The History of Dyess Air Force Base: 1941 to the Present

by George A. Larson

This book covers the history of Dyess Air Force Base from 1941 to the present. The reader is led from the construction and World War II training operations through the Cold War with the Soviet Union, to bomber and missile nuclear alert, and to the transition of a world-wide conventional weapons response capability with the B-1B and air mobility options provided by the C-130 Hercules transport. The book includes a photo tour of the base as well as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764348221
• ISBN13: 9780764348228
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 3.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.8" x 11.1"