Army Air Forces Numbered Historical Studies

[The full list of studies is shown, although only those relevant to WWII are available here.]
  1. The Glider Pilot Training Program [Part 2]
  2. Initial Selection of Candidates for Pilot, Bombardier and Navigator Training
  3. Barrage Balloon Development in the US Army Air Corps 1923 to 1942
  4. Alaskan Air Defense and the Japanese Invasion of the Aleutians [Part 2]
  5. Individual Training of Bombardiers
  6. The Development of the Heavy Bomber 1918-1944
  7. Legislation relating to the Army Air Forces Training Program 1939-1945
  8. Bombsight Maintenance Training in the AAF
  9. The AAF in Australia to the summer of 1942
  10. Organization of the Army Air Arm 1935-1945
  11. Personnel Problems Relating to AAF Commissioned Officers 1939-1945
  12. The Tenth Air Force, 1942
  13. The Development of Tactical Doctrines at AAFSAT and AAFTAC
  14. Inspection Control in the AAF 1939-1945
  15. Procurement of Aircrew Trainees
  16. Legislation Relating to the AAF Personnel Program 1939-1945
  17. Air Action in the Papuan Campaign, 21 July 1942 to 23 January 1943
  18. Pilot Transition to Combat Aircraft
  19. Civilian Volunteer Activities in the AAF
  20. Comparative History of Research and Development Policies Affecting Air Material 1915-1944
  21. The Aviation Cadet Ground Duty Program: Policy, Procurement, and Assignment
  22. Legislation Relating to the AAF Material Program 1939-1945
  23. Development of Aeromedical Evacuation in the USAF 1909-1960
  24. Command of Observation Aviation-A Study in Control of Tactical Airpower
  25. Organization of Military Aeronautics 1907-1936
  26. Individual Training in Aircraft Maintenance in the AAF
  27. Individual Training of Navigators in the AAF
  28. Development of Administrative Planning and Control in the AAF
  29. Summary of Air Action in the Philippines and Netherlands East Indies, 7 December 1941 to 26 March 1942 (Statistical Only)
  30. Ninth Air Force in the Western Desert Campaign to 23 January 1943
  31. Flexible Gunnery Training in the AAF
  32. Ninth Air Force in the ETO [European Theater of Operations], 16 October 1943 to 16 April 1944
  33. Administrative History of the Ferrying Command, 29 May 1941 to 30 June 1942
  34. Army Air Forces in the War Against Japan, 1941-1942
  35. Guadalcanal and the Origins of the Thirteenth Air Force
  36. Ninth Air Force Operations, April-November 1944
  37. Participation of the Ninth and Twelfth Air Forces in the Sicilian Campaign
  38. Operational History of the Seventh Air Force, 6 November 1943 to 31 July 1944
  39. Legislation relating to The Air Corps Personnel and Training Programs 1907 to 1939
  40. Expansion of Industrial Facilities under Army Air Forces Auspices 1940-1945
  41. Operational History of the Seventh Air Force, 7 December 1941 to 6 November 1943
  42. Air Defense of the Panama Canal 1 Jan 1939 to 7 Dec 1941
  43. The Fifth Air Force in the Conquest of the Bismarck Archipelago, November 1943 to March 1944
  44. Evolution of the Liaison Type Airplane 1917-1944
  45. Development of the South Pacific Air Route
  46. Organization of Military Aeronautics 1935-1945(Executive, Congressional, and War Department Action)
  47. Development and Procurement of Gliders in the Army Air Forces 1941-1944
  48. Preflight Training in the AAF 1939-1944
  49. Basic Military Training in the AAF 1939-1944
  50. Material Research and Development in the Army Air Arm 1914-1945
  51. The Maintenance of Army Aircraft in the United States 1939-1945
  52. The Reduction of Pantelleria and Adjacent Islands, 8 May-14 June 1943
  53. Organization of AAF Training Activities 1939-1945
  54. Development of Aircraft Gun Turrets in the AAF 1917-1944
  55. Women Pilots with the AAF 1941-1944
  56. Weather Training in the AAF 1937-1945
  57. Statistical Control in the Army Air Forces
  58. Civilian Personnel Administration in the AAF 1939-1945
  59. Demobilization Planning for the USAF
  60. Individual Training in Aircraft Armament by the AAF 1939-1945
  61. Combat Crew and Unit Training in the AAF 1939-1945
  62. The Modification of Army Aircraft in the United States
  63. Acquisition of Air Bases in Latin America June 1939-June 1943
  64. Training of Foreign Nationals by the AAF 1939-1945 [Part 2]
  65. Aviation Gasoline Production and Control
  66. AAF Air Defense Activities in the Mediterranean 1942-1944
  67. Standardization of Air Material 1939-1944 Controls Policies and Procedures
  68. Purchasing Policies Controls and Procedures for AAF Material
  69. Development of AAF Base Facilities in the United States 1939-1945
  70. Tactical Operations of the Eighth Air Force, 6 June 1944-8 May 1945
  71. USAF Operations in the Korean Conflict 25 June to 1 Nov 1950
  72. USAF Operations in the Korean Conflict 1 Nov 1950-30 June 1952
  73. A Preliminary list of USAF Aces 1917-1953
  74. Airborne Missions in the Mediterranean 1942-1945
  75. Air Supply in the Burma Campaigns
  76. Classification and Assignment of Enlisted Men in the Army Air Arm 1917-1945
  77. Redeployment and Demobilization
  78. Morale in the AAF in WWII
  79. Policies and Procedures Governing Elimination From AAF Schools 1939-1945
  80. Air Force Participation in Joint Army-Air Force Training Exercises 1947 to 1950
  81. USAF Credits for the Destruction of Enemy Aircraft Korean War
  82. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II
  83. (Number not assigned.)
