WWII AAF "AIR FORCE" (Jan. 1945, Vol. 28, No.1) magazine. MINT!

Description: WWII AAF “AIR FORCE” (August 1945, Vol. 28, No. 8) “The Official Service Journal of the U.S. Army Air Force,” U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE – 596130 SCARCE! SCARCE! SCARCE! EXCELLENT! No toning. Never folded. No tears. No stains. “AIR FORCE” (formerly the “Air Forces News Letter”) was the official monthly publication of the U.S. Army Air Forces printed by the authority of AAF Reg. 5-6 (6 Sept.. 1942) and with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, Executive Office of the President. + 64 pages, stapled 'monthly.'+ B/W full page photo cover with left side FULL COLOR vertical-marginal banner depicting each of the Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of the commands 1st - 20th Air Force). + Dimensions: 8-1/2” x 11” + Photographs, APO correspondence, article, news of the past week(s), pin-ups, sports news in the Pacific Ocean Area of the Pacific Theater as well as Stateside, editorial, cartoons. + This issue is a "slice of time" covering the air war waged by fighters, bombers, ground crews B-29 Superforts, C-47s P-47 Thunderbolts, and P-51 Mustangs, etc.) in the air war against the Axis powers and Japan Loaded with "granular detail" of daily life (in the air and on the ground) about combat in the closing months of the bitter fighting in China, Central Europe, the Western Pacific and the skies over Japan. It contains first hand, eyewitness accounts of what it took to wage that war. This is a "primary source document" for researchers, collectors, and any student of the AAF's air war against Germany and Japan. + Numerous large format 2-page photographs, illustrations of aircraft, personal equipment, uniforms, maps, and sketches!! Articles: “Target: Japan” (an AF staff member goes on the first B-29 Tokyo mission) “Almost Too Simple” (a Crew Chief talks about the maintenance of jet aircraft) “Into Hidden Valley” (it took gliders, guts, and a lot of cannibals to build this strip) “Our Air-Ground Trouble Shooters” (ground forces in Germany turn to to ASP boys for air cooperation) “Mayday, Mayday, Mayday” (air-sea rescue in the ETO is no longer strictly a British show) “Airlock in Italy” (how tactical air power strangled the Nazis in Central Italy) “They Still Have Plenty of Flak” (this B-17’s lst flight over Germany was plenty rough) “Prepare to Bail Out” (the technique of parachute jumping can be learned on the ground) “What It Takes” (these medium bomber boys in China had it – and then some) “Special Delivery to No-Man’s Land” (when the airborne army needed supplies, our C-47s came through) “Fighter Combat” (more tips on tactics form some leading fighter pilots in the ETO) “Fist Fight” (a veteran fighter pilot recalls his first combat victims) “Winterization” (how the AAF combats cold weather to keep its planes flying) Departments: This Is Your Country Cross Country Technique Features: How Sharp Are You? Intercom China Caricatures AIR FORCE Quiz Shooting the Breeze

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