U.S. Air Force survival handbook : the portable and essential guide to staying alive /
Presents a comprehensive guide to outdoor survival techniques that are designed for formal training in the United States Air Force.
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Published: |
Skyhorse Publishing,
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Publisher Address: | New York : |
Publication Dates: | [2017] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
AF regulation ;
64-4, volume 1 |
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Summary: |
Presents a comprehensive guide to outdoor survival techniques that are designed for formal training in the United States Air Force. |
Item Description: | Book is a reproduction of an earlier U.S. Air Force Regulation, sold by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office. |
Carrier Form: | 579 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: |
9781510709140 (paperback : alkaline paper) : 1510709142 |
CLC: | E712.54-62 |
Call Number: | E712.54-62/U581 |
Contents: | Mission -- Conditions affecting survival -- The survivor's needs -- Contributing factors -- Emotional reactions -- The will to survive -- Survival medicine -- PW medicine -- Weather -- Geographic principles -- Environmental characteristics -- Local people -- Proper body temperature -- Clothing -- Shelter -- Firecraft -- Equipment -- Food -- Water -- Land navigation -- Land travel -- Rough land travel and evacuation techniques -- Water travel -- Signaling -- Recovery principles -- Legal and moral obligations -- Factors of successful evasion -- Camouflage -- Nuclear conditions -- Biological conditions -- Chemical conditions. |