  84. Legislative History of the AAF and USAF 1941 to 1951
  85. USAF Credits for the Destruction of Enemy Aircraft, World War II
  86. Close Air Support in the Air War against Japan
  87. (Number not assigned.)
  88. The Employment of Strategic Bombers in a Tactical Role 1941 to 1951
  89. The Development of Air Doctrine in the Army Air Arm 1917-1941
  90. History of Preflight Training in the AAF 1941 to 1953
  91. Biographical Data on Air Force General Officers 1917 to 1952 (2 vols.) [Part 2, Part 3, Part 4]
  92. Development of Night Air Operations 1941-1952
  93. Development of AAF and USAF Training Concepts and Programs, 1941-1952
  94. Air Force Participation in Joint Amphibious Training Exercises, 1946-1950
  95. Air-Sea Rescue 1941-1952
  96. The Army Air Forces in Amphibious Landings in World War II
  97. Airborne Operations in World War II European Theater
  98. The United States Army Air Arm, April 1861 to April 1917
  99. The Development and Function of AAF OCS and OTS 1942-1951
  100. History of the Air Corps Tactical School
  101. The AAF in the South Pacific to October 1942
  102. Origins of the Eighth Air Force: Plans, Organization, Doctrines
  103. The Ploesti Mission of 1 August 1943
  104. The Tenth Air Force, 1 January-10 March 1943
  105. Air Phase of the North African Invasion, November 1942
  106. Distribution of Air Material to the Allies 1939 to 1944
  107. The Antisubmarine Command
  108. The AAF in the Middle East A Study of the Origins of the Ninth Air Force [Part 2]
  109. The Fourteenth Air Force to 1 October 1943
  110. The War Against the Luftwaffe: AAF Counter-Air Operations, April 1943-June 1944
  111. Army Air Action in the Philippines and Netherlands East Indies, 1941-1942
  112. History of the Twentieth Air Force: Genesis
  113. The Fifth Air Force in the Huon Peninsula Campaign, January to October 1943
  114. The Twelfth Air Force in the North African Winter Campaign, 11 November 1942 to the Reorganization of 18 February 1943
  115. Air Phase of the Italian Campaign to 1 January 1944
  116. The Fifth Air Force in the Huon Peninsula Campaign, October 1943 to February 1944
  117. The Tenth Air Force, 1943
  118. The Early Operations of the Eighth Air Force and the Origins of the Combined Bomber Offensive, 17 August 1942 to 10 June 1943
  119. The Combined Bomber Offensive, April thru December 1943
  120. The Thirteenth Air Force, March-October 1943
  121. Special Operations: AAF Aid to European Resistance Movements, 1943-1945
  122. The Combined Bomber Offensive, 1 January to 6 June 1944
  123. History of the Air Force Civilian Training Program 1941-1951
  124. The Teaching of Military History in Colleges and Universities of the United States
  125. Analysis of the Pre-Invasion Air Operations, Pacific Area, November-December 1943
  126. The Development of Continental Air Defense to 1 Sept 1954
  127. USAF Operations in the Korean Conflict 1 July 1952 -27 July 1953
  128. Combat Chronology 1941-1945
  129. Air Force Participation in Joint Army-Air Force Training Exercises 1951-1954
  130. [Number not assigned.]
  131. The United States Air Forces in Korea, 1950-1953
  132. Air Interdiction in China in World War II
  133. US Air Service Victory Credits WWI
  134. (Number not assigned)
  135. Reconnaissance in Southeast Asia, 1960-1975
  136. Development of the Long Range Escort Fighter
  137. (Number not assigned.)
