to be an Air Force officer, Air Force staff functions and organization, and the relationship between commander and staff.
Date: May 1961
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Course 2, Volume 1B. Background Information on the Soviet Union (open access)

Course 2, Volume 1B. Background Information on the Soviet Union

This booklet is the Course 2 Volume 1B unit of an extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This book discusses background information on the people, culture, geography, and industry of the Soviet Union.
Date: September 1958
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Course 2, Volume 1C. Two Worlds in Conflict (open access)

Course 2, Volume 1C. Two Worlds in Conflict

This booklet is the Course 2, Volume 1, Part C issue of an extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This book discusses the history and spread of the concept of democracy, especially as it pertains to 'American democracy" in comparison to communist ideologies. The book contains a blank exam on the material in the back..
Date: January 1960
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
System: The Portal to Texas History