To War on Tubing and Canvas : A Case Study in the Interrelationships between Technology, Training, Doctrine and Organization

By Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan C. Noetzel, USAF

Book Id: WPLBN0002170831
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Reproduction Date: 10/23/2012

Title:	To War on Tubing and Canvas : A Case Study in the Interrelationships between Technology, Training, Doctrine and Organization
Author:	Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan C. Noetzel, USAF
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Military Science, Combat Glider
Collections:	Authors Community, Technology
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Publisher:	Air University Press

Member Page:	Air University Press
Citation APA MLA Chicago Colonel Jonathan C. Noetzel, Usa, B. L. (n.d.). To War on Tubing and Canvas : A Case Study in the Interrelationships between Technology, Training, Doctrine and Organization. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
The study reviews each forces combat glider experience and analyzes it in light of the glider doctrine, or lack thereof, with which each began the war. While military cargo gliders have seen their day, recent technological advances in gliders make them a viable platform for certain missions requiring stealth and silence.

Table of Contents
ABSTRACT ii INTRODUCTION 1 PRE-WAR DEVELOPMENT 3 The Early Years in Germany 3 Early Gliders in the US 4 A US Military Glider? For What Purpose? 4 Gliders Head Into Combat. 5 Come Join the Glider pilot Corps! 8 Glider pilot Training Shortfalls 9 Military Gliders in Britain 12 OPERATIONAL USE OF GLIDERS 13 Germany 13 Early Commando Raids 14 Crete 15 Other Operations 16 US and Great Britain 17 Sicily 17 British Gliders are First to Normandy 24 US Glider Pilots Join the War in France 20 Disappointment at Arnhem 22 Operation Market 22 Glider Success Over the Rhine? 23 Operation Dragoon 24 US Commando Operations in Burma 25 Summation 26 POST-WAR GLIDER POLICY 27 TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN GLIDERS 29 TODAYS LIMITED MILITARY ROLE FOR GLIDERS 31 CONCLUSIONS 32 NOTES 36 BIBLIOGRAPHY 42