Seeing Off the Bear: Anglo-American Air Power Cooperation During the Cold War

摘要

Topics presented at this symposium include: (1) An Initial Response to the ColdWar: The Buildup of the U.S. Air Force in the United Kingdom; (2) The Role of Missiles in British Concepts of Defence: The Influence of Duncan Sandys; (3) Cooperation at the Top: A View from a Former Vice Chief of the Air Staff and CINCUKAIR; (4) The Deployment of Ground-Launched Cruise Missiles to RAF Greenham Common; (5) RAF Aircraft Procurement 1950-1965: The American Involvement; (6) The Transfer of B-29s to the Royal Air Force Under the Military Defense Assistance Program; (7) The Origins of the Skybolt Controversy in the Eisenhower Administration; (8) Operation Firedog: Air Support in the Malayan Emergency; (9) The AngloAmerican Origins of Overflying the Soviet Union: The Case of the 'Invisible Aircraft'; (10) Anglo-American Air Force Collaboration and the Cuban Missile Crisis: A British Perspective; (11) Further comments on Command and Control of British Nuclear Forces During the Cuban Missile Crisis; (12) El Dorado Canyon: The Political and Public Affairs Aftermath; and (13) Some Additional Comments on Crisis Response During the Falklands War. (MM).