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This 2-title series covers all fixed-wing combat aircraft operated by the US military during the Vietnam War, from 1964 to 1975. The first volume covers aircraft operated by the US Air Force.The book is illustrated with numerous colour and monochrome photographs and specially commissioned colour (...)

English text and captions, 108 pages of content, over 190 hitherto unpublished images mainly in colour, 8 colour profilesFrom the content: Introduction VMA-231 'Ace of Spades' VMA-513 'Flying Nightmares' VMA-542 'Tigers'VMAT-203 'Hawks' Naval Air Test center (NATC) NASA Armada Española Royal Thai (...)

A comprehensive and detailed illustrated examination of the development and combat performance of US battle tanks from the end of World War II through to the present day.In this, the second of two highly illustrated volumes telling the full history of the design, development, and operational use of (...)

US Stealth Fighter Projects explores secret and experimental American stealth fighter designs that never reached production.The development of the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk the world's first in-service combat aircraft specifically designed to be undetectable by radar was a huge leap forward in (...)

The threat posed by the Soviet Union throughout the postwar period coincided with an explosion of innovation and can-do attitude among America's aircraft manufacturers. Challenging requirements and experimentation resulted in a huge variety of designs for aircraft powered by nuclear reaction, (...)

In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the air forces of the United States faced unprecedented challenges. At a stroke, the fleets of bombers that had helped to bring victory in the skies over Europe and the Pacific were rendered obsolete by the twin inventions of the atomic bomb and (...)