Maverick's Reading List
Here are some titles that I have in my library - I highly recommend them!
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, Robert F. Dorr, 1987, Ian Allan Ltd., Shepperton, Surrey, Runnymeade, England
Edwards AFB: Experimental Flight Test Center, Steve Pace, 1994, Motorbooks International, Osceola, Wisconsin.
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker, Robert S. Hopkins III, 1997, Aerofax/Midland Publishing Unlimited, Leicester, England.
Flights of Discovery: 50 years at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Lane E. Wallace, 1996, NASA History Office (NASA SP-4309), Washington D.C.
McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and KC-10 Extender: Wide-Body Workhorses, Arthur A. C. Steffen, 1998,Aerofax/Midland Publishing Unlimited, Leicester, England.
Range Unlimited: A History of Aerial Refueling, Bill Holder and Mike Wallace, 2000, Schiffer Publishing Limited, Atglen, Pennsylvania.
Boeing 707 & AWACS, Alwyn T. Lloyd, 1987, Detail and Scale, Inc., Waukesha, Wisconsin.
A History of Military Air-To-Air Refueling: "High Tide" at High Altitude, William R. Dooner, Airpower Magazine Vol 18 No.3, May 1988.
The Rise and Demise of the DC-10 (Part II, KC-10), Mike Machat, Wings Magazine, Vol. 32, No. 1, Feb. 2002.
Fill'er Up! (Part II) - Strategic Air Command Projects Its Power World-Wide With KC-97 Flying Filling Stations, Peter Bowers, Wings Magazine, Vol 29, No. 4, Aug. 1999.
SAC Tanker Operations in the Southeast Asia War, Charles K. Hopkins, Office of the Historian, Strategic Air Command, Offut AFB, Nebraska.
Air Refueling Highlights in the Air Force's First Decade (1947-1957), Unknown, 1997, Office of History, Air Mobility Command, Scott AFB, Illinois.
A Day in the Life of a Test Pilot (Dana Purifoy), Michael McKeever and Georgeanne Irvine, 1991, Troll Associates, Mahwah, New Jersey.
75 Years of Inflight Refueling, Highlights, 1923-1998, Richard K. Smith, 1998, Air Force History and Museum Programs, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Air Mobility: The Evolution of Global Reach, Keith A. Hutcheson, 1999, PointOneVIII Publishing, Vienna, Virginia.
A Short History of Airpower, James L. Sikesbury, 1986, Robert Hale Limited, , London England.
Passing Gas - The History of Inflight Air Refueling, Major Vernon B. Byrd, 1994, Byrd Publishing, Chico California.
KC-135 Stratotanker in Action, C.M. Reed, 1991, Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., Carrollton, Texas.
Flying Tankers - Gas Stations in the Sky, Tim Laming, 1989, Osprey Publishing Ltd., London, England.
KC-135 Stratotanker - In Detail and Scale. Alwyn T. Lloyyd, 1994, Detail and Scale, Inc., Waukesha, Wisconsin.
KC-135 Fleet Report (1993), Jim B. Moseley, 1993, Tech-Write Publishing, Edmond, Oklahoma.
Boeing Aircraft Since 1916, Peter M. Bowers, 1993, Putnam Aeronautical Books, London, England
Air Fan International Magazine, Superb Stratotanker, 2 part series, Robert S. Hopkins III, December 1996, March 1997.
Warplane, Boeing C-135: Tireless Tanker, Volume 4 Issue 44, 1986, Orbis Publishing, London, England.
The Boeing C-135 Series: Stratotanker, Stratolifter and Other Variants, Don Logan, Schiffer Publishing Limited, 1998, Atglen, Pennsylvania.
Building a Strategic Air Force, Walton S. Moody, 1996, Air Force History and Museum Programs, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Prophecy Fulfilled: "Toward New Horizons" and Its Legacy, Dr. Michael L. Gorn, Editor, 1994, Air Force History and Museum Programs, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
With Courage: The US Army Air Forces in World War II, Bernard C. Nalty, John John F. Shiner, George M. Watson, 1994, Air Force History and Museum Programs, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Inside the Cold War: A Cold Warriors Reflections, Chris Adams, 1999, Air University Press, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
Boeing 707: 40th Anniversary Special Edition, Ed Davies, Airliners magazine, No. 54, Nov/Dec 1998.
The 720: Boeing's Thunderbird, Brian Baum, Airliners magazine, No. 57, May/Jun 1999.
Desert Storm Air War, Lou Drendel, S1991, Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., Carrollton, Texas.
Air Combat, The Editors, Time Life Books, Alexandria, Virginia.
War in the Gulf, Thomas B. Allen, F. Clifton Barry, Norman Polmar, 1991, Turner Publishing, Atlanta, Goergia.
KC-135A, Command Aircraft Training Systems Manual, Carswell AFB, Texas.
Additionally, I have a whole collection of books on a wide-range of aviation topics, courtesy of a bachelor's and master's education. Please let me know if you need any information or research on from any of these resources.