U.S. Air Force Survival Handbook: The Portable and Essential Guide to Staying Alive

Description

Designed for use in formal Air Force training, the U.S. Air Force Survival Handbook was written to help a pilot who finds him or herself in a hostile environment. For the more general reader, it offers a complete and comprehensive manual of outdoor survival techniques. It includes expert advice on: * First aid for illness and injury * Finding your way without a map * Building a fire * Finding food and water * Using ropes and tying knots * Concealment techniques * Signaling for help * Survival at sea * Building shelters * Animal tracking * Predicting the weather * And much more By outlining specific survival threats found at sea, in the desert, in mountain terrain, and in arctic conditions, and offering techniques on surviving them, this book, releasing on the seventieth anniversary of the U.S. Air Force, is invaluable to both the casual outdoorsman and the extreme sports enthusiast, as well as anyone looking for insight into the training tactics of the U.S. Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is the largest air force in the world and one of the most technologically advanced. As part of the United States Department of Defense, it is headquartered in the Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia.