Essays on Air Corps

When browsing World War II posters, it is apparent that there is a vast collection that represents several issues and the government's effort through illustration, and photographs. The purpose behind was to keep the American people together and maintain high morale. At the same time, they also reveal the prejudice artists who aimed to motivate support for total victory against a clearly identified enemy. Throughout World War Two, photographs and posters were used as a means to control and influence the audiences. Often those photographs were manipulated to give inaccurate representations of the truth as states by (Collins 2). ...

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The 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) was a branch of the Army, Navy and Air Force seconded to the Chinese Air force during World War II. Although they only existed from 1941 to 1942, this group, known as the “Flying Tigers” made a lasting impression upon air combat during the war. The Flying Tigers were formed by President Franklin Roosevelt to help the Chinese against the superior air forces of the Japanese (Chennault, pp. 24) The idea for the group came largely from its first commander, retired U.S. Army Air Corps Colonel Claire Chennault. (Chennault, pp. 26) Col. Chennault was ...

UAV or Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is an aircraft that can fly without an onboard human pilot. It is being controlled remotely by a computer or a pilot on the ground. There are numerous UAV shapes and sizes even characteristics and configurations. This type of aircraft started as a simple remote-controlled aircraft, but as time goes by, automatic control has been developed along with its increasing tasks including military operations and special applications.

The Evolution of UAV

The technology and idea of having an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle started and evolved from World War I’s Kettering Bug and then the World War II’s cruise missiles. Bill ...