Air Forces & Warfare

This second volume continues to describe in detail the camouflage and markings of the day fighters used by the Polish Air Force from 1939 to 1947. ...

On 4 June 1942, three squadrons of U.S. Navy Dauntless dive bombers destroyed Japan's carrier force sent to neutralise Midway, changing the course ...

The U.S. Navys Unmanned Combat Air System aircraft currently in development will transform naval aviation, extending its reach while dramatically r...

Published to coincide with the centennial celebration of U.S. Navy Aviation, this book chronicles Navy aviation from its earliest days before the N...

During the Second World War, black volunteers from across the British Empire enthusiastically joined the armed forces and played their part in figh...

Italys most successful wartime bomber, the S.79 saw combat with the Regia Aeronautica in France, Yugoslavia, Greece, North Africa, East Africa and ...

John Hoppy Hopgood, pilot and 2nd in command in the May 1943 Dambusters raid, died a hero at just 21 years old. Wounded by flak and with his Lancas...

Maurice Moggy Mayne was a cricket-loving air gunner in the Second World War, with a pretty girlfriend back home in rural England. His turret was in...

How much can you really find out about the War in the Air during the First World War in five minutes? This handy little history book will surpass a...

Detailing the Lancasters history from 194245, this study brings everything together to tell a concise history of the worlds most famous aircraft of...

Vulcan: God of Fire is a historical account of Britains nuclear deterrent force, the development of atomic/thermonuclear weapons and the bombers. I...

After the Dunkirk debacle in May 1940, Britain's primary weapon of defence was her air force. The exploits of the RAF's bomber crews and fighter pi...

In 1903 the Wright Brothers achieved their dream of powered flight and from then on mans domination of the skies became a reality. The military pot...

In April 2003, soon after Operation Iraqi Freedom had been declared a success, President Bush sent retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Jay Garner to Iraq to...

A highly illustrated account of the Japanese aerial assault on the port of Darwin in February 1942 the first attack ever mounted by a foreign powe...

A gripping history of the SAS in World War II, supported by a collection of rare images from the SAS Regimental Association. The SAS are among the...

One of America's most famous aircraft, the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress continues to form the backbone of the US nuclear deterrent, and it has also b...

Insights into the organisation, equipment, men, machines, technology and tactics of the RAF's bomber offensive 1939 - 1945, Night and day in the Se...

This detailed, illustrated look at the Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter aircraft features complete discussions of its design, construction, and operati...

Discover the lives and stories of the 80 men who made the first attack on Japan following Pearl Harbor. Eighty brave men made a near-suicidal ...

This pocket manual focusing on the most famous aircraft of all time presents an accessible collection of fascinating historical documents which giv...

During the Second World War the need for an on-board technical expert to join the Bomber Crews evolved. The various systems on the latest 4-engined...

The Grumman J2F Duck formed the backbone of Americas over water utility squadrons from 1934 until beyond WWII, setting various aviation records dur...

When de Havilland proposed, in 1938, an unarmed bomber constructed almost entirely from wood, few would have thought it could become one of the mos...

The F/A-18 evolved from Northrops YF-17 in the late 1970s. Production aircraft reached the Navy in May 1980 and the Marine Corps two years later. M...

Incredibly, the first B-52 flew on 15 April 1952. During the Cold War Strategic Air Commands fleet of B-52s were at a moments readiness to make a o...

Designed to improve on the F-4 Phantoms air combat performance, the Tomcat entered service in 1974 with the US Navy, replacing the F-4 Phantom II. ...

On April 5, 1945, more than sixty black officers of the U.S. Army Air Forces were arrested for entering a whites-only club at Freeman Field, Indian...

More than 2000 women in the United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union flew military airplanes in organized units during World War II, ye...

In 1940, against the backdrop of the Battle of Britain, 66 Squadrons commanding officer, Squadron Leader Athol Forbes, asked ten of his pilots to r...

The F-104 Starfighter was one of the most fascinating aircraft of the Cold War era in Europe. Several European air forces operated the aircraft, wi...

Successful aircraft manufacturer de Havilland began design development of the Vampire in 1941, to assess the feasibility of jet propulsion as a mea...

This is the story of my experiences with the medium bomber designated by the Army as a B-26 and named by the British as the Marauder. The book incl...