  138. A History of the United States Air Force, 1907-1957
  139. Ideas, Concepts, Doctrine--A History of Basic Thinking in the USAF 1907-1964
  140. Air Force Combat Units of World War II [Part 2]
  141. The World War I Diary of Col. Frank P. Lahm--Air Service--AEF
  142. (Number not assigned.)
  143. Air Force Contribution to US Public Works
  144. The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia: The Advisory Years to 1965
  145. U.S. Air Force Combat Victory Credits, Southeast Asia
  146. Aces & Aerial Victories in the United States Air Force in Southeast Asia 1965-1973
  147. U.S. Air Service in World War I
  148. (Number not assigned.)
  149. The Air Force in Southeast Asia--The RF-101 Voodoo 1961-1970
  150. The German Luftwaffe in the Spanish Civil War-Condor Legion [Part 2]
  151. The Luftwaffe in the Polish Campaign (3 vols.) [Part 2, Part 3, Part 4]
  152. The Campaign in Western Europe 1939-1940 (3 vols.) [Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11]
  153. The German Air Force versus Russia--1941 [Part 2]
  154. The German Air Force versus Russia--1942 [Part 2, Part 3]
  155. The German Air Force versus Russia--1943 [Part 2]
  156. (Number not assigned.)
  157. Operation SEA LION and the Role of the Luftwaffe in the Planned Invasion of England [Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Part 1, Vol. 3, Part 2
  158. The German Air Force versus the Allies in the West, The Air War in the West
  159. The German Air Force versus the Allies in the West, The German Air Defense Volumes 2, Part 1 [Vol. 2, Part 2; Vol. 3, Part 1 Vol. 3, Part 2, Vol. 4, Vol. 5, Vol. 10, Vol. 15]
  160. Development of the German Air Force, 1919-1939 [Part 2]
  161. The German Air Service versus the Allies in the Mediterranean [Part 2, Part 3 Part 4, Part 5 Part 6, Part 7]
  162. The Battle of Crete [Part 2]
  163. German Air Force Operations in Support of the Army [Part 2]
  164. German Air Force Air Defense Operations [Vol. 1, Part 2, Vol. 2, Part 1 Vol. 2, Part 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4, Vol. 10, Vol. 11]
  165. (Number not assigned.)
  166. (Number not assigned.)
  167. German Air Force Airlift Operations [Part 2, Part 3]
  168. The Air-Sea Rescue Service of the Luftwaffe in World War II [Part 2]
  169. Technical Training within the German Luftwaffe [Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5]
  170. Procurement in the German Air Force [Part 2, Part 3, Part 4]
  171. The Collection And Evaluation of Intelligence For The German Air Force High Command [Part 2]
  172. Medical and Health Services in the German Air Force
  173. The German Air Force General Staff [Part 2]
  174. Command and Leadership in the German Air Force [Part 2]
  175. The Russian Air Force in the Eyes of German Commanders [Part 2, Part 3]
  176. Russian Reactions to German Air Power in World War II
  177. Airpower and Russian Partisan Warfare
  178. Problems of Fighting a Three Front War
  179. Problems in the Conduct of a Day and Night Defensive Air War [Part 2, Part 3]
  180. Problems of Long Range All Weather Intruder Aircraft
  181. (Number not assigned.)
  182. Fighter Bomber Operations in Situations of Air Inferiority [Vol. 1, Part 2, Vol. 2]
  183. Anglo-American Techniques of Strategic Warfare in the Air [Part 2, Part 3]
  184. Impact of Allied Air Attacks on German Divisions and Other Army Forces in Zones of Combat
  185. The Effect of the Allied Air Attacks on the Ground Echelon of the Luftwaffe in Eastern Europe in 1944
  186. The System of Target Selection Applied By The German Air Force in World War II [Vol. 1, Part 2, Vol. 2, Part 1, Vol. 2, Part 2]
  187. Lutfwaffe Methods in Selection of Offensive Weapons [Vol. 2]
  188. The German Passive Air Defense Services, Volumes 1 & 2 [Vol. 1, Part 2, Vol. 1, Part 3, Vol. 1, Part 4, Vol. 2, Part 1, Vol. 2, Part 2]
  189. Historical Turning Points in the German Air Force
  190. The Organization of the German Air Force High Command and Higher Echelon Headquarters Within the German Air Force [Part 2]
  191. The Radio Intercept Service of the German Air Force [Vol. 1, Part 2, Vol. 2, Part 1 Vol. 2, Part 2]
  192. The Planning and Development of Bombs for the German Air Force, 1925-1945
  193. The Development of German Aircraft Armament to 1945
  194. The Development of German Antiaircraft Weapons and Equipment of all Types up to 1945 [Part 2, Part 3]
  195. Technical Training in the German Air Force (in German)

Last updated: 17 February 2010

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