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Weber’s Research in Lawrence Freed- about his time in DFH from the AEF observation bal-
Award-Winning Title on the man, reviewing the book 1978 to 1981. “I enjoyed teach- loons and today’s high
Civil War in Foreign Affairs, provid- ing and working with men of altitude and stratospheric
ed this summary: “the the highest caliber.” After he balloons and aerostats.
design and production of retired, John spent many years “Looking Back from the
two fighter aircraft—the F as director of admissions at his Age of ISR: U.S Observa-
-15 and the F-16—were alma mater, Hobart College. tion Balloons in the First
initially shaped by a group Look for the book on Amazon. World War” ran in the
of purists, including engi- September 2021 issue of
neers and pilots, who Air Power History.
wanted simple, agile air-
craft that would prevail in
dogfights and that would Clodfelter in Æther
not be saddled with super-
"Peace and Dissent in the fluous roles, such as at- The Air University has re-
North" by Jennifer L. Weber, tacking ground positions. configured and rebranded its
DFH's Civil War expert, was professional journals. Old
included in the Cambridge In this lively, absorbing hands will remember the yes-
History of the American Civil account, Hankins demon- teryear Air University Review;
War, vol. 2, Affairs of the strates the influence of a among its editors were three
State, which won the Society specific culture that cele-
for Military History's 2021 brated the fighter pilot as a former members of DFH –
Distinguished Book Award - Eldon Downs, Joe Guilmar-
Reference. The piece discusses “knight of the air” who tin, and Earl Tilford. In more
the surprising amount of dis- “thrilled to aerial combat.” recent years AU has published
sent in the North during the Looking Back at the two successors -- Air & Space
Civil War. Conservative Dem- Brian Laslie of NOR- AEF’s Balloons Power Journal and Strategic
ocrats challenged Lincoln at AD wrote, "Forget 'The Studies Quarterly. Those two
every turn, accusing him of all Right Stuff,' this is the journals are now Air & Space
manner of unconstitutional Real Stuff. Equal parts Operations Review and Æther:
actions. As a result, the war cultural, technological, A Journal of Strategic Airpow-
was far more difficult for the societal, and military his-
Union than it might have been tory, Flying Camelot is a er & Spacepower.
without such persistent and
loud resistance. brilliant and illuminating The inaugural issue of Æth-
account of fighter pilot er includes an article by former
Fighter Pilot Culture culture and the develop- DFHer Mark Clodfelter,
ment of governmental “Rethinking ‘Airpower Versus
weapons systems."
At St. Mihiel in 1918, Don Asymmetric Enemies.’” It
Bishop’s grandfather was an looks back at his 2002 article
John Norvell Air Service private in the 10 and offers fresh frameworks to
th
F-4 WSO/GIB Balloon Company. Follow- think about airpower’s effec-
ing SLA Marshall’s advice to tiveness – touching on such
Fighter ‘Gator is the new- keep notebooks of material themes as air superiority, war
ly published memoir of John on professional subjects, over aims, application, and varia-
Norvell. He flew bombing the years Don collected docu- bles.
missions into Cambodia from ments on the Balloon Service
Mike Hankins, who taught Udorn in rear cockpit of the F of the AEF. Actually writing
in DFH from 2017 to 2018, is -4, and he spent several years an article was, however, al-
now the Curator for USAF, flying missions in Alaska. ways on his list to do
Navy, and Marine Corps post- His descriptions of navigation “sometime,” “maybe after I
World War II Aircraft at the and survival training also retire.” At a demonstration of
Smithsonian’s National Air teach lessons about profes- in-the-back-of-a-pickup hy-
and Space Museum. The Cor- sionalism. A forthcoming drogen generation at Quan-
nell University Press recently review notes the book is “the tico, Don met Eric Lim-
published his Flying Camelot: ideal book to give to a cadet paecher of MIT’s Lincoln
The F-15, the F-16, and the or student considering a fly- Laboratory, and they collabo-
Weaponization of Fighter Pilot ing career in the armed forc- rated on an article that drew
Nostalgia. es.” He has good things to say lessons and contrasts between