A Century Of Growth:
The Evolution Of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base


A Century of Growth cover

August 1999
88th Air Base Wing
Aeronautical Systems Center
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio


Table of Contents
    1. Origins
    2. Three Military Installations
    3. A New Engineering Center
    4. Patterson Field
    5. World War II
    6. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
    7. Into the Cold War
    8. The Vietnam Era
    9. To the End of the Cold War
    10. Toward the Second Century of Flight
    11. Epilogue
    12. Appendix A: The Story Behind Areas A, B, and C
    13. Appendix B: Wright-Patterson AFB Memorials
    14. Appendix C: Army Deployments from Wright-Patterson AFB
    15. Appendix D: Wright-Patterson AFB Personnel Strength, 1918 � 2000
    16. Appendix E: Air Base Wing Personnel Strength, 1948 � 2000
    17. Appendix F: Aeronautical Systems Center Commanders
    18. Appendix G: Air Base Wing Commanders
    19. Appendix H: Additional Reading

Tables
  • McCook Field Commanders
  • Wilbur Wright Field and Fairfield Aviation General Supply Depot Commanders
  • Wright Field Commanders
  • Patterson Field Commanders
  • Military and Special Purpose Aircraft Production 1940 � 1945
  • Aircraft Design to First Production
  • Chronology of Wright-Patterson AFB and Its Antecedents
  • Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Installation Commanders



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