Author: Michael Sharpe
Publisher: Taj Books Limited
ISBN: 9781844060849
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160

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Author: Thomas Newdick
Publisher: Amber Books Ltd
ISBN: 1782742778
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330

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Military Aircraft features 52 of the most important military aircraft, from biplane fighters to tactical bombers, transports, multirole fighters and stealth bombers. Packed with over 200 illustrations, each entry includes a description of the model’s development and history, a profile view, key features and specifications.

Author: Thomas Newdick
Publisher: Amber Books
ISBN: 9781838861285
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Military Aircraft features 52 of the most important military aircraft of the last hundred years. The book includes all the main types, from biplane fighters and carrier aircraft to tactical bombers, transport aircraft, multirole fighters, strategic strike aircraft, and stealth bombers. Featured aircraft include: the Fokker Dr.1 triplane, the legendary fighter flown by German flying ace Manfred von Richthofen, the "Red Baron," during World War I; the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, Japan's highly maneuverable fighter that dominated air-to-air combat in the early part of the Pacific War; the tank-busting Il-2 Shturmovik, the most produced aircraft in World War II; the Harrier jump jet, a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) fighter that has been in service for more than 40 years; the B-2 Spirit bomber, an American precision strike aircraft used in recent conflicts in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan; and the F-22 Raptor, an air superiority fighter with state-of-the-art stealth technology that makes it almost invisible to radars. Each entry includes a brief description of the model's development and history, a profile view, key features, and specifications. Packed with more than 200 artworks and photographs, Military Aircraft is a colorful guide for the military aviation enthusiast.

Author: Ole Steen Hansen
Publisher: New York ; St. Catharines, Ont. : Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780778712039
Category : Airplanes, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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From the attack on Pearl Harbor, to the Doolittle Raids on Tokyo, and the dropping of the atomic bombs, it was obvious that aircraft would play a crucial role in WWII. Highly detailed illustrations feature Spitfires, Hurricanes, and the Battle of Britain; planes of the Luftwaffe; Japanese Zero fighters and the Battle of Midway; and American daylight bombing in Europe.

Author: Jim Winchester
Publisher: Amber Books
ISBN: 9781782747284
Category : Fighter planes
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Cutaway colour illustrations provide detailed visual profiles of every featured aircraft. Includes all the most important jet fighter aircraft from 1945 to the present day.

Author: Jim Winchester
Publisher: Amber Books
ISBN: 9781907446405
Category : Airplanes, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"This material was originally published as part of the reference set Aircraft of the World"--Title page verso.

Author: Grace Hansen
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 1680796445
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27

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Bomber aircraft are important to militaries around the world that need to destroy large targets. Readers will learn what makes these aircraft bombers, their capabilities, crewmembers, and much more. Big full-bleed photographs, new glossary terms, and a close up look at an aircraft will keep readers wanting more! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.

Author: Jim Winchester
Publisher: Amber Books
ISBN: 9781906626716
Category : Aircraft
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Provides a fascinating at-a-glance guide to every major military aircraft type ever flown, all illustrated with a detailed profile artwork, accompanied by brief details and specifications.

Author: Paul Eden
Publisher: Chartwell Books
ISBN: 0785833676
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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Full specifications for each aircraft including dimensions, powerplant, weight, performance, and armament.

Author: Stephen Lee McFarland
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Except in a few instances, since World War II no American soldier or sailor has been attacked by enemy air power. Conversely, no enemy soldier orsailor has acted in combat without being attacked or at least threatened by American air power. Aviators have brought the air weapon to bear against enemies while denying them the same prerogative. This is the legacy of the U.S. AirForce, purchased at great cost in both human and material resources.More often than not, aerial pioneers had to fight technological ignorance, bureaucratic opposition, public apathy, and disagreement over purpose.Every step in the evolution of air power led into new and untrodden territory, driven by humanitarian impulses; by the search for higher, faster, and farther flight; or by the conviction that the air way was the best way. Warriors have always coveted the high ground. If technology permitted them to reach it, men, women andan air force held and exploited it-from Thomas Selfridge, first among so many who gave that "last full measure of devotion"; to Women's Airforce Service Pilot Ann Baumgartner, who broke social barriers to become the first Americanwoman to pilot a jet; to Benjamin Davis, who broke racial barriers to become the first African American to command a flying group; to Chuck Yeager, a one-time non-commissioned flight officer who was the first to exceed the speed of sound; to John Levitow, who earned the Medal of Honor by throwing himself over a live flare to save his gunship crew; to John Warden, who began a revolution in air power thought and strategy that was put to spectacular use in the Gulf War.Industrialization has brought total war and air power has brought the means to overfly an enemy's defenses and attack its sources of power directly. Americans have perceived air power from the start as a more efficient means of waging war and as a symbol of the nation's commitment to technology to master challenges, minimize casualties, and defeat adversaries.