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Notes
1. R. F. Futrell, Ideas, Concepts, Doctrine: A History of Basic Thinking in the United
States Air Force, 1907-1964 (Maxwell AFB, Ala., 1971), p 198.
2. Ibid., p 178.
3. M. S. Knaack, Encyclopedia of U.S. Air Force Aircraft and Missile Systems, Vol I :
Post-World War 11 Fighters (Washington, 1978), pp 61-62, 80.
4. J. R. Lind, Analysis of F-86 Fighter Encounters with MiG-15s in Korea-March
through June 1951, Memorandum No. 47 (Aug 1, 1951), Operations Analysis Office, Fifth
Air Force, pp 5-6, in the U.S. Air Force Historical Research Center at Maxwell AFB (hereafter
AFHRC).
5. Korean Evaluation Project, Report on Air Operations, Jan 16, 1951, Dept of the Air
Force, pp 98-99, AFHRC.
6. Far East Air Forces Report on the Korean War, 25 June 1950-27 July 1953, vol I, p
32, AFHRC.
7. Gen G. E. Stratemeyer, Personal Diary, entry for Jun 29, 1950, AFHRC.
8. R. F. Futrell, The United States Air Force in Korea, 1950-1953, rev ed (Washington,
1983), p 19.
9. Ibid., pp 3-4,35,58-59; Korean Air War Summary, June 25,1950-July27,1953, Headquarters,
Far East Air Forces, p 2, AFHRC.
10. Futrell, The USAF in Korea, 1950-1953, p 2.
11. Ibid., pp 47-49.
12. Ibid., p 46.
13. Ibid., p 50, pp 151-52.
14. Ibid., p 493. For line diagrams of Far East Command organization, see J. A. Field,
Jr., History of United States Naval Operations, Korea (Washington, 1962), p 43, p 174.
15. Futrell, The USAF in Korea, p 51.
16. Ibid., p 52.
17. Ibid., p 55.
18. Ibid.
19. Intvw, Col F. E. Merritt, USAF Oral History Program, pp 27-28, AFHRC. Futrell,
The USAFin Korea, 1950-1953, p 149.
20. J. A. Field, Jr, History of United States Naval Operations, Korea (Washington,
1962). p 169.
21. Futrell, The USAFin Korea, 1950-1953, pp 68-71.
22. Ibid., pp 71-72.
23. W. Burch, et al., History of Headquarters USAF, July I, 1950 to June 30, 1951
(Washington, 1955). in the Office of Air Force History, Bolling AFB, Washington DC.
24. D. A. Rosenberg, “American Atomic Strategy and the Hydrogen Bomb Decision,”
The Journal of American History, 66 (June 1979), p 71. See also D. A. Rosenberg, “U.S.
Nuclear Stockpile, 1945 to 1950,” The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May 1982, p 30; T.
B. Cochran, W. M. Arkin, and M. M. Hoenig, Nuclear Weapons Databook, Vol I: U.S.
Nuclear Forces and Capabilities (Cambridge, Mass, 1984), p 11.
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