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1 online resource (1463 pages) |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
Part One -- THE ELEMENTS OF SURVIVING; Chapter 1 -- MISSION; Chapter 2 -- CONDITIONS AFFECTING SURVIVAL; Chapter 3 -- THE SURVIVOR'S NEEDS; Part Two -- PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF SURVIVAL; Chapter 4 -- CONTRIBUTING FACTORS; Chapter 5 -- EMOTIONAL REACTIONS; Chapter 6 -- THE WILL TO SURVIVE; Part Three -- BASIC SURVIVAL MEDICINE; Chapter 7 -- SURVIVAL MEDICINE; Chapter 8 -- PW MEDICINE; Part Four -- FACTS AND CONDITIONS AFFECTING A SURVIVOR; Chapter 9 -- WEATHER; Chapter 10 -- GEOGRAPHIC PRINCIPLES; Chapter 11 -- ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; Chapter 12 -- LOCAL PEOPLE; Part Five -- PERSONAL PROTECTION. |
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Chapter 13 -- PROPER BODY TEMPERATUREChapter 14 -- CLOTHING; Chapter 15 -- SHELTER; Chapter 16 -- FIRECRAFT; Chapter 17 -- EQUIPMENT; Part Six -- SUSTENANCE; Chapter 18 -- FOOD; Chapter 19 -- WATER; Part Seven -- TRAVEL; Chapter 20 -- LAND NAVIGATION; Chapter 21 -- LAND TRAVEL; Chapter 22 -- ROUGH LAND TRAVEL AND EVACUATION TECHNIQUES; Chapter 23 -- WATER TRAVEL; Part Eight -- SIGNALING AND RECOVERY; Chapter 24 -- SIGNALING; Chapter 25 -- RECOVERY PRINCIPLES; Part Nine -- EVASION; Chapter 26 -- LEGAL AND MORAL OBLIGATIONS; Chapter 27 -- FACTORS OF SUCCESSFUL EVASION; Chapter 28 -- CAMOUFLAGE. |
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Part Ten -- INDUCED CONDITIONS-NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, AND CHEMICAL (NBC)Chapter 29 -- NUCLEAR CONDITIONS; Chapter 30 -- BIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; Chapter 31 -- CHEMICAL CONDITIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY. |
| Summary |
Written for use in formal United States Air Force survival training courses, the U.S. Air Force Survival Handbook iis the bible for pilots who want to stay alive-no matter what. Assuming, as the Air Force does, that flight personnel may be faced at any time with a bailout or crash landing in hostile territory without supplies, the advice here is superlatively practical, but also surprisingly readable and interesting. Detailing specific survival threats at sea, in the tropics, in the desert, in Arctic conditions, and the psychological perils of imprisonment and torture, this ha. |
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Survival -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Airplane crash survival -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Wilderness survival -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Combat survival -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Prisoners of war -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Survival -- Psychological aspects.
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United States. Air Force -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healthy Living.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
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MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
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Airplane crash survival. (OCoLC)fst01761959
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Survival. (OCoLC)fst01761768
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Wilderness survival. (OCoLC)fst01175202
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals. (OCoLC)fst01423877
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Force, United States Air. U.S. Air Force Survival Handbook. New York : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., ©2008 9781602392458 |
| ISBN |
9781626368019 (electronic bk.) |
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1626368015 (electronic bk.) |
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