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USAF for the 21st Century: Super Wing Total Force Integration (Osprey Military Aircraft)

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This book provides a wonderful illustration of the current modern and mobile fighting force concept, the Air Expeditionary Force (AEF). The AEF is the model by which the U.S. Air Force deploys and fights overseas. The AEF is a "packaged" unit of fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, electronic combat, transport, tanker, and rescue aircraft. The book shows the former 366th Wing based at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. The composite wing's squadrons are illustrated in excellent, first rate color photographs with intelligent, detailed captions: 390th Fighter Squadron (F-15C Eagle), 391st Fighter Squadron (F-15E Strike Eagle), 389th Fighter Squadron (F-16C Fighting Falcon), 34th Bomb Squadron (B-52G Stratofortress / B-1B Lancer) and the 22nd Air Refueling Squadron (KC-135R Stratotanker). The U.S. Air Force no longer operates composite wings as the 366th Wing was broken up in 2002 with the loss of its bomber and air refueling squadrons becoming the 366th Fighter Wing with just its F-15 and F-16 fighters. While the composite wing structure is no longer in use, the integrated fighting force that the book depictes is at the heart of current AEFs that waged war in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Liked this book very much, lots of great pictures, information and history!Highly recommended!!!

Outstanding pictures and brief history of the Air Force's composite wing at Mt Home. I am one of the pilots in the pictures (F-16 pilot climbing into the cockpit) who had the honor of serving there when the wing was standing up. This book goes very well with Tom Clancy's Fighter Wing, which was written about the wing at the same time.

As being another pilot from Mountain Home AFB in Idaho (391st FS), the book had a great history of the 366th AEW, and offered great photos of the various aircraft. Many of which I've flown the wings of around the ranges. A highly recommended book for the reader curious about being a fighter pilot, and flying for the best wing in the West; the 366th "Gunfighters".

i didnt get the plot of mission imposible