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This work is a synopsis of the involvement of the 1st and 2nd Air Commando Groups alongside other Allied forces from May 1944 to May 1945 in the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Multiple lesser-known operations are included as well as minor assistance provided to friendly forces and novel uses of technology used to achieve victory in the theater. The assumptions that the conflict in Burma ended at the completion of Operation Thursday and the belief that victory was a forgone conclusion are both faulty. One can only win a conflict when the enemy accepts that it has lost. This work is also a pictorial record to provide visuals of the conflict and enhance the narrative beyond statistics and facts.

[Benjamin F. Schumacher / 2021 / 35 pages / ISSN 2687-7260 / AU Press Code: WF-86]

[David A. Loska / 2021 / no. 208 / 978-1-58566-308-8 / AU Press Code: no. B-170]

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[Martin Loicano and Craig C. Felker / 2021 / 384 pages / ISBN 9781585663095 / AU Press Code: B-171]

[Trevor A. Gustafson / 2021 / 23 pages / ISSN 2687-7260 / AU Press Code: WF-84]

We developed this publication to support Command Teams – commanders, senior enlisted leaders, and spouses – who want (or need) to enhance public education options for their personnel. It provides an approach, resources, and examples to help you address the most common K-12 challenges affecting military installations.

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[Joshua A. Faustman / 2021 / 34 pages / ISSN 2687-7260 / AU Press Code: WF-83]

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Published amid the ongoing debate over the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, Air Force Col Dan Magruder provides an examination of the strategic rationale that underpins that decision. Magruder, a fellow at the Brookings Institution and a veteran of that conflict, argues that the “strategic baggage” of a continued American military presence in the Middle East is hindering force recapitalization and a pivot to great power competition. By focusing on the most dangerous threats to national security, the Air Force, and the nation, can avoid the more common but less existential entanglements that inhibit our ability to adequately defend the country. [Col Daniel L. Magruder, Jr., USAF / 2021 / 57 pages / AU Press Code: P-132]

Since women were first allowed to officially join the US military in 1948, their integration into the traditionally masculine domain of war fighting has been both evolutionary and revolutionary. The Air Force has never known an existence without women in the ranks, which in turn has helped shape the perception, available opportunities, and utilization of female Airmen over the last 72 years. This definitive history draws from surviving extant records—scarce though they might be, in an institution not always given to chronicling the contributions of its female members—as well as interviews with the people who lived and made the history as it happened. What was it like being a woman in the Air Force throughout the decades? What challenges did these women face? How did they perceive their role in the force? What were their successes and where is there desire for change today? Perhaps most importantly, how can this historical context be used to help define and create the Air Force of the future? [Marissa N. Kester / 2021 / 231 pp / 978-1-58566-310-1 / B-172]

This book is the account of the 803rd Aviation Engineer Battalion and its deployment to the Philippines during WWII. It is a cautionary tale, detailing the failures of leadership at all levels which led to ineffective infrastructure development, and eventually, the destruction of the heavy bomber fleet and the attrition of troops due to disease and death from a lack of supplies and support. [Paul W. Ropp / 2021 / 559 pages / ISBN 9781585663033 / AU Press Code: B-166]

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[Matthew Hanson, Jennifer Garrison, Christopher Backus, Lea Ann Calderwood, Catherine Callender, Melissa Dooley / 2021 / 118 pages / ISSN 1528-2325 / AU Press Code: P-130]

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