Williamsburg Regional Library

Langley, a centennial history, 1916-2016, Office of History, Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Virginia

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 13-18, 29-33, 64-75, 97-105, 120-122, 145-151)

federal national government publication

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no index present

non fiction

Langley

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Office of History, Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Virginia

a centennial history, 1916-2016

Commemorates the history of Langley over the last century

Chapter I, A Tidewater heritage. Benjamin Syms and the Syms Free School -- Battles at Big Bethel -- Lamington, Bloomfield, and Chesterville -- Shellbank -- Sherwood Plantation and the Sherwood/Booker Cemetery -- Hollier grave site -- Chapter II, A place like no other. Selecting a suitable location -- Albert Kahn signs on -- Early construction -- Slow and difficult progress -- Changing plans -- Postwar slowdown -- Chapter III, The center of combat aviation -- A cast of thousands -- The lighter-than-air mission -- Air Corps tactical school -- Training and maneuvers -- General Headquarters Air Force -- Langley and the Flying Fortress -- Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory : high-tech tenant -- Construction and expansion between the wars -- Langley at war, 1941-1945 -- Chapter IV, Tactical air to global power. Cold War operations -- A new expeditionary era -- Air defense and other missions -- Langley AFB and racial integration -- Construction and facilities after World War II -- Chapter V, Langley in the new millennium. Global missions -- A new global war -- Always first, always ready-- Total force and joint basing -- Continuing transformation -- Celebrating a century -- A centennial chronology of Langley, 1916-2016 -- Bibliography

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