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Beyond Horizons: A Half Century of Air Force Space Leadership by David N. Spires cover front matter table of contents foreword preface editor's note introduction chapter 1 - Before Sputnik: The Air Force Enters the Space Age, 1945-1957 chapter 2 - From Eisenhower to Kennedy: The National Space Program and the Air Force's Quest for the Military Space Mission, 1958-1961 chapter 3 - The Air Force in the Era of Apollo: A Dream Unfulfilled chapter 4 - From the Ground Up: The Path from Experiment to Operations chapter 5 - Organizing for Space: The Air Force Commits to Space and an Operational Space Command chapter 6 - From Star Wars to the Gulf War: The Air Force Moves to Create an Operational Capability for Space chapter 7 - Coming of Age: Operation Desert Storm and Normalizing Military Space Operations chapter 8 - An Air Force Vision for the Military Space Mission: A Roadmap to the 21 st Century appendices end notes glossary bibliography index

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