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The United States Air Force fought as a truly independent service for the first time during the Korean War. As a result, the fighter pilots reigned supreme. In Korea, American air power was challenged by the most advanced fighter of the time -- the Soviet MiG-15 -- and ruled the skies in many celebrated aerial battles. In addition, however, they destroyed virtually every major town and city in North Korea, demolished its entire crop irrigation system, and killed close to one million civilians. Korea, then, is the perfect laboratory for studying the culture of fighter pilots, a culture based on self-confidence and risk-taking, one which has promoted what John Darrell Sherwood calls "flight suit attitude." In Officers in Flight Suits, Sherwood explores the flight suit officer's life, drawing on memoirs, diaries, letters, novels, unit records, and personal papers as well as interviews with over fifty veterans who served in the Air Force in Korea. From their training to dramatic encounters during battle, from their socio-economic backgrounds to the flight suit culture they developed, Sherwood investigates every dimension of these pilots' lives. The book provides an illuminating portrait of fighter pilot culture, demonstrating how this culture affected their performance in battle and their attitudes toward others, particularly women, in their off-duty activities - Jacket flap.
Written for the aviation professional, this handbook provides the safety officer with basic information on human factors to run a mishap prevention program. Aviation Safety-The Human Factor also gives the professional the information needed to apply principles of human factors to investigations.
The study investigated retention rates at which naval flight officers are voluntarily extending beyond their initial obligated tour of duty. Analysis of aptitude and training performance showed that significant differences exist with regard to quality of performance between the extendees or career personnel and the noncareer men, with procurement source having a moderating effect. A multiple regression analysis revealed that the men entering the aviation training program as commissioned officers had a significantly greater multiple correlation with the career/noncareer criterion than those men entering as aviation officer candidates or the naval flight officer group as a whole. (Author).