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Command Study 15, Chapter 2. Unmanned U.S. Satellites and Space Probes
This booklet is the second chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about the United States' space program. This chapter discusses research satellites, application satellites, and space probes. It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date:
April 1966
Creator:
Air University (U.S.)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 15, Chapter 3. U.S. Manned Space Projects
This booklet is the third chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about the United States' space program. This chapter "outlines the three steps in the manned space program in broad terms and surveys future trends in the light of programs underway or proposed for funding" (p. 2). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date:
April 1966
Creator:
Air University (U.S.)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 15, Chapter 4. Ground Control and Support Operations
This booklet is the fourth chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about the United States' space program. This chapter discusses "major ground command functions associated with manned space missions" (p. 2). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date:
April 1966
Creator:
Air University (U.S.)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 14, Chapter 2. The National Preparedness System
This booklet is the second chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about nonmilitary defense preparations. This chapter discusses "the nonmilitary defense aspects of national preparedness as complements to national military power and as contributing factors to the total defense posture of the United States" (p. 3). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date:
April 1965
Creator:
Air University (U.S.)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 13, Chapter 3. Agriculture
This booklet is the third chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the challenges faced by low-income countries. This chapter discusses "how improvements in agriculture are related to general progress toward industrialization and self-sustained growth" (p. 2). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date:
April 1965
Creator:
Air University (U.S.)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 11, Chapter 5. Communist Activities in Latin America
This booklet is the fifth chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the Cold War's impact on world affairs. This chapter "is intended to show how the Communists have attempted to subvert the Latin American nations as a step toward the avowed Communist goal of world domination, and to show how the United States and other American Republics are meeting the perilous Communist threat" (p. 1). This booklet includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date:
April 1964
Creator:
Air University (U.S.)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 11, Chapter 6. The New Spain
This booklet is the first chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the Cold War's impact on world affairs. This chapter "reviews the new Spain with respect to recent developments in the regime of General Franco, Spain's part in the cold war, present trends in Spanish government, and Spain's stature as a respected nation in the world community" (p. 2). This booklet includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date:
April 1964
Creator:
Air University (U.S.)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 9, Chapter 1. Air Force Logistics Command
This booklet is the first chapter of a training course developed for Air Reserve personnel about commands within the United States Air Force. This chapter discusses the "mission, history, organizational doctrine, organization, and concept of operations" of the Air Force Logistics Command. It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date:
April 1963
Creator:
Air University (U.S.)
System:
The Portal to Texas History