A collection of articles related to Hap Arnold, patriarch of the Air Force.
The following article on Pacific air forces is an excerpt from Bill Yenne's book Hap Arnold: The General Who Invented the US Air Force. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Crafting an Allied Air Strategy with Pacific Air Forces The “Germany first” policy had made the Pacific…
The following article on WW2 Air Strategy is an excerpt from Bill Yenne's book Hap Arnold: The General Who Invented the US Air Force. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. On November 11, 1943, US Army Air Forces Commander Hap Arnold was on his way overseas once again,…
The following article on air supremacy is an excerpt from Bill Yenne's book Hap Arnold: The General Who Invented the US Air Force. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Origins of the US Struggle for Air Supremacy The story of America's struggle to achieve air supremacy in…
The following article on US Air Force history is an excerpt from Bill Yenne's book Hap Arnold: The General Who Invented the US Air Force. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. US Air Force History In late 1941 and early 1942 the top British and American military leaders…
The following article on General Henry Arnold is an excerpt from Bill Yenne's book Hap Arnold: The General Who Invented the US Air Force. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The legacy of General Henry Arnold is manifest in the existence of the United States Air Force…
The following article is an excerpt from Bill Yenne's book Hap Arnold: The General Who Invented the US Air Force. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Hap Arnold wrote in his memoirs that “throughout the war, I tried to have the Air Force operate under certain fundamental…
The following article is an excerpt from Bill Yenne’s book Hap Arnold: The General Who Invented the US Air Force. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Henry Harley Arnold — known as Hap Arnold — is the founding father of of the U.S. Air Force. It…