Wings over the Mexican Border Pioneer Military Aviation in the Big Bend

Name: Wings over the Mexican Border Pioneer Military Aviation in the Big Bend
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ISBN: 9780292770812

ISBN-10: 0292770812

ISBN-13: 9780292770812

Edition: 1997

Authors: Kenneth B. Ragsdale

List price: $28.95

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Against a backdrop of revolution, border banditry, freewheeling aerial dramatics, and World War II comes this compelling look at the rise of U.S. combat aviation at an unlikely proving grounda remote airfield in the rugged reaches of the southwestern Texas borderlands. Here, at Elmo Johnson' Big Bend ranch, hundreds of young Army Air Corps pilots demonstrated the U.S. military' reconnaissance and emergency response capabilities and, in so doing, dramatized the changing role of the airplane as an instrument of war and peace. Kenneth Ragsdale' gripping account not only sets the United States squarely in the forefront of aerial development but also provides a reflective look at U.S.-Mexican…

Book details

List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 4/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 294
Size: 5.80" wide x 8.90" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English