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The Lockheed Constellation
by Ken Wixey  Publisher Comments A history of the development and use of the Constellation in both military and commercial use....
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Fighter Wing: A Guided Tour of an Air Force Combat Wing
by Tom Clancy Publisher Comments The best of the best through Tom Clancy's eyes. A Guided Tour of an Air Force Combat Wing UPDATED WITH NEW MATERIALS AND PHOTOS- including cutting-edge information on the F-22 and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Tom Clancy's explorations of America's...
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Rupert Red Two: A Fighter Pilot's Life from Thunderbolts to Thunderchiefs
by Jack Broughton Publisher Comments In 1945 Second Lieutenant Jack Broughton graduated from West Point with the silver pilot wings of a newly commissioned member of the Army Air Corps. Nearly thirty years later, he retired as a full colonel in the United States Air Force, an entity that...
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Inner Seven
by William Oliver Publisher Comments Author William E. Oliver chronicles the lives and exploits of seven citizens who answered the call to military duty. None of the seven could have suspected that the combat record compiled in Korea when added to that compiled in WWII would isolate them as...
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Sr-71 Blackbird: Stories, Tales, and Legends
by Richard H. Graham Publisher Comments Feel the Mach 3 power generated by Lockheed's incredibly fast SR-71 Blackbird! Former SR-71 pilot, instructor and wing commander, Richard Graham, presents the most intriguing SR-71 stories ever told. This once highly classified program is fully revealed...
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Aurora :the Pentagon's secret hypersonic spyplane
by Bill Sweetman Book News Annotation Sweetman, North American editor for Jane's Defence Weekly, gathers the available shreds of evidence that substantiate the existence of a spyplane called the Aurora--a plane whose existence is denied by the US Air Force. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,...
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F-117 Nighthawk (Combat Legend)
by Paul Crickmore Publisher Comments In this popular entry in Crowood Press' Combat Legend series, the legendary F-117 Nighthawk is profiled with text, photos, and illustrations. A key frontline aircraft of the USAF since 1983, the Nighthawk was deployed in the Gulf War and Balkans...
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Corky Meyer's Flight Journal: A Test Pilot's Tales of Dodging Disasters--Just in Time
by Corwin H. Meyer Publisher Comments Designing high-performance military aircraft in the slide-rule era was challenging. Being the first person to fly these airplanes and expand an aircraft's flight envelope was often very frightening, if not downright deadly. It is hard to believe that...
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Every Man a Tiger: The Gulf War Air Campaign
by Tom Clancy Synopsis The controversial Gulf War air campaign is revealed in rich, provocative detail. And in this new edition, General Horner looks at the current Gulf conflict--and comments on the use of air power in Iraq today....
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They Sailed the Skies: U.S. Navy Balloons and the Airship Program
by J. Gordon Vaeth Book News Annotation In this accessibly written account, Vaeth describes the history of the annual James Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race, in which U.S. Navy balloonists competed throughout the 1920s and 1930s. The story of the competitors is told against the...
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F-15 Eagle Engaged: The World's Most Successful Jet Fighter (General Aviation)
by Steve Davies Synopsis With its twin tail, the F-15 Eagle is probably the most recognizable military jet fighter in the skies today, and is undoubtedly the most successful jet fighter of all time, having never been shot down in combat. Authors Steve Davies and Doug Dildy draw...
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G.I. #30: Airborne Forces of the Cold War
by Leroy Thompson Publisher Comments Leroy Thompson's unparalleled knowledge and experience of special forces along with his unique and previously unpublished photographs make this an indispensible addition to the GI Series. The pictures and detailed captions give a thorough illustrated...
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The Air Combat Reader
by Walter J Boyne Synopsis An exciting anthology of some of the best writing on the topic of air combat....
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Into the Unknown: The X-1 Story
by Louis Rotundo Book News Annotation Rotundo describes the complete history of the world's first supersonic aircraft--the Bell X-1--from the origins of high speed research in the 1930s to Chuck Yeager's pioneering flight through the sound barrier on October 14, 1947. With 14 pages of...
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MIG Master: The Story of the F-8 Crusader
by Barrett Tillman Synopsis An operational history of one of the most capable, versatile, and long-lived aircraft in naval aviation history....
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Air Power: Heroes and Heroism in American Flight Missions, 1916 to Today
by Bill Gilbert Publisher Comments - Winner of the Navy's Roosevelt Award for Excellence in Writing - Includes 29 black and white...
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Deadly Sky: The American Combat Airman in World War II
by John C Mcmanus Publisher Comments They came in from nearly every city, town, and state in America. They were the sons of the elite, the impoverished, the everyone in between. Regardless of their background they had one thing in common: all had volunteered to fight in the air against...
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Consolidated B-24 Liberator
by Martin Bowman Publisher Comments Consolidated's B-24 Liberator was one of the most costly and complicated aircraft produced by the US during WWII. It was produced in greater numbers than any other US bomber. 19,000 were built and served all over the globe as a bomber, transport, and...
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Vital Guide To Military Aircraft 2ND Edition
by Rob Hewson Publisher Comments A concise, highly detailed and superbly illustrated reference work to the most important combat aircraft in operation throughout the world today. With detailed text, full program and service details, plus complete type specifications, this volume...
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F-22 Raptor (Enthusiast Color)
by Bill Sweetman Publisher Comments While much of the details of the F-22 remain classified, what has been released is nothing short of incredible. Bill Sweetman fills you in on the new techniques, new materials and new machinery required to build and fly the world's most-advanced fighter....
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