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Course 2, Volume 1B. Background Information on the Soviet Union

Description: This booklet is the Course 2 Volume 1B unit of an extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This book discusses background information on the people, culture, geography, and industry of the Soviet Union.
Date: September 1958
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Course 2, Volume 1C. Two Worlds in Conflict

Description: This booklet is the Course 2, Volume 1, Part C issue of an extension training course developed for Air Force personnel. This book discusses the history and spread of the concept of democracy, especially as it pertains to 'American democracy" in comparison to communist ideologies. The book contains a blank exam on the material in the back..
Date: January 1960
Creator: Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute.
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Command Study 4. Elements of Aerospace Warfare

Description: 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, Personne… more
Date: October 1960
Creator: Detachment 1
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Current Study 3. The Cold War: A Protracted Conflict

Description: 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… more
Date: July 1960
Creator: Detachment 1
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Journal: Citizen Ambassador Program, World War II Women Airforce Service Pilots Delegation to the Soviet Union, May 3-16, 1990

Description: Journal documenting the trip several Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II took to Moscow, Russia in 1990 to meet with a group of Russian Night Witches who also served in the war. The book includes a biography section of each WASP that made the trip, letters from the WASP to Presidents Bush and Gorbachev, and a letter from the Soviets. Two loose leaflets included with the book are a bibliography of books about the WASP and a flyer from Texas A&M Press about a new book on WASP training a… more
Date: 1990-05-03/1990-05-24
Creator: Lazarsky, Barbara Ward
Partner: National WASP WWII Museum
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