Air Forces & Warfare

As a farm boy in western Victoria, John Oddie would watch RAAF jets pass overhead as he ploughed hay fields, wondering what it would be like to fly...

Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities have expanded situation awareness for U.S. forces, provided for more precise comb...

When the Gulf Crisis of 1990 was triggered by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the RAF responded by sending Tornado F 3 fighters to Saudi Arabia to he...

The development and application of technology has been an essential part of U.S. airpower, leading to a century of air supremacy. But that developm...

Changes in the 21st century security environment require new analytic approaches to support strategic deterrence. Because current adversaries may b...

The Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21R, recce aircraft used by Polish Air Force are shown. This book consists of 16 pages and features detailed scale plans ...

In the second volume of Harrier Boys, as with the first, the history of this remarkable aircraft in service with UK armed forces is illustrated thr...

The inspiration for this brilliant anthology is the I Learnt About Flying from That articles that first appeared in the RAF Flight Safety magazine ...

Entering service in early 1941, the Dornier Do 217 was designed as an improved version of the Flying Pencil, the Do 17 bomber. The Do 217E-1 twin r...

With iconic images depicting it in the skies over Occupied Europe or the Far East, the B-24 Liberator is remembered for its part in the Allies bomb...

A rip-roaring gallop through the lives of the Royal Flying Corps air crew in the Great War. They lived their lives amidst a strange dichotomy as th...

In NATOs Gamble, Henriksen discloses the origins and content of NATOs strategic and conceptual thinking on how the use of force was to succeed poli...

The renowned Soviet attack aircraft Il-2 and its various models within the Polish Air Force have been extensively documented with unmatched detail....

Since their foundation during the Second World War, the Parachute Regiment has acquired a formidable reputation as tough, fearless soldiers. The Re...

Drawing largely on Bomber Command's operational records, 'RAF Coningsby in the Second World War' charts the wartime history of Royal Air Force Coni...

As Allied air force bombers mercilessly pound Nazi Germany every night in late 1943, the decision is made to send a number of journalists on a miss...

This book is compilations of the 4-view colour profile, scale plans and photo details of the single variant of the  MiG-15Bis plans in 1/72 and 1/4...

The Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria (FAR), one of the most powerful and little-publicised air forces in the Americas, had Mikoyan-Gurevich (MiG) fighte...

The Fiat G.55 Centauro fighter was designed by Giuseppe Gabrielli at the Fiat factory in 1942 and flown in the spring of the same year (April 30). ...

The Bristol Blenheim was one of the most popular British aircraft at the beginning of World War II. It was a very versatile and modifiable machine,...

La-7 Soviet single-engine, single-seat fighter aircraft of the World War II period. Developed in the design bureau of S. A. Lavochkin as a successo...

The Lockheed F-104 was one of the most popular supersonic aircraft in history, although it did not gain recognition in its home country, the United...

During World War II, the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) projected American military might across distances and with destructive force unimaginable just...

In February 1942, a reconnaissance party of United States Army Air Forces officers arrived in England. Firmly wedded to the doctrine of daylight pr...

This book is compilations of the 4-view colour profile, scale plans and photo details of the single variant of the PZL-104 Wilga 35A. Scale plans i...

This book is compilations of the 4-view colour profile, scale plans and photo details of the single variant of the PZL-104 Wilga 35A. Scale plans i...

General Gavin was a very brave man who had great faith in his men. The battle or the weather never stopped him from going to check the troops. He w...

This book from the series Inside shows detailed drawings of the German aircraft instrument panels in great detail.Instrument panels of the followin...

Mitsubishi Babs Vol. II The worlds first high-speed strategic reconnaissance aircraft completes the history of Japans revolutionary high-speed str...

Plying through the darkness at the very limit of the earth's atmosphere, the U-2's extrasensory intelligence-gathering sensors quietly intercept an...

The famous Polish jet trainer TS-11 Iskra and its variants in the Polish Air Force are described in unparalleled detail. Includes many unpublished ...

As the proud son of one of the Few, Rick Peacock-Edwards was inspired to follow his father into the Royal Air Force and become a fighter pilot. In ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A masterly history of the Dambusters raid from bestselling and critically acclaimed Max Hastings...

This book provides a comprehensive look at air war over Europe during the climactic year of World War II, combining firsthand experience with exper...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A masterly history of the Dambusters raid from bestselling and critically acclaimed Max Hastings...

A moving tribute to the sacrifice and bravery of the fliers of RAF Bomber Command. ****************************** The Crew, based on interviews ...

When Israel DT Del Toro, Jr.'s Humvee rolled over a roadside improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, he had one thought as he lost consciousnes...