Research Catalog

Title

Brothers in berets : the evolution of Air Force Special Tactics, 1953-2003 / Forrest L. Marion ; in conjunction with Air Force Special Operations Command.

Author

Marion, Forrest L.

Publication

Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Air University Press, Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, 2018.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Air University (U.S.). Press, publisher.
• Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, issuing body.

Description

xv, 426 pages : illustrations, color map; 23 cm

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.

Alternative Title

• Evolution of Air Force Special Tactics, 1953-2003
• Air Force Special Tactics, 1953-2003

Subject

• United States. Air Force > Combat controllers > History
• United States. Air Force > Commando troops > History
• United States. Air Force Special Operations Command
• United States. Air Force
• Special forces (Military science) > United States > History
• Armed Forces > Combat controllers
• Armed Forces > Commando troops
• Special forces (Military science)
• United States

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Shipping list no.: 2018-0155-P.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-413) and index.

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.

Call Number

JFE 18-5951

ISBN

• 9781585662821
• 1585662828

LCCN

2017059577

OCLC

1019834278

Author

Marion, Forrest L., author.

Title

Brothers in berets : the evolution of Air Force Special Tactics, 1953-2003 / Forrest L. Marion ; in conjunction with Air Force Special Operations Command.

Publisher

Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Air University Press, Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, 2018.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-413) and index.

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PDF version

Added Author

Air University (U.S.). Press, publisher.

Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, issuing body.

Other Form:

Online version: Marion, Forrest L. Brothers in berets. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Air University Press, Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, 2018 (OCoLC)1028747188

Gpo Item No.

0422-K

Sudoc No.

D 301.26/6:T 11

Research Call Number

JFE 18-5951