| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 426 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
From pathfinders to combat controllers, 1943-1954 -- Combat control, 1955-1964 -- The conflict in Southeast Asia, 1961-1975 -- Combat control and US national counterterrorism, 1976-1981 -- From Grenada to Special Tactics, 1981-1987 -- First fight : Special Tactics in Panama, 1989 -- Special Tactics evolves and deploys to Southwest Asia, 1986-1992 -- The battle of Mogadishu : Special Tactics in Somalia, 1993 -- Special Tactics, 1993-1999 : at home and in the Balkans -- Beginning the long war : Special Tactics at home and abroad, 1999-May 2003 -- Epilogue : 2003-2007 -- Appendix A : Combat Control's father-son combinations -- Appendix B : accomplishment of the Pathfinder Mission memo (Joint Airborne Troop Board) -- Appendix C : Accomplishment of the Pathfinder Mission memo (Eighteenth Air Force) -- Appendix D : Combat Control and pararescue interrelationships -- Appendix E : significant events chronology |
| Summary |
The Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) special tactics community is a small, tight-knit brotherhood of proficient and committed warriors, consisting of special tactics officers and combat controllers, combat rescue officers and pararescuemen, and officer and enlisted special operations weathermen. These warriors have consistently proven themselves to be an invaluable force multiplier throughout history in conflicts around the world. This is their story.--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-413) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource, PDF version; title from PDF title page (AUP, viewed March 16, 2018) |
| Subject |
United States. Air Force -- Combat controllers -- History
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United States. Air Force -- Commando troops -- History
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United States. Air Force Special Operations Command.
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United States. Air Force. fast (OCoLC)fst00538280 |
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United States. Air Force Special Operations Command. fast (OCoLC)fst00744069 |
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Special forces (Military science) -- United States -- History
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Armed Forces -- Combat controllers.
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Armed Forces -- Commando troops.
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Special forces (Military science)
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Air University (U.S.). Press, publisher.
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Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, issuing body.
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