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Combat Aircraft #81: Israeli A-4 Skyhawk Units in Combat by Shlomo Aloni Synopsis The light and agile A-4 Skyhawk was the first modern American jet to be offered to the Israeli Air Force, marking the point where the US took over from France as Israel's chief military supplier. Deliveries began too late for the A-4 to fight in the Six... (read more) Your price: $22.95 New - Trade Paper 
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Born to Fly: The Untold Story of the Downed American Spy Plane by Shane Osborn Publisher Comments The riveting and inspiring story of how Navy Lieutenant Shane Osborn's flying skills saved a Navy reconnaissance plane and its crew of 24 from almost certain death, and their subsequent ordeal of detention and interrogation. On April 1, 2001, aircraft... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $4.40 Used - Hardcover
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Modern Military Aircraft (Aviation Factfiles) by Jim Winchester Publisher Comments More than 120 bombers, transports, and tankers, all still in service around the world today, are featured here on heavily illustrated two-page spreads. From early jets such as the MiG-15 to the $2 billion B-2A Spirit, the wide range of aircraft employed... (read more) List Price $17.98 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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Tupolev Bombers by David Donald Publisher Comments With the end of World War II and the dawn of the nuclear age, the world's new superpowers (while allied for the defeat of Germany) entered a period of hostility marked by sharply opposing ideologies, proxy wars and the continuing threat of nuclear... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $17.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Splash One: The Story of Jet Combat by Ivan Rendall Publisher Comments From global confrontation at the start of the Cold War, to policing the skies over Iraq and Bosnia, Splash One tells the story of aerial combat in the jet age. It puts the reader in the cockpit of the most beautiful, advanced and lethal aircraft of their... (read more) Your price: $4.80 Used - Hardcover
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Loud and Clear: The Memoir of an Israeli Fighter Pilot by Iftach Spector Publisher Comments Iftach Spector’s family immigrated to Palestine at the turn of the twentieth century. His father and mother both served in the Palmach, Israel’s early clandestine commando force, which led to the death of his father during World War II when... (read more) Your price: $30.00 New - Hardcover
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International Directory of Military Aircraft by Gerard Frawley Publisher Comments The fourth edition of this exhausive reference directory includes approximately 310 entries -- one every military aircraft type ever built which is still in use today. Each entry details the aircraft's powerplants, performance crew number, weights... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $6.97 Sale - Trade Paper
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Attack & Interceptor Jets by Michael Sharpe Publisher Comments The first faltering steps into military jet technology were made nearly three-quarters of a century ago, in the time of canvas-and-wire airplanes and steam engines; since then, the results, thanks to jet pioneers throughout the world, have been nothing... (read more) Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Great Book of Modern Warplanes Featuring by Mike Spick Synopsis This volume features many of the warplanes that saw combat in the skies over Iraq in the early 1990s or over the war-torn Balkan state. Each is described in great detail, complete with technical specifications, colour photographs and cutaway drawings.... (read more) Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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Janes Aircraft Recognition Guide by Gunter Endres Publisher Comments 3rd ed. / compiled and edited by Gèunter Endres and Michael J. Gething.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Air Campaign: Planning for Combat by John A Warden Publisher Comments Winner of the Air Force Associations' Gill Robb Wilson award as "one of the most influential books of the decade".... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Red Eagles: America's Secret Migs (General Military) by Steve Davies Publisher Comments From the late 1960s until the end of the Cold War, the United States Air Force acquired and flew Russian-made MiG jets, culminating in a secret squadron dedicated to exposing American fighter pilots to enemy technology and tactics. Red Eagles tells the... (read more) Your price: $25.95 New - Hardcover
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Combat Air Patrol by Ian Black Publisher Comments Ride shotgun with an elite fighter pilot during operational sorties over the world's war zones. Every stunning air-to-air shot captures the thrill of fighting aircraft in their element. Join the fast-jet set in action over the Gulf, Bosnia and other war... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Panavia Tornado by Andy Evans Synopsis When Great Britain, Italy and Germany pooled their resources in the late-1960s to produce a multinational, multirole military aircraft, the result was the swing-wing Tornado. Today, the Tornado remains in service not only in the U.K. and Italy, but in... (read more) List Price $52.95 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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Black Aces High by Robert K Wilcox Publisher Comments A riveting account of a modern fighter squadron at war and the exploits, triumphs, and traumas of its pilots. The Black Aces. Their courage, ferocity, and instincts made them legendary in military aviation. Flying F-14 Tomcats, they played as much a part... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Janes Aircraft Recognition Guide 4TH Edition by Gunter G Endres Publisher Comments <p> Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide is the only guide that allows the general public access to information from the world-famous Jane's All the World's Aircraft (first published in 1909), used by international aviation and military... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Chain of Events: The Government Cover-Up of the Black Hawk Incident and the Friendly-Fire Death of Lt. Laura Piper by Joan L Piper Synopsis The true story behind the international headlines about the Black Hawk helicopter downing in Iraq.... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $5.97 Sale - Hardcover
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The Naval Institute Guide to World Military Aviation, 1997-1998 (Naval Institute Guide to World Military Aviation) by Rene J Francillon Publisher Comments Called the most authoritative, easy-to-use military aviation reference of its kind, this volume covers all aircraft currently in service in the world's air forces.... (read more) List Price $194.50 Your price: $32.00 Used - Hardcover 
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Combat Carriers: Flying Action at Sea by Tony Holmes Synopsis A full-color topside voyage aboard today's sophisticated aircraft carriers. Action-packed deck shots from thee floating cities capture all the combat readiness, as today's venomous military technology is catapulted roaring into the seascape. Readers will... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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Air Campaign Planning for Combat by John A Warden Publisher Comments Explores the connection between air superiority and victory, focusing on the use of forces at the operational level.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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