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The United States Air Force

其他書名	Basic Documents on Roles and Missions
出版	Office of Air Force History, United States Air Force, 1987
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=L5oC0AEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋This volume is a compilation of the major documents which codified the Air Force's roles and missions since the Second World War. Documentary volumes such as this are useful in bringing together a series of original references to illustrate the evolutionary pattern of development in the contemporary writings of the participants. While and effort has been made to provide a context for each document by including introductions, interpretation of the meaning and effect of each document rests with the reader. Included are four basic categories of documents: Legislation; executive orders; Department of Defense (DOD) memoranda and directives; and military department executive directives and agreements. An introductory essay precedes each document describing the document's contents and significance. Each essay contains a footnote providing reference sources for further study, except in cases where the essay is drawn solely form the document's contents. Roles and missions is a term which encompasses the broad range of service activities and specific tasks within several categories. With the overall role of air operations, the Army Air Forces (AAF) after World War II possessed four main missions: strategic bombardment, support of ground operations, air defense, and air transport. These missions proved essential to the war effort and were necessarily carried over into the peace-time organization.