Author: United States. Department of the ArmyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air defenses
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Air Defense Artillery Missile Battalion, HAWK.
Author: United States. Department of the ArmyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air defenses
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Air Defense Artillery Missile Unit, HAWK
Author: United States. Department of the ArmyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air defenses
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Qualification Program, Air Defense Artillery Weapons Systems (Hawk).
Author: United States. Department of the ArmyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air defenses
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
The HAWK Air Defense Missile System
Author: Marc RomanychPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472852192
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
This is the first history of the legendary US Army's HAWK missile system, the world's first mobile air-defense missile system, which saw service and combat around the world. Designed to counteract the threat posed by advanced 1950s Soviet-built aircraft, the first HAWK unit became operational in 1959. At its peak, it saw frontline service in the Far East, Panama, Europe, and in the Middle East. Units were also used during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, and Persian Gulf War. In the hands of other nations, HAWK proved its efficacy in combat during the Arab-Israeli Wars, Iran-Iraq War, Chadian-Libyan War, and the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Credited with shooting down more than 100 aircraft during its combat career, the HAWK system was respected for its lethality. Such was Soviet concern, that the USSR developed electronic jammers, anti-radiation missiles, and other countermeasures specifically to degrade its effectiveness. The US retired its HAWK systems soon after the Cold War ended in 1991 when air defense priorities shifted from aircraft to ballistic missile defense, yet a modernized version of the system remains in service to this day in many nations. Packed with archive photos and original artwork, this is the first book about the HAWK system. Featuring research from HAWK technical and field manuals, interviews with HAWK veterans, and detailing the authors' personal experiences with HAWK missile units, it provides a comprehensive study of one of the most lethal and effective air missile systems of all time.
Air Defense Artillery
Author: US Army air defense artillery employment, Hawk
Author: United States. Department of the ArmyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air defenses
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Employment, Chaparral/Vulcan
Author: United States. Department of the ArmyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air defenses
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
FM 44-1-2 AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY REFERENCE HANDBOOK
Author: U.S. ArmyPublisher: Jeffrey Frank Jones
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
I scanned the original manual at 1,200 dpi.
Blazing Skies
Author: John A. HamiltonPublisher: Department of the Army
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
The book is an authoritative history on the Army Air Defense Artillery Branch on Fort Bliss, Texas. Fort Bliss in 1940 was a cavalry post located on the Texas border. The post itself occupied the sixth location of what had been called Fort Bliss. In the summer of 1940 a number of Army National Guard antiaircraft regiments were called to active duty to spend one year protecting American cities and territories from air attack. In September the first antiaircraft regiment, the 202nd Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft) Regiment, arrived at Fort Bliss. Over the next four years the post became an antiaircraft training center and finally the Army antiaircraft training center. After the war, Fort Bliss became the premier guided missile testing and training center for the Army. All of the Nike missile battalions deployed to protect American cities during the Cold War trained there. As time passed, Fort Bliss expanded to 1.1 million acres, one of the largest Army posts in the world. By 1946, the antiaircraft arm was the owner of Fort Bliss. By 1957, the post had become the Air Defense Center and School for the United States Army. This book is the story of that progression until the Base Realignment and Closure announcement in 2005. By 2011, the Air Defense Artillery Center and School will be located at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. This will end the era of Air Defense Artillery ownership of Fort Bliss, Texas
Blazing skies: Air Defense Artillery on Fort Bliss, 1940-2009
Author: Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160869495
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
The book is an authoritative history on the Army Air Defense Artillery Branch on Fort Bliss, Texas. Fort Bliss in 1940 was a cavalry post located on the Texas border. The post itself occupied the sixth location of what had been called Fort Bliss. In the summer of 1940 a number of Army National Guard antiaircraft regiments were called to active duty to spend one year protecting American cities and territories from air attack. In September the first antiaircraft regiment, the 202nd Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft) Regiment, arrived at Fort Bliss. Over the next four years the post became an antiaircraft training center and finally the Army antiaircraft training center. After the war, Fort Bliss became the premier guided missile testing and training center for the Army. All of the Nike missile battalions deployed to protect American cities during the Cold War trained there. As time passed, Fort Bliss expanded to 1.1 million acres, one of the largest Army posts in the world. By 1946, the antiaircraft arm was the owner of Fort Bliss. By 1957, the post had become the Air Defense Center and School for the United States Army. This book is the story of that progression until the Base Realignment and Closure announcement in 2005. By 2011, the Air Defense Artillery Center and School will be located at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. This will end the era of Air Defense Artillery ownership of Fort Bliss, Texas