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Hat in the Ring
The Birth of American Air Power in the Great War
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
When Congress declared war in April 1917, the Europeans had already deployed their third generation of fighters, equipped with machine guns and capable of speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour, while the American Air Service consisted of only a handful of aviators in unarmed trainers. In this first...
by United States Government US Army
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2013
This ATM describes training requirements for H-60 crewmembers. It will be used with AR 95-1, AR 600-105, AR 600-106, National Guard regulation (NGR) 95-210, TC 3-04.11, and other applicable publications. The tasks in this ATM enhance training in both individual crewmember and aircrew proficiency....
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2013
This fascinating guide for new airman by the USAF covers every aspect of the Air Force including current weapons systems, biographies of airman exemplars, history of air force, medal of honor recipients, flying aces, air force organization and operations, CONOPs, force structure, combatant commands,...
by Andrew Thomas, Mr Warren Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
The Americans lagged behind their European contemporaries in military aviation in the late 1930s, and it took the Battle of Britain to awaken America to the necessity of having aircraft that could defend targets against night-time attack by bomber aircraft. This book examines the numerous aircraft...
Fortress Ploesti
The Campaign to Destroy Hitler's Oil
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2003
Unlike previous books on Ploesti, Jay Stout goes well beyond the famous big and bloody raid of August 1943 and depicts the entire 1944 strategic campaign of twenty-plus missions that all but knocked Ploesti out of the war and denied the German war machine the fuel and lubricants it so desperately...
by Philip Handleman; Walter J. Boyne
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2005
Showcasing the twentieth centurys best writing on the topic of air combat from World War I through the Gulf War, Brasseys Air Combat Reader examines the evolution of air combat strategy and tactics. It includes extracts from memoirs by such legends as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, hair-raising third-person...
The Desert Air Force in World War II
Air Power in the Western Desert, 1940-1942
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
This is a comprehensive reference to the structure, operation, aircraft and men of the 1st Tactical Air Force, or Desert Air Force as it became known. It was formed in North Africa to support the 8th Army and included squadrons from the RAF, SAAF, RAAF and eventually the USAAF. The book includes descriptions...
Billy Bishop VC: Lone Wolf Hunter
The RAF Ace Re-Examined
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2014
A “superb” look at one of the Great War’s most storied combat pilots and his legendary solo missions, with never-before-published photos (Barrett Tillman).
William Avery Bishop is recognized as the British Empire’s highest-scoring WWI ace, credited with seventy-two combat victories. Overall,...
by Kenneth M. Keisel
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2016
From its founding in 1927 until the establishment of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in 1948, Wright Field played a vital role keeping the Army Air Force positioned as the world's leader in aircraft design and development. The Second World War catapulted it into the forefront of America's war effort,...
Gloster Javelin
An Operation History
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
The RAF’s only delta-winged fighter – the Gloster Javelin was also Britain’s first true All-Weather Fighter. Based in the UK and in Germany, the RAF’s Javelin squadrons formed the front line of Britain’s air defences in the late 1950s and early 1960s. During this time Javelin crews pioneered...
Midair
An Epic Tale of Survival and a Mission That Might Have Ended the Vietnam War
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Midair is a true account of one of the most remarkable tales of survival in the history of aviation – a midair collision at 30,000 feet by two bomb-laden B-52s over a category 5 super typhoon above the South China Sea during the outset of the Vietnam War.
Authored by Craig K. Collins, the...
Bracing for Impact
True Tales of Air Disasters and the People Who Survived Them
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
“Provides real world insight to those that have experienced the life-threatening event of an airplane crash” (Les Abend, Boeing 777 captain and CNN Aviation Analyst).
Being strapped in the seat of a plane as it plunges into a nosedive midair is everyone’s worst nightmare. The two women...
by Grant Corriveau
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
“I’m still a rookie second officer but even I know it’s not supposed to happen like this.” “The captain called “Before Landing Check.” That’s normal. The first officer and I moved the appropriate switches, levers and buttons, and chanted the usual incantations. That’s normal. The...
Always Another Dawn (Annotated)
The Story of a Rocket Test Pilot
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2018
Always Another Dawn: The Story of a Rocket Test Pilot is the story of NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) and Albert Scott Crossfield's work in the post-war years and beyond pioneering the use of rocket-powered planes. Crossfield and his team paved the path for space exploration making...