The cancellation of the CF-105 Arrow in 1959 holds such a grip on the Canadian imagination that earlier developments in defence procurement remain obscure. Randall Wakelam corrects this oversight - and offers fresh insight on the AVRO saga and contemporary procurement issues - by revealing how cabinet ministers, chiefs of staff, and air marshals negotiated competing pressures to arm the air force, please allies, and save money during a decade when Canada's air force was growing by leaps and bounds. The result was the CF-100 Canuck and the F-86 Sabre, Canada's front-line defensive aircraft in the coldest years of the Cold War.…mehr
The cancellation of the CF-105 Arrow in 1959 holds such a grip on the Canadian imagination that earlier developments in defence procurement remain obscure. Randall Wakelam corrects this oversight - and offers fresh insight on the AVRO saga and contemporary procurement issues - by revealing how cabinet ministers, chiefs of staff, and air marshals negotiated competing pressures to arm the air force, please allies, and save money during a decade when Canada's air force was growing by leaps and bounds. The result was the CF-100 Canuck and the F-86 Sabre, Canada's front-line defensive aircraft in the coldest years of the Cold War.
Colonel (ret'd) Randall Wakelam teaches military history and leadership at the Royal Military College of Canada and is author of The Science of Bombing: Operational Research in RAF Bomber Command. A pilot in his service career, he also worked in aircraft procurement.
Inhaltsangabe
1 An Air-Minded Middle Power 2 Planning for Peace 3 International and Industrial Alliances 4 Caught Flat-Footed 5 Facing the Threat in Earnest 6 And So to War 7 Juggling Numbers 8 Putting Rubber on the Ramp 9 Growing Needs, Growing Concerns 10 Fact and Fancy Appendix A: Royal Canadian Air Force Headquarters Organization Chart, c. 1947 Appendix B: Department of Defence Production Aircraft Delivery Statistics, 1951-54 Notes Bibliography Index
1 An Air-Minded Middle Power 2 Planning for Peace 3 International and Industrial Alliances 4 Caught Flat-Footed 5 Facing the Threat in Earnest 6 And So to War 7 Juggling Numbers 8 Putting Rubber on the Ramp 9 Growing Needs, Growing Concerns 10 Fact and Fancy Appendix A: Royal Canadian Air Force Headquarters Organization Chart, c. 1947 Appendix B: Department of Defence Production Aircraft Delivery Statistics, 1951-54 Notes Bibliography Index
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