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  • Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat

    by Tom Cooper, Farzad Bishop ...
    Series Book 49 - Combat Aircraft
    This book looks at the F-14's Iranian combat history and includes first hand accounts from the pilots themselves.So formidable an opponent did the Iraqi airforce consider the F-14 that during the Iran-Iraq war, they ordered their pilots not to engage F-14s and the presence of one in an area was usually enough to empty it of Iraqi aircraft. Officially losses were tiny; only one F-14 was lost in ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Iranian F-4 Phantom II Units in Combat

    by Farzad Bishop, Tom Cooper ...
    Series Book 37 - Combat Aircraft
    An illustrated combat history of the jet, different versions of which have provided the backbone of the frontline strength of the Iranian air force since the 1970s.Whole generations of Iranian pilots and ground personnel have been trained to fly and maintain the versions of this aircraft. Indeed, the type bore the brunt of active combat operations during the long war with Iraq. Iranian F-4 Phantom ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • Infamous Aircraft

    Dangerous Designs and their Vices

    by Robert Jackson ...
    An in-depth look at some of the 20th century's notoriously terrible aircraft.Many aircraft, some famous and some rare, gained a reputation for being difficult to fly and sometimes downright dangerous. This book looks at some of the worst culprits over a period spanning World War I to the age of supersonic flight. The following aircraft are included . . .B.E.2: The Royal Flying Corps went to war in ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Achtung Spitfire! (True Combat)

    by Nigel Cawthorne ...
    `Shimmering in the morning sun, wave upon wave of bombers, driving for London. Stepped above and behind, the serried ranks of Messerschmitts. Covering mile upon mile of sky, as far as the eye could see. It was at once magnificent and terrible. I broke hard into attack, pulling the Spitfire into a climbing, spiralling turn as I did so…`Read about the development of the Spitfire in Taking to the ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Every Man A Tiger (Revised)

    The Gulf War Air Campaign

    by Tom Clancy, Chuck Horner ...
    Series Book 2 - Commander Series
    General Chuck Horner commanded the U.S. and allied air assets—the forces of a dozen nations—during Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and was responsible for the design and execution of one of the most devastating air campaigns in history. Never before has the Gulf air war planning, a process filled with controversy and stormy personalities, been revealed in such rich, provocative detail. And in this ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Griffon Spitfire Aces

    by Andrew Thomas ...
    Series Book 81 - Aircraft of the Aces
    A unique account of the fastest British fighter plane of World War 2.Modified for low-level operations to counter Luftwaffe attacks on the south coast, the Griffon-powered Spitfire XIV became the best low-level fighter of World War II. Squadrons moved to south-eastern England to counter the V1 flying bomb offensive, where daring pilots pioneered the technique of tipping the V1 over with the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Shield and Sword: The United States Navy and the Persian Gulf War

    by Edward J. Marolda, Robert J. Schneller ...
    Though not so well known as the land and air campaigns, the campaign at sea in the 1991 Gulf War was vital in subduing Saddam Hussein's invasion forces and driving them out of Kuwait. U.S. Navy surface ships and submarines launched hundreds of cruise missile attacks against Iraqi targets throughout the war, and carriers sent air strikes deep into enemy territory. The battleships Missouri and ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Operation Dingo

    The Rhodesian Raid on Chimoio and Tembué 1977

    by J.R.T. Wood ...
    Series Book 1 - Africa@War
    Fireforce 'Writ Large' - Airborne Assault in Mozambique.Startling in its innovation and daringly suicidal, Operation Dingo was not only the Fireforce concept writ large but the prototype for all the major Rhodesian airborne attacks on the external bases of Rhodesian African nationalist insurgents in the neighboring territories of Mozambique and Zambia until such operations ceased in late 1979. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Canadian Warbirds of the Second World War - Fighters, Bombers and Patrol Aircraft

    by Harold Skaarup ...
    This aviation handbook is intended to provide the reader with a quick reference to identify the military aircraft flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Army during the Second World War. The handbooks in this series include a general description and a photograph from the Canadian Forces Archives of at least one of the key variants or marks of each aircraft ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Bomber Command War Diaries

    An Operational Reference Book, 1939-1945

    by Martin Middlebrook, Chris Everitt ...
    The essential WWII historical reference detailing RAF Bomber Command's extensive campaign of strategic bombings across occupied Europe.The Royal Air Force Bomber Command's strategic bombing campaign started on the first day of the Second World War and ended five and a half years later with the final victory in Europe. It was a campaign of such enormous scale that historians have only recently ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Stealth Fighter

    A Year in the Life of an F-117 Pilot

    by William B. O'Connor ...
    An engaging look into the culture of those who fly high-tech fighters and bombers and one pilot's personal account of his career in the cockpit.The F-117 Stealth Nighthawk was a truly groundbreaking aircraft when introduced in the early 1980s. The strange shape of the jet, all flat panels and angles, rendered the aircraft nearly invisible to radar. This highly classified program wasn't ... Read more

    $21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Captured Eagles

    Secrets of the Luftwaffe

    by Frederick A. Johnsen ...
    The growth in size, lethality, and technology of the German Luftwaffe was of concern to some defense planners in the United States before American entry into the war.Learning about the Luftwaffe became a significant effort once the conflict broke out in Europe. From defectors with German aircraft to battlefield trophies and combat crew reports, the race to understand German aero technology took on ... Read more

    $14.99 USD