Warfare & Defence

During the final year of World War II, the defending Axis forces were steadily driven from southern skies by burgeoning Anglo-American power. This ...

It has been 100 years since the first airfield was established in the country town of Yeovil. Since 1915, aircraft have been designed, manufactured...

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

The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, commonly nicknamed the Warthog due to its unusual and ungainly appearance, became the most effective cl...

The concept of a twin-engine fighter that could accompany bomber formations and effectively drive off defending fighters was the rationale behind t...

The North American P-51 Mustang remains one of the most famous and recognizable aircraft in the world to this day. Nimble and fastqualities that le...

Allied Aircraft Piston Engines of World War II, now in its second edition, coalesces multiple aspects of war-driven aviation and its amazing techni...

The Bf 109 E Emil entered service in 1938. The aircrafts DB 601 engine transformed its performance, making the Messerschmitt fighter one of the mos...

Even today the Martin B-26 Marauder continues to look sleek and streamlined. Although receiving less wartime publicity than Americas other medium o...

Closed in 1949, the Sukhoi Design Bureau was reborn in 1953 to meet an urgent demand for a fast interceptor that would counter the threat posed by ...

The Dornier Do 17 was one of three Luftwaffes main bomber types early in the war. Designed as a passenger and mail plane, it ultimately proved true...

Kamov design bureau was established in late 1940s after successful demonstration of single engine ultra-light Ka-8 type and its improved derivate K...

The USS Iowa (BB-61) was the lead ship in the United States Navy's last, and most battle-worthy, battleship class, which also included the New Jers...

This book presents the evolution of one of the most famous French-made fighter aircraft of WWIthe fast, rugged Spad. From humble beginnings this ai...

Perhaps the most famous aircraft to come from English Electric, the unique design of the Lightning originated in a proposal in 1947. The prototype ...

Fighting over the beaches of Dunkirk and in the Battle of Britain, guarding the night skies during the perilous months of the Blitz, pioneering ele...

When the expansion of the RAF began in 1934, Air Commodore Tedder observed that the established order of school training not only failed to produce...

Perhaps no other aircraft in aviation history has been such a well-kept secret as the United States Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. This cutting-edge air...

The Lavi fighter program, the largest weapons-development effort ever undertaken by the State of Israel, envisioned a new generation of high-perfor...

Britain's Cold War Fighters explores the creation and development of the jet fighter, tracing the emergence of the first jet designs (the Meteor an...