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Book SynopsisOn the Wings of War and Peace examines the history of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) during the early Cold War period.
Table of ContentsForeword Gen (retd) Paul Manson Preface Glossary Introduction Randall Wakelam Section 1: Introduction Peter Rayls 1. The Expansion and Contraction of Canada’s First Line of Defence: The RCAF in the Cold War, 1945-1968 Bertram Frandsen and Peter Rayls 2. No 1 Air Division, Royal Canadian Air Force Raymond Stouffer 3. The RCAF, USAF, and Continental Air Defence, 1945-1957 Richard Goette 4. NORAD PEAKS, 1957-1964 Joseph Jockel Section 2: Introduction Randall Wakelam 5. Hubris: The CF-105 Avro Arrow Program and the End of the Golden Age of the Royal Canadian Air Force Russell Isinger and Donald C. Story 6. Educating Air Power Practitioners Randall Wakelam 7. Training the Flyers: The Legacy of Canada’s International Air Training Schemes: and the NATO Air Training Plan Rachel Heide 8. RCAF Air Maintenance Terry Leversedge 9. The Forgotten Decade: Women and the RCAF 1952-1962 Allan English 10. The Air Reserves: A Functional Second Line of Defence? Mathias Joost Section 3: Introduction William March 11. The RCAF at the Dawn of the Space Age, 1958-1965 Andrew Godefroy 12. The Search For Rescue Leadership James Pierotti 13. On Wings of Hope and Peace: The RCAF and Humanitarian and Peacekeeping Operations, 1946 – 1967 William March 14. Maritime Air Ernest Cable 15. From Army Co-operation to Army Co-optation: Canada’s Struggles with Aviation Support to the Land Force Dean Black 16. Air Transport Command: Versatile and Ready in Cold War and Hot War Bertram Frandsen Annex A: Budgets, Personnel and Organizations Annex B: Chiefs of the Air Staff Notes on Contributors Index
