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Swift to Battle: No. 72 Fighter Squadron RAF in Action
Volume 1: Re-formation in 1937, The Phoney War, Dunkirk, The Battle of Britain and Offensive Operations over Occupied Europe 1942
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2009
This first of three volumes traces the history of 72 Fighter Squadron, one of the premier squadrons in the Royal Air Force. The aircraft flown, operational personnel and missions flown are fully described with firsthand accounts from pilots and both air and ground crew.
Having been first established...
263 and 137 Squadrons
The Whirlwind Years
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
For many, the Westland Whirlwind conjures the image of yellow air-sea rescue helicopters, not the sleek twin-engine monoplane that was the RAF’s first single-seat, cannon-armed fighter. Although faster and better armed than its legendary cousin, the Spitfire, the Westland Whirlwind has long been...
Architect of Air Power
General Laurence S. Kuter and the Birth of the US Air Force
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
At age 36, Laurence S. Kuter (1905--1979) became the youngest general officer since William T. Sherman. He served as deputy commander of allied tactical air forces in North Africa during World War II and helped devise the American bombing strategy in Europe. Although his combat contributions were...
by Stephen Holloway
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Drawing on recent developments in the services management, strategic management and brand management literatures, this stimulating and well-illustrated book presents critical new approaches to developing customer-centered airline strategies. Designed for a wide audience of aviation management students...
by Robert Peczkowski, Artur Juszczak
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2007
The “Slow But Deadly” Dauntless was the US Navy’s premier carrier-borne dive bomber, and proved immensely successful in all the major Pacific naval campaigns of WW2. Designed by Ed Heinemann, who later was involved in the design of the equally successful A-20, A-26, F4D and A-4 Skyhawk. The...
Racing Ace
The Fights and Flights of ‘Kink’ Kinkead DSO, DSC*, DFC*
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2011
Samuel ‘Kink’ Kinkead won two DSCs with the Royal Naval Air Service, two DFC with the fledgling RAF and the DSO in Russia.
A brilliant pilot, postwar he was a long range aviation pioneer and leading racing ace selected for the international Schneider Trophy in Venice in 1927. Tragically,...
by Rick Morgan
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2015
The Douglas A-3 Skywarrior, though something of a cult favourite, remains a largely unremarked classic of Naval Aviation. Built for nuclear weapon delivery, the A-3 made its name in Vietnam as a conventional bomber, tanker and Electronic Warfare platform. It was the largest aircraft ever regularly...
4 Group Bomber Command
An Operational Record
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
During the immediate period before World War Two, the RAF modified its command structure to rationalize for rapid expansion. Bomber Command was divided into six operational groups, each flying the same type of aircraft, including Wellingtons, Sterlings, and Lancasters. Chris Ward presents us here...
The Influence of Airpower upon History
Statesmanship, Diplomacy, and Foreign Policy since 1903
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013
From early zeppelins, to the Luftwaffe and the Enola Gay, to the unmanned aerial vehicles of today, air power has long been regarded as an invaluable instrument of war. However, nations have employed aircraft for many other purposes as well; they provide security and surveillance, and they are vital...
by Rick Morgan, Gareth Hector
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
In the three decades following Vietnam, the veteran A-6 Intruder remained the most powerful strike aircraft available to the US Navy and Marine Corps. Engaged in operations over Cambodia, Lebanon and Libya during the 1970s and 80s, the A-6 maintained its reputation as the 'Main Battery' of carrier...
Full Throttle
True Stories of Vietnam Air Combat Told by the Men Who Lived It
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Airmen in Vietnam weren't above the hell of war-but they went beyond the call of duty.
It was America's longest, most withering war, as hellish in the air as it was on the ground. But little has been told of the airmen who fought, who died, who lived and dared to remember...until now. Three...
United States Military Helicopters
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
The helicopter came on the scene too late to play other than a minor role in the Second World War but by the Korean conflict the Bell H-13 Sioux, OH-23 Raven, and Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw were in service.
It was in Vietnam that the US military helicopters really came into their own and the best...
6 Group Bomber Command
An Operational Record
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2010
6 Group was born out of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), which, among other things called for the formation of 25 Canadian Squadrons in Britain. This figure was later downsized. The Canadian vision was of a Canadian force operating independently alongside Bomber Command in the manner...
The Science of Bombing
Operational Research in RAF Bomber Command
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2009
After suffering devastating losses in the early stages of the Second World War, the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force established an Operational Research Section within bomber command in order to drastically improve the efficiency of bombing missions targeting Germany. In The Science of Bombing,Randall...