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Since end of WWII the major role played by the 5th Fighter Command in winning the war in the Pacific has been almost totally neglected. Wolf puts the air campaigns into strategic and tactical context,...

Around the world, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is synonymous with air and space flight. This book covers NASA’s aero space research from the agency’s beginnings as NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) in...

The USAAF entered WWII lacking technical expertize in photo recon. A program to establish an independent organization within the 8th AF equipped with Mosquito aircraft reached fruition with the formation of the 25th BG in...

They were called the deadliest fighter squadron in action in the South Pacific; U.S. Navy Fighting Squadron Seventeen, famous with their Skull and Crossbones insignia, became one of the most successful squadrons of WWII. Flying...

This book is centered around the author’s father’s World War II diary. Robert C. Sage was a B-17 pilot who flew twenty-nine missions out of Thurleigh, England, as a member of the 8th Air Force,...

622 Sqdn. was just one of many Bomber Squadrons whose airmen carried out nightly missions, putting their lives “on the line” for King and Country during WWII. This account is relayed through the memoirs, diaries...

The book details the history of Imperial Japanese Army Flying Schools from 1912 to 1945, covering not only the formation of the schools, but also evolution of the training aircraft and the training of pilots,...

Cold War Cornhuskers relates the day-by-day, month-by-month history of the 307th Bomb Wing at Lincoln Air Force Base during the hectic days of the Cold War. For the first time, the inside story of a...

This is the true story in photographs, of the famous U.S. Navy Fighting Squadron Seventeen. Flying the new Chance Vought F4U Corsair they broke combat records in the Pacific and were instrumental in proving this...

This is the first book to detail the design and service history of the U.S. Navy’s first airplane, and presents the formative years of naval aviation between 1911-1916. The Curtiss Hydroaeroplane, made history as the...

Where the preceding two books of this pioneer series focused on the World War I German aviators featured on Sanke postcards, this final volume examines additional postcard presentations of First World War German airmen as...

“In the Skies of Europe” is an eyewitness account of an important chapter in the history of German military aviation. When WWII started, Scholz was an Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän in JG 54. Together with his...