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.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Path of Flight: Practical Information About Navigation of Private Aircraft (open access)

Path of Flight: Practical Information About Navigation of Private Aircraft

Manual compiled by the Civil Aeronautics Administration to provide private pilots with essential information on aircraft navigation.
Date: 1958
Creator: United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joseph B. Winner to Paul A. Hill, June 30, 1955 (open access)

[Letter from Joseph B. Winner to Paul A. Hill, June 30, 1955

Letter from Joseph B. Winner to Paul A. Hill advising Hill that he has been credited with 60 points for the anniversary year ending June 30, 1955. Winner asks Hill to contact Headquarters in the event that he has not been credited the correct amount of points.
Date: June 30, 1955
Creator: Winner, Joseph B.
Object Type: Letter
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.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Squadron Officer School Correspondence Course, Volume 5C. Examination Form B (open access)

Squadron Officer School Correspondence Course, Volume 5C. Examination Form B

Examination booklet to accompany the Volume 5C of an extension training course developed for Air Force personnel.
Date: October 1957
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Squadron Officer School Correspondence Course, Volume 6. (open access)

Squadron Officer School Correspondence Course, Volume 6.

Filled out correspondence exam for an Air Force squadron officer course on the the development of Air Force doctrine and policy.
Date: January 1958
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
The National Plan for Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization (open access)

The National Plan for Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Pamphlet on the basic preparations for national emergency in the United States. It covers topics such as war, national vulnerabilities, various forms of attack from international enemies, and the likely aftermath of a national attack. A clipping from the Journal of The American Dental Association can be seen tapped into the back of the pamphlet which discusses the mobilization of Army and civilian dentists as physicians during national emergency.
Date: June 1959
Creator: United States. Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dentistry in National Emergencies] (open access)

[Dentistry in National Emergencies]

Paper on the topic of training and utilizing dentists as emergency medics and conductors of public health in times of national emergency.
Date: June 1958
Creator: Executive Office of the President Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Squadron Officer School Correspondence Course, Volume 5, Part B. Communications-Electronics (open access)

Squadron Officer School Correspondence Course, Volume 5, Part B. Communications-Electronics

Filled out correspondence exam for an Air Force squadron officer course.
Date: July 1957
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Graded Test Answer Sheet For Horace Bartlett] (open access)

[Graded Test Answer Sheet For Horace Bartlett]

Filled in and graded answer sheet for a test taken by Horace E. Bartlett, along with a blank student progress sheet, a book order form, and a list of books available to purchase from Maxwell Air Force Base. These are paired with an envelope addressed to Bartlett in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: October 1, 1957
Creator: Bartlett, Horace E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Squadron Officer School Correspondence Course, Volume 1. American Foreign Policy in Growth and Action (open access)

Squadron Officer School Correspondence Course, Volume 1. American Foreign Policy in Growth and Action

Filled out correspondence exam on American foreign policy for an Air Force squadron officer course.
Date: February 1958
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Air Force Reading Guide (open access)

An Air Force Reading Guide

Air Force pamphlet listing a reading list of books written under relevant military subjects, such as economics, government, science, and military history.
Date: 1958-12-19/1959
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Pamphlet
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.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Course 2A, Volume 5E. Personnel: Examination (open access)

Course 2A, Volume 5E. Personnel: Examination

Examination booklet to accompany the Volume 5E of an extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This book discusses military personnel encountered in the Air Force.
Date: February 1958
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[USAF Extension Course Shipping List #2] (open access)

[USAF Extension Course Shipping List #2]

Shipping list of correspondence course items and printer error corrections from Air University at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama.
Date: July 10, 1959
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Medical Exam for Nathan Billingsley] (open access)

[Medical Exam for Nathan Billingsley]

Medical examination report for Nathan Alonzo Billingsley Jr., qualifying him for reserve duty as an Air Force Captain.
Date: September 19, 1956
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Squadron Officer School Correspondence Course, Volume 5, Part F. Operations (open access)

Squadron Officer School Correspondence Course, Volume 5, Part F. Operations

Filled out correspondence exam on military operations for an Air Force squadron officer course.
Date: February 1958
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Course 2, Volume 2. Organization for National Security: Examination (open access)

Course 2, Volume 2. Organization for National Security: Examination

Examination booklet to accompany the 2nd unit of an extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This book discusses the organization for national security.
Date: November 1959
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Air Force Reserve Orders Number 116] (open access)

[Air Force Reserve Orders Number 116]

Reassignment orders for a list of various U.S. Air Force officers.
Date: June 17, 1952
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Course 2A, Volume 16. Two Worlds in Conflict: Examination (open access)

Course 2A, Volume 16. Two Worlds in Conflict: Examination

Examination booklet to accompany Course 2A, Volume 16 of a extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This phase discusses the USSR, democratic socialism, Marxism, Stalin, the United States, and the Great Depression, among other things. Included are the the Volume 16 graded answer sheet as well as a graded answer sheet for a Volume 14 examination.
Date: December 1959
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[USAF Extension Course Catalog] (open access)

[USAF Extension Course Catalog]

Catalog list of courses available for the United States Air Force correspondence lessons.
Date: July 1952
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Squadron Officer School Correspondence Course, Volume 1B. Background Information on the Soviet Union (open access)

Squadron Officer School Correspondence Course, Volume 1B. Background Information on the Soviet Union

Filled out correspondence exam on the Soviet Union for an Air Force squadron officer course.
Date: September 1958
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Administrative Practices: Authorized Abbreviations (open access)

Administrative Practices: Authorized Abbreviations

List of approved military abbreviations for use by United States Air Force personnel and administrative staff.
Date: May 8, 1953
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[USAF Correspondence Course Suggested Additional Readings] (open access)

[USAF Correspondence Course Suggested Additional Readings]

List of suggested books for additional reading for volume two of an Air Force correspondence course.
Date: November 1955
Creator: Air University Library
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History