Air Force Officers
Subtitle: Personnel Policy Development, 1944-1974
By: Vance O. Mitchell.
Publisher: Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force; For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs.
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 510
Subjects: United States. Air Force -- Officers.; United States. Air Force -- Personnel management -- History.; United States -- History, Military -- 20th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-494) and index.
Table of contents: title: Contents; title: Foreword vii; title: Acknowledgments ix; title: Introduction 1; title: Part One: Planning in the Traditional Way, 1944-1953; title: 1. The Initial Planning for a Postwar Officer Corps, 1944-1945 7; title: General Arnold Confronts the Problem 9; title: Planning Fails to Keep Pace 13; title: 2. Laying the Foundations for an Officer Corps, 1946-1947 17; title: The New Officer Personnel System 20; title: Defining the Rated Force 25; title: Augmenting the Regular Force 28; title: Problems With the 70:30 Ratio 33; title: 3. Erecting and Manning the Structure, 1947-1950 39; title: The Officer Personnel Act of 1947 40; title: Realigning the Permanent Rank Structure 43; title: Problems with Academic Education 48; title: Officer Procurement 53; title: 4. Resistance and Turbulence, 1948-1950 63; title: Officer Career Management: Resistance and Progress 63; title: The Experiment in SAC 67; title: R & D and Control 71; title: Officer Procurement and the Reserve Forces 74; title: The Austere Budget of Fiscal Year 1950 76; title: 5. Personnel Policies During the Korean War, 1950-1953 81; title: Squeezing the Officer Corps for Manpower 83; title: Partial Mobilization 85; title: Problems of Reservists at War 88; title: The Changed Status of Reserve Officers  99; title: The Buildup of the Officer Procurement Programs 102; title: Part Two: The Era of the Large Peacetime Military, 1954-1973; title: 6. Policy Development in a New Era  1954-1960 113; title: The New Look, Another RIF, and the AFROTC Conversion 114; title: The Decentralized Beginning of Career Management 122; title: The Buildup of the Regular Officer Force 124; title: The Founding of the Air Force Academy 130; title: The Emphasis on Quality 135; title: Promotions: the Protracted Crisis Begins 138; title: 7. Management in a Time of Decline, 1957-1960 153; title: The RIF of 1957-1960 154; title: Flight Training: Change and Decline 156; title: Procurement: Decline and More Problems with AFROTC 160; title: Pressure on the Rated Force 1 67; title: 8. Initial Attempts to Resolve the Major Issues, 1960-1966 171; title: The Bolte Committee and Its Proposed Legislation 172; title: Promotions: More Stagnation and More Relief 175; title: Officer Retention: No Easy Answers 1 82; title: The Continuing Deficiency in Academic Education 197; title: Managing Mass Retirement 201; title: 9. The Kennedy and Johnson Administrations:; title: Pressure for Change, 1960-1966 207; title: Rated Management: Pressure and Compromise 208; title: Flight Training: Small Numbers and an Emerging Anomaly 214; title: The Air Force Academy: Trouble in a House Divided 223; title: Procurement: The AFROTC Reforms 230; title: Procurement: The Rise of OTS 234; title: Procurement: The Demise of OCS and Aviation Cadets 237; title: 10. The Vietnam War and New Management Practices, 1965-1973 . . 241; title: Tightening the Manpower Belt 243; title: Loosening the Manpower Belt 251; title: The Pilot Shortage: How Real? 253; title: OTS Comes of Age 257; title: A Battered AFROTC 263; title: DOMS and TOPLINE: a Better Combination 269; title: Part Three: Overarching Issues, 1944-1974; title: 11. Professionalism and Career Patterns 283; title: Professionalism and the Air Force Specialist 284; title: Professionalism and the Air Force Generalist 287; title: Sources of Commissions 300; title: 12. Two Types of Integration: Gender and Race 303; title: The Separate World of Women in the Air Force 304; title: Racial Integration: Limited Objectives, Limited Results 323; title: 13. Another type of Integration: Skills 339; title: The Peripheral Status of Nonrated Officers 339; title: The Ambiguous Status of Other Rated Officers 344; title: The Central Status of the Pilot 350; title: Conclusion 357; title: Appendices; title: 1. United States Air Force Line Officers by Rating, 1 939-1 973 367; title: 2. United States Air Force Line General Officers, 1939-1973 371; title: 3. Flight Training, Fiscal Years 1954-1974 375; title: 4. Public Law 381 — 80th Congress, The Officer Personnel Act of 1947 (selected extracts) 379; title: 5. Public Law 349 — 83rd Congress, The Officer Grade Limitation Act of 1954 (selected extracts) 387; title: 6. Public Law 625 — 80th Congress, Women's Armed Services Integration Act of 1948 (selected extracts) 391; title: 7. Air Force Women Officers, 1948-1973 395; title: 8. Blacks