Piercing the Fog - Air Force Historical Studies Office

AUTHORS
ALEXANDER S. COCHRAN, Jr., teaches military history and strategy as a
Professor of Military History at the Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base,
Alabama. He received a B.A. in history from Yale University and a Ph.D. in
history from the University of Kansas. His publications include The MAGIC
Diplomatic Summaries and Lemnitzer: His Life and Times, as well as numerous
book chapters and articles on World War I1 strategy and intelligence.
Professor ROBERT C. EHRHART is editor and principal author of Modern
Warfare and Society, coeditor of Air Power and Warfare, and author of several
articles on military history and airpower doctrine. A twenty-year veteran of the
U.S. Air Force, he holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Texas at
Austin and an M.S. in ForestryIRange Management from the University of
Montana. He serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of
Montana’s School of Forestry.
THOMAS A. FABYANIC is President of Eagle Aviation Services and
Technology (EAST), Inc. He is the author of Strategic Air Attack in the United
States Air Force: A Case Study and of various chapters and articles on war, air
doctrine, and military professionalism. He earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. in
history at St. Louis University.
ROBERT FRANK FUTRELL holds a B.A. and an M.A. from the
University of Mississippi and a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. During
World War 11, he served as a historian with the U.S. Army Air Forces at the
AAF Tactical School and with the Far East Air Forces in the Philippines. He is
the author of The United States Air Force in Korea, 1950-1953; The United
States Air Force in Southeast Asia, The Advisory Years to 1965; and Ideas,
Concepts, Doctrine: A History of Basic Thinking in the United States Air Force.
He is also the author of numerous articles related to air power history. Before
retirement, Futrell served for many years as aprofessor of military history at the
Air University, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
JOHN F. KREIS, a retired U.S. Air Force officer, is a historian and military
and defense analyst as well as a Senior Fellow of the Air Force Historical
Foundation. He holds a B.A. in economics from Willamette University, Salem,
Oregon, and an M.A. in medieval history from the University of Delaware. He
is the author of Air Warjiare and Air Base Air Defense, 1914-1973, as well as
numerous articles on air power history and operations.
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