Air Forces & Warfare

Second World War fighter pilot Eric Carter is one of only four surviving members of a secret mission, code-named 'Force Benedict'. Sanctioned by Wi...

The B-24 Liberatorequipped organization that evolved from its original 2nd Bomb Wing status to a Divisional level commenced operations out of East ...

The XP-86F took to the skies for the first time in October 1947. Essentially, it was the result of incorporating swept wings into North American Av...

Until now, Army Air Force Bases in Nebraska during World War II had never before been presented in a single book (most of the photographed structur...

This is a study of one of the 8th USAAFs sub-units. The 1st Combat Bomb Wing (1CBW), created on 13 September 1943, was preceded first by the 1st Bo...

Storied pilot Homer Stockert, born in Churubusco, Indiana, won air races in Fort Wayne in the 1920s, earning him legendary fame while only in his t...

In Night Hunters , air power historian William P. Head provides the first detailed study of the development and deployment of the AC-130 gunship. W...

Edward Kaplan's To Kill Nations is a fascinating work that packs a thermonuclear punch of ideas and arguments... The work is suitable for anyone fr...

SPIES IN THE SKY is the thrilling, little-known story of the partner organisation to the famous code-breaking centre at Bletchley Park. It is the s...

This book captures the story of Witchcraft, a B-24 Liberator, based in Rackheath, England, toward the end of World War II, that had a unique record...

In 1948, just as the Cold War was settling into the form it would maintain for nearly half a century, major antagonists the United States and Russi...

This book is based on the World War II diaries of Royal Australian Air Force Flying Officer Reg Heffron. The reader follows Heffron through initial...

This operational history of the XX (20th) Bomber Command and its combat missions from India and China in 1944 and 1945 traces the development of th...

Of all the Allied bombers of WWII, the Douglas A-20 Havoc is probably the least well known, but was a major contributor to the air war effort, flyi...

Following his first two massive volumes describing the day-by-day history of the 5th Fighter Command and associated tactical, strategic, and grand ...

During the height of the Cold War, the United States started to develop and expand its air defense capabilities to knock down Russian Air Force nuc...

This book provides a unique view of the development of military and commercial aviation in Japan from the pioneering years before World War I to th...

Graphic War is a superb collection of top-secret drawings, including training manuals and colourful wartime posters, from World War II. They were b...

For the first time, the history of one of the most significant and longest-lasting Luftwaffe combat units is presented. Operating against Tito and ...

Between September 1936 and February 1939, the Soviet Union was covertly aiding the Spanish Republic in its civil war with the right wing forces of ...

The history of the World War II Luftwaffe bomber unit Kampfgeschwader 51 Edelweiss is documented here from its formation in 1937 until Germanys sur...

The incredible inside story of the world's most extraordinary covert operation.Air America - a secret airline run by the CIA - flew missions no one...

In his fifth book in The Ultimate Look series, Dr. Wolf again brings the same degree of meticulous research to describe this unappreciated and misu...

Conceived in the waning days of World War II as an escort for the mammoth Convair B-36 bomber, the McDonnell Model 36 Voodoo first took to the air ...

A comprehensive history of the Second World War Fighter Command airfield at RAF Drem located near Edinburgh. It was one of Scotland's most importan...

The beginning of World War I saw thousands of army and navy aviators who needed specialized clothing that could not be purchased off-the-shelf. ...

Striking the Hornets' Nest provides the first extensive analysis of the Northern Bombing Group (NBG), the Navy's most innovative aviation initiativ...

No published work examines General Henry H. Hap Arnolds role in depth during the Pacific War of 1944-1945, in the context of planning for the destr...

The Air Force has managed its remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) pilots using some strategic human-capital approaches, such as planning for the differ...

Bomber Command pilot George Dunn DFC L dH completed forty-four operations during the Second World War. George flew his first tour in 1943, on Handl...