Author: Tony Holmes

Published to coincide with the 80th birthday of the Spitfire this is a gripping and visually spectacular volume, which celebrates the life of Brita...

2017 marks the 80th anniversary of the remarkable Hawker Hurricane formally entering service. The RAF''s first monoplane fighter, it dragged the Ai...

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

Scramble! Scramble! Almost 80 years ago the skies over Britain were full of dogfighting aircraft as young pilots of the RAF fought to repel the mig...

All models 1970-2006, Probably best-known for its starring role in the Hollywood movie Top Gun, the variable geometry two-seat carrier-based Grumma...

Through the medium of period photography, Star-Spangled Spitfires chronicles the combat operations of the USAAF units equipped with the iconic Supe...

Bursting with exciting full-colour illustrations, colour artwork and contemporary photographs, this is a handy, complete guide to the most famous m...

With stunning artwork and detailed analysis, this volume provides a pilots view of the dramatic clashes between these two legendary fighters, as so...

Although seen as a replacement for the A6M Zero-sen carrier-based fighter, the Mitsubishi J2M Raiden was actually designed as a land-based naval in...

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...

A compact guide to 70 of the most iconic aircraft to have shaped warfare over the last 100 years.Aviation has revolutionised warfare over the last ...

By the early months of 1944 in the Pacific, the US Navys burgeoning force of carrier-based F6F-3/5 Hellcats had pretty much wiped the skies clear 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. ...

This book brings together the best and most iconic fighters of World War II, pitted against one another in desperate aerial combat. The battle for...

The US Navy has been at the forefront of naval aviation at sea for almost a century, its aircraft carriers growing ever larger in size over the dec...