Air Command and Staff College Correspondence Course, Course 3B. Command and Staff Actions (open access)

Air Command and Staff College Correspondence Course, Course 3B. Command and Staff Actions

Blank practice exam for an Air Force correspondence course.
Date: January 1965
Creator: Air Command and Staff College
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Force Reserve Element Training Newsletter, Twelfth Edition, January 31, 1968 (open access)

Air Force Reserve Element Training Newsletter, Twelfth Edition, January 31, 1968

Monthly newsletter for Air Force Reserve personnel containing news and events as well as information about training courses offered by the Continental Air Command.
Date: January 31, 1968
Creator: United States. Department of the Air Force.
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
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
[Change of address card] (open access)

[Change of address card]

A blank USPS change of address form.
Date: January 1969
Creator: United States. Postal Service.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: On the Ski Slopes] (open access)

[Clipping: On the Ski Slopes]

Newspaper clipping showing a photo of Miss Charlyne Creger (second from right) with a group of friends on skis at Winter Park, Colorado.
Date: January 25, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 9, Chapter 4. United States Air Force (open access)

Command Study 9, Chapter 4. United States Air Force

This booklet is the fourth 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 Air Force. It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of suggested readings for further study.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 11, Chapter 1. Communications (open access)

Command Study 11, Chapter 1. Communications

This booklet is the first chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel. This chapter discusses the "communications organization and networks that support the worldwide activities of the U.S. Air Force today" (p.2) and includes background information, analysis, 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 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 13, Chapter 4. Role of U.S. Military Forces in Counterinsurgency (open access)

Command Study 13, Chapter 4. Role of U.S. Military Forces in Counterinsurgency

This booklet is the fourth chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about counterinsurgency. This chapter discusses "United States policy in combating subversive insurgency and then examines the roles and missions of the Armed Forces in the implementation of this policy" (p. 1). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: January 1965
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
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.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 9, Chapter 4. Air Training Command (open access)

Current Study 9, Chapter 4. Air Training Command

This booklet is the fourth chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about commands within the United States Air Force. This chapter discusses "the mission, organizational structure, and functions of the Air Training Command." It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 13, Chapter 6. Development of Natural Resources (open access)

Current Study 13, Chapter 6. Development of Natural Resources

This booklet is the sixth chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the challenges faced by low-income countries. This chapter "discusses the importance of resources policies and planing and indicates the various stages in the survey and exploitation of natural resources to help achieve sound economic development" (p. 1). It includes background information, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: January 1965
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disaster Preparedness: General Military Training (open access)

Disaster Preparedness: General Military Training

Air Force pamphlet on disaster preparedness, covering topics such as natural disasters, defense against nuclear, biological, and chemical attack, and the operation of a respirator.
Date: January 1, 1969
Creator: United States. Department of the Air Force.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Excused Absence Request Form] (open access)

[Excused Absence Request Form]

Air Force Reserve absentee request form filled out by Paul A. Hill and signed and approved by Lester V. Mershon.
Date: January 8, 1968
Creator: Hill, Paul A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History