in the Air Force, 1947-1971 399; title: Notes 403; title: Glossary 471; title: Bibliography 473; title: Index 495; title: Illustrations; title: Tables; title: 1. Regular Army Air Forces Officers, 1940 and 1945 , 12; title: 2. Major Career Fields, September 1947 23; title: 3. Projected General Officer Structure 44; title: 4. Permanent Promotion Points, Seniority System and OPA of l947 45; title: 5. Permanent Grade Structure, Authorized and Actual, 1947 45; title: 6. Criteria for One Shot Promotions, 1948 47; title: 7. Permanent Grade Structure, Before and After the One Shot Promotions of 1948 50; title: 8. Officer Education Levels, 1948 52; title: 9. Major Officer Career Fields, May 1950 64; title: 10. Fear of Flying Cases, June 1950-November 1952 94; title: 11. Responses to the Aviation Cadet Shortage, August 1951-May 1952 . 105; title: 12. Reasons Cited by Young Officers for Joining the Air Force, 1953-1963 184; title: 13. Positive and Negative Aspects of Military Life, as Mentioned by Young Officers, 1956-1966 193; title: 14. Officer Procurement Sources, Fiscal Years 1960-1966 224; title: 15. Two Views on Pilot Requirements, 1967 255; title: 16. Officer Procurement Sources, Fiscal Years 1967-1972 258; title: 17. US AF Officer Rank Structure, 1968 288; title: 18. Squadron Officers School Curriculum, 1948-1949 and 1967-1968 291; title: 19. Air Command and Staff College Curriculum, 1946-1947 and 1967-1968 292; title: 20. Air War College Curriculum, 1946-1947 and 1967-1968 294; title: 21 . Highest Professional Military Education, Air Force Line General Officers 296; title: 22. Assignment Patterns, Air Force Line General Officers, 1970 297; title: 23. Highest Assignment Level, Prior to Rank of Brigadier General 299; title: 24. Sources of Commissions, Air Force Line General Officers 301; title: Figures; title: 1. Permanent Rank after One Shot Adjustment 49; title: 2. Years of Service — Regular Line Officers, 1956 127; title: 3. Years of Service— Regular Line Officers, after 1958-1959 Augmentation 129; title: 4. Years of Service — Regular and Reserve Line Officers, 1954 145; title: 5. Flight Training, 1954-1960 157; title: 6. Years of Service — Regular and Line Officers, 1964 177; title: 7. Years of Service— Regular Line Officers, 1965 194; title: 8. Flight Training, 1961-1966 215; title: 9. Flight Training, 1967-1974 250; title: 10. Years of Service — Regular and Reserve Rated Officers, DOMS and Actual, June 1970 277; title: 11. Years of Service — Regular and Reserve Nonratcd Officers, DOMS and Actual, June 1970 278; title: 12. Projected Years of Service — Regular and Reserve Rated Officers, DOMS and Actual, 1981 279; title: 13. Projected Years of Service — Regular and Reserve Nonrated Officers, DOMSand Actual, 1981 280; title: Photographs; title: General of the Army Henry H. Arnold 8; title: General of the Army George C. Marshall 14; title: Gen. Carl A. Spaatz and Maj. Gen. Hugh J. Knerr 19; title: Maj. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer 21; title: Capt. Charles E. Yeager 28; title: Maj. General Albert F. Hegenberger 31; title: Maj. Gen. Otto P. Weyland 36; title: W. Stuart Symington 40; title: Brig. Gen. John E. Dahlquist 43; title: Gen. Joseph T. McNarney and Gen. Muir S. Fairchild 48; title: James V. Forrestal 58; title: Lt. Gen. Idwal H. Edwards 66; title: Gen. George C. Kenney and Maj. Gen. Clements McMullen 68; title: Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle 72; title: Maj. Gen. Orvil A. Anderson 74; title: Maj. Gen. William F. McKee 79; title: Lt. Gen. Ennis C. Whitehead 86; title: Maj. Gen. Willis H.Hale 88; title: Maj. Gen. Eugene L. Eubank 92; title: Lt. Gen. Laurence S. Kuter 107; title: Maj. Gen. Norris B. Harbold 116; title: Lt. Gen. Emmett ODonnell 119; title: Lt. Gen. Hubert R. Harmon and Col. Dale O. Smith 133; title: Gen. Curtis E. LeMay and Gen. Thomas S. Power 144; title: Charles E. Wilson 155; title: Maj. Gen. Turner C. Rogers 164; title: Maj. Gen. Charles L.Bolte, USA 173; title: Senators Kenneth S. Wherry and Homer E. Capehart 187; title: Lt. Gen. Truman H. Landon  190; title: Gen. Edwin W. Rawlings 199; title: Gen. Thomas D. White 209; title: Eugene M. Zuckert 212; title: Lt. Gen. William W. Momyer 217; title: Robert S. McNamara 219; title: Brig. Gen. Robert F. McDermott 225; title: Cyrus R. Vance 245; title: Lt. Gen. Albert P. Clark 267; title: Lt. Gen. Robert J. Dixon 273; title: Col. Oveta Culp Hobby 305; title: Col. Geraldine P. May 310; title: Col. Mary J. Shelly 313; title: Col. Emma J. Riley 318; title: Col. Jeanne M. Holm 320; title: Tuskegee Airmen 325; title: Lt. Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr 327; title: Lt. Gen. AlvanC. Gillcm, Jr 329; title: Lt. Col. Noel F. Parrish 330; title: Maj. Gen. Neil D. Van Sickle 344; title: Maj. Gen. Robert E. Nugent 347; title: Maj. Gen Rockly Triantafellu and Brig. Gen Robert P. Lukcman 351