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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
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
[USAF Extension Course Shipping List #5] (open access)

[USAF Extension Course Shipping List #5]

Shipping list of correspondence course items and printer error corrections for the course two, volume one lesson from Air University at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama.
Date: February 9, 1960
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Squadron Officer Correspondence, Course 2A, Volume 22. Organization for National Security (open access)

Squadron Officer Correspondence, Course 2A, Volume 22. Organization for National Security

Filled out correspondence exam on national security for an Air Force squadron officer course.
Date: June 1960
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Text
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
Current Study 9, Chapter 5. Military Air Transport Service (open access)

Current Study 9, Chapter 5. Military Air Transport Service

This booklet is the fifth 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 Military Air Transport Service. It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: February 1963
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 9, Chapter 1. Air Force Logistics Command (open access)

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.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Command Study 8, Chapter 1. The Growth of Nation-States (open access)

Command Study 8, Chapter 1. The Growth of Nation-States

This booklet is the first chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about international relations. This chapter discusses "the characteristics of the nation-state and show how these characteristics have given rise to international conflict" (p. 1). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of suggested readings for further study.
Date: May 1962
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 3. The Cold War: A Protracted Conflict (open access)

Current Study 3. The Cold War: A Protracted Conflict

This book is the student text for a training course designed "to provide Reserve officers with a better understanding of the cold war; of the organization, resources, and methods used by the enemy to accomplish his aims; and of the strengths and weaknesses of the Communist World and Free World" (Introduction, p. vi). It consists of five lessons: The Communist Threat; The Soviet Nonmilitary Front; The Soviet Military Front: Doctrine and Organization; The Communist World: Strengths and Weaknesses; and The Free World: Strengths and Weaknesses. Each lesson includes background information, review questions, and a list of suggested readings for further study.
Date: July 1960
Creator: Detachment 1
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reserve Individual Survival and Recovery Course, Number 45-0001, Volume 2. Survival and Recovery Techniques (open access)

Reserve Individual Survival and Recovery Course, Number 45-0001, Volume 2. Survival and Recovery Techniques

This booklet is from Volume 2 of an Air Force Reserve element training course on individual survival. This book discusses survival tactics during and after a nuclear event. The name, "Paul A. Hill, Maj." can be seen written at the top right of the front cover, and notes can be seen written through the book and its attached worksheets.
Date: December 1961
Creator: Lowry Technical Training Center.
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
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 9, Chapter 5. Counterinsurgency: Answer to a Challenge (open access)

Command Study 9, Chapter 5. Counterinsurgency: Answer to a Challenge

This booklet is the fifth 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 provides "a general understanding of the nature of insurgency and counterinsurgency" (p.1). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of suggested readings for further study.
Date: November 1962
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
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
Course 2, Volume 3C. Communications Techniques: Supplementary Material (open access)

Course 2, Volume 3C. Communications Techniques: Supplementary Material

This booklet is the Course 2, Volume 3 unit, parts B and C, of an extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This book discusses supplementary material on problem solving and communication skills.
Date: June 1959
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
Object Type: Book
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 8, Chapter 5. The Population Explosion (open access)

Command Study 8, Chapter 5. The Population Explosion

This booklet is the fifth chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about international relations. This chapter discusses "the world population growth, consider[s] the prospects for future world population growth, and examine[s] a few of the problems caused by the rapid population growth in the less developed areas" (p. 2). It includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of suggested readings for further study.
Date: December 1962
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[USAF Extension Course Shipping List #4] (open access)

[USAF Extension Course Shipping List #4]

Shipping list of correspondence course items for the course two, volume two lesson plan from Air University at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama.
Date: December 22, 1959
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
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