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Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club - Us Carrier Operations Off Vietnam 1964 - 1975 (Hardcover): Rene J. Francillon Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club - Us Carrier Operations Off Vietnam 1964 - 1975 (Hardcover)
Rene J. Francillon
R1,489 Discovery Miles 14 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Macchi C.202 Folgore - Italy's Best Fighter of the Second World War (Hardcover): Davide F. Jabes, Alessandro Romanello,... Macchi C.202 Folgore - Italy's Best Fighter of the Second World War (Hardcover)
Davide F. Jabes, Alessandro Romanello, Niccolo Tognarini
R851 R722 Discovery Miles 7 220 Save R129 (15%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The Macchi C.202 was probably the most successful Italian fighter during the Second World War. It is generally agreed that the performance of the Macchi was superior to both the Hawker Hurricane and the Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk and on a par with the Supermarine Spitfire Mk. V. It is not by chance that virtually all the Italian top scoring aces flew this plane either with the Regia Aeronautica or the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana. At the same time, the Mc.202 is the symbol of the dysfunctions in the Italian military-industrial complex: the lack of sound industrial planning resulting in orders from the Regia Aeronautica for an exaggerated number of different aircraft; the lack of the development of adequate engines limiting aircraft performance and reducing capacity to house weapons with a proper punch; the corruption of politics and the culpable connivance of the high military spheres. The Mc.202 was therefore produced in limited numbers, while there is consensus that air war, especially in the African theatre, would have been different had the aircraft been adopted before.

The Speed of Heat - An Airlift Wing at War in Iraq and Afghanistan (Paperback): Thomas W. Young The Speed of Heat - An Airlift Wing at War in Iraq and Afghanistan (Paperback)
Thomas W. Young
R556 R502 Discovery Miles 5 020 Save R54 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

With its fleet of large transport aircraft, the United States military can put personnel and equipment anywhere on the globe within hours. In the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in particular, virtually every soldier, every bullet, every pint of blood, and every bite of food have arrived in the war zone by airlift. Transport aircrews have accompanied the troops from the beginning, flying them in, supplying them, bringing them out for medical treatment or rotations home, and in the most heart-breaking missions, carrying them on their final journey back to grieving relatives.This book tells the story of one Air National Guard airlift wing as related by its members. The 167th Airlift Wing of the West Virginia Air National Guard consisted of a squadron of 12 C-130 cargo planes, their crews, and all the supporting sections - in all, more than 1,200 people. The author, a former Associated Press reporter turned aviator, flew as an active member of that unit and interviewed nearly 70 servicemen and women for this book. Their stories include C-130 aircrews who dodged heat-seeking missiles, mechanics who made combat repairs, flight nurses who treated and transported the wounded, even two motor pool truck drivers struck by a roadside bomb. The interviewees vividly describe their day-to-day work in the war zone, revealing the inner workings of a part of the military not usually well covered by the news media.

509th Bomb Wing Veterans Association - A Collection of Biographies and Memoirs of World War II and Cold War Veterans and... 509th Bomb Wing Veterans Association - A Collection of Biographies and Memoirs of World War II and Cold War Veterans and Patriots (Hardcover)
Cmsgt Usaf (Retired) Ashe
R1,223 Discovery Miles 12 230 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Understanding Contemporary Air Power (Hardcover): Viktoriya Fedorchak Understanding Contemporary Air Power (Hardcover)
Viktoriya Fedorchak
R4,216 Discovery Miles 42 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book aims to explain air power to both military and civilian audiences in an accessible manner, approaching the topic in a balanced and systematic way. The past 100 years illustrates that air power is an inevitable feature of any type of modern warfare. It has a key role to play in any of the three main operational environments: conventional (inter-state) wars, peace-support operations, and counterinsurgencies. This book examines the strengths and challenges of using air power in these situations, and each type of operation is explained using modern and historical examples, with an emphasis on the relevant lessons for the contemporary and future use of air power. The book also looks into the complexity of media coverage of air warfare and changes in the public perception of air power in recent years. The specifics of structuring national air forces is also discussed, along with the future of air power based on current trends. One of the enduring themes in the book is the necessity of inter-service and cross-domain integration, emphasizing the increasingly important role of cyber and space domains in the future of network-centric warfare. This book will be essential reading for students of air power and air warfare, and recommended reading for students of international security, strategic studies, defence studies, and foreign policy.

The Greatest Air Aces Stories Ever Told (Paperback): Robert Barr Smith, Laurence J. Yadon The Greatest Air Aces Stories