[2] For 32 years, Leary taught at the University of Georgia from which he retired as the E. Merton Coulter Professor of History in 2005.
[2] Leary stated that his observation of Civil Air Transport aircraft and personnel at Kadena led to a historical interest in aviation.
[2] From 1996 to 1997, Leary held the Charles A. Lindbergh Chair in Aerospace History at the National Air and Space Museum.
[2] Other books written by Leary discussed Mohawk Airlines, Project COLDFEET, and Allen Dulles.
[2] Other subjects covered in his writings included the Airmails of the United States, Bernt Balchen and polar aviation, the USAF's Combat Cargo Command, and the aerial resupply of Yugoslav Partisans during World War II.