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AUTHOR: David Baker

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The author would like to thank the United States Air Force for help and assistance over 55 years of a close working cooperation in research and associated activities in many locations around the world, the sum total of which has formed the basis for some of the material used in this publication. Secondarily, the assistance of the US Department of Defense over a similar period has contributed greatly to gathering historical material which has also contributed to the information on these pages. In particular to Bettie Sprigg at the Pentagon so many years ago and who opened so many doors.

Thanks are also due to Steve O’Hara at Mortons for having published this book, suffering the vagaries of the author along the way

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