Histories by ASC History Office

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The following publications describing the history of the Aeronautical Systems Center and its predecessors are presented below in HTML or PDF format. (Click on the book cover picture to open the file.) Printed copies of some of these publications are also available from the History Office or the U. S. Government Printing Office as noted below.

NEW! Development of the B-52: The Wright Field Story NEW!

(152 pages; printed copies available from ASC/HO)

[ASC 04-0728]

Winner of the 2002 USAF Excellence in Historical Publications Award!
On The Front Line of R&D:
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in the Korean War, 1950-1953

(98 pages; printed copies available from ASC/HO)

A Century of Growth: The Evolution of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Arming the Skies: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in World War II

Birthplace, Home and Future of Aerospace. . .
The Evolution of Aeronautical Development at the Aeronautical Systems Center
(84 pages; printed copies available from ASC/HO)

Remarkable Journey:
The Wright Field Heritage in Photographs (Available from Government Printing Office)

Wright From the Start:
The Contributions of Dayton's Science and Engineering Community to American Air Power in the 20th Century
(38 pages; printed copies available from ASC/HO)

A General Remembers:
Major General Fred J. Ascani
Wright Field's Father of Systems Engineering

The Foulois House:
Its Place in the History of the Miami Valley and American Aviation

Genesis Workshop:
Five Generations of Engineering Enterprise from
the Birthplace of Aviation

(100 pages; printed copies available from ASC/HO)

[PA Case #20030877]

An Encounter Between The Jet Engine Inventors:
Sir Frank Whittle And Dr. Hans Von Ohain
May 3-4,1978
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,Ohio

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Last Update: 25 May 04

Drawing of the Wright brothers copyrighted 1989 August Brunsman