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Abstract:
Last year, the U.S. Air Force lost one of the most influential Airmen of the modern era. Gen Wilbur L. Bill Creech was a leader, a visionary, a warrior, and a mentor. Just as Gen Curtis E. LeMay shaped the Air Force of the Cold War through his development of Strategic Air Command in the 1950s, General Creech shaped the Air Force of today through his actions as the commander of Tactical Air Command (TAC) from 1978 until 1984. Under the leadership of General Creech, TAC -- and the Tactical Air Forces (TAF) writ large -- underwent a transformation that, in large measure, built the Air Force that has fought so brilliantly in campaigns from Operation Desert Storm to the present global war on terrorism. In this book, Lt Col James C. Slife chronicles the influence General Creech had in the areas of equipment and tactics, training, organization, and leader development. His study is among the first to describe what, to historians in years to come, will surely be seen as the revolutionary developments of the late 1970s and early 1980s and General Creech's central role. While not a biography, "Creech Blue" is certainly biographical and captures the general's professional convictions in many areas.
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 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE |
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Book |
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164 |
| Report Date: |
OCT 2004 |
| Report Number: |
A570134 |
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