A History Of The Civil Reserve Air Fleet
Publisher: Air Force History & Museums Program
Published: 1998
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: A History Of The Civil Reserve Air Fleet; title: TABLE OF CONTENTS; title: Preface iii; title: Introduction ix; title: I. The Roots of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet 1; title: The Army and Air Transport 1; title: Enter Edgar Gorrell 5; title: War Clouds, Air Transport, and Military Airlift Requirements 9; title: II. The Air Transport Industry in World War II 25; title: Pan Am and the British: Showing the Way 25; title: Organizing Air Transport for War 28; title: Across the Oceans 38; title: Summary and Analysis 42; title: III. Birth of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet, 1947-1951 55; title: The Airlines and Strategic Military Airlift 55; title: CRAF: The Conception 62; title: CRAF: The Gestation 67; title: Summary and Analysis 71; title: IV. Shaping the Civil Reserve Air Fleet, 1952-1954 85; title: Military Air Transport Service and the Airlines 85; title: Introducing the Civil Reserve Air Fleet 87; title: Organizing the Civil Reserve Air Fleet 94; title: Summary and Analysis 99; title: V. A Period of Redefinition, 1955-1962 105; title: A Redefined Environment: MATS and the Airlines 105; title: Redefining CRAF: Structure and Strategy 113; title: Strategy Redefined 118; title: Summary and Analysis 123; title: VI. An Era of Modernization, 1963-1972 133; title: Refining CRAF Management and Organization 133; title: New Contracts 135; title: Revisiting the Environment: The Airlines vs. MAC 143; title: MAC, the Airlines, and the Vietnam War 145; title: The "Competition Issue" Revisited 148; title: Summary and Analysis 152; title: VII. CRAF Enhancement, 1973-1979 159; title: The Strategic and Economic Environment 161; title: Bonus Awards 165; title: CRAF Enhancement 172; title: Summary and Analysis 182; title: VIII. Management Challenges in a New Era, 1980-1987 193; title: Airlift Shortfall— Strategic Demand and Economic Reality 193; title: Advancing CRAF Enhancement 197; title: CRAF Management— Looking Ahead 203; title: Summary and Analysis 209; title: IX. CRAF in Operation Desert Shield 219; title: Activation of CRAF Stage I 219; title: Quest for Additional Commercial Airlift 220; title: Conclusion: An Assessment of CRAF 227; title: Bibliographic Essay 231; title: List of Tables; title: 2.1 Air Transport Command Airline Operations, 1942-1945 37; title: 4.1 Airline Passenger Travel, 1950-1954 86; title: 4.2 Initial CRAF Allocation Plan, 1952 89; title: 4.3 CRAF Composition, 1952-1954 91; title: 5.1 Incremental Stages of CRAF Activation, 1963 122; title: 6.1 CRAF Aircraft Allocated, 1963-1972 134; title: 6.2 CRAF Aircraft Types, 1960-1972 138; title: 6.3 Incremental CRAF Activation, 1970 141; title: 6.4 Commercial Airlift Procurement, 1960-1971 144; title: 6.5 U.S. Military Personnel in South Vietnam, 1960-1973 146; title: 6.6 Commercial Augmentation for Cargo, 1962-1971 149; title: 7.1 CRAF Aircraft Allocated, 1972-1980 160; title: 7.2 CRAF Cargo Capability, 1965-1980 161; title: 7.3 USAF Strategic Airlift Capability, 1963-1979 163; title: 7.4 CRAF Passenger Capability, 1965-1980 164; title: 7.5 MAC Airlift Awards, FY 1973 166; title: 7.6 CRAF Modification Proposals, 1975 176; title: 7.7 CRAF Modification Proposals, FY 1977 178; title: 7.8 NATO Long-Range Commercial Aircraft, 1978 179; title: 8.1 CRAF Aircraft Allocations, 1979-1987 195; title: 8.2 CRAF Enhancement Program: Pan Am Options, 1984-1986 202; title: 8.3 Express Air Freight Aircraft, 1984 203; title: 8.4 CRAF Aircraft Allocations, 1979-1987 205; title: 8.5 CRAF Plus Initiatives 208; title: 9.1 CRAF Volunteers, 1990 220; title: 9.2 CRAF Carriers and Aircraft, 1990 221; title: 9.3 CRAF Carriers for Desert Shield, 1991 223