Air Force Historical Research Agency






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The Air Force Historical Research Agency is the repository for United States Air Force historical documents.[1] The Agency's collection, begun during World War II in Washington, D.C. and moved in 1949 to Maxwell Air Force Base, the site of Air University, to provide research facilities for professional military education students, the faculty, visiting scholars, and the general public.[2]


The U.S Air Force History Office in Bolling Air Force Base
Building 5681 in Washington, D.C. houses microfilm copies of archival materials in the United States Air Force Historical Research Center at Maxwell Air Force Base. [3]


Published guides of the collection include the Air Force Historical Archives Document Classification Guide (1971), Personal Papers in the USAF Historical Research Center compiled.by Richard E. Morse and Thomas C. Lobenstein (1980), U.S. Air Force Oral History Catalog (1982), and the United States Air Force History: A Guide to Documentary Sources.[3]




Contents






  • 1 Holdings


  • 2 See also


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Holdings


Holdings include published and unpublished reports and oral histories on topics inclusing:



  • Col. Bernt Balchen correspondence, memos, and articles on polar regions

  • BRIG. GEN. William N. Best Air Force oral history program interview No. 717.

  • GEOPHYSICS IN CONNECTION WITH THE "INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE QUIET SUN" 1964-65

  • GERMAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE, WORLD WAR II report on its organization, duties, and responsibilities to the Luftwaffe. 1944.

  • 400TH AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS GROUP. History, 1963-73.

  • AIR WEATHER SERVICE history, 1945-46.

  • AIR WEATHER SERVICE history, 1966-67.

  • ARMY AIR FORCES TRAINING COMMAND history of the weather training program, 1939-1945.

  • CLIMATE AND WEATHER MODIFICATION Air Force History Narrative.

  • EASTERN TECHNICAL TRAINING COMMAND contract meteorology schools report on the experiment ato train Air Force Weather Officers, 1944

  • FIFTH AIR FORCE, history of participation in Project Grayback (Fulton surface-to-air recovery system) 1955

  • METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM, STUDY OF METEOROLOGY AFFECTING ALMOST EVERY PHASE OF AIR FORCE OPERATIONS, 1961.

  • THIRTEENTH AIR FORCE, history of participation in Project 119-L, which provided for a world wide meteorological survey between 1 Nov. 1955 and 1 April 1956

  • GEN Curtis Lemay correspondence on meteorology.

  • METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS DURING MILITARY OPERATIONS. 1942-present.

  • METEOROLOGICAL EQUIPMENT FOR POLAR ICE PACK STATION.

  • METEOROLOGICAL SOUNDING SYSTEM, AF Global Weather Central.

  • METEOROLOGICAL SURVEY, an aerial photography of Western Europe, etc. 1945.

  • METEOROLOGISTS TO THE BALLOON CORPS. , National Association of American Balloon Corps Veterans.[3]



See also




  • Air University

  • Maxwell Air Force Base

  • History of the United States Air Force

  • Fairchild Memorial Hall

  • Air Force History and Museums Program



References




  1. ^ Catherine D. Scott, ed., Aeronautics and Space Flight Collections (1985) New York: Hayworth Press, “United States Air Force Historical Collection” Lloyd H. Cornett, Jr., contributing author


  2. ^ Dysart, Mary Dixie (2012). "The Archives at the Air Force Historical Research Agency" (PDF). Maxwell Air Force Base: Air Force Historical Research Agency. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-09-18..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ abc "U.S. Air Force History Office". www.colby.edu.



External links



  • Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Army Air Forces Research Help

  • Air Force History Support Office

  • U.S. Air Force Museum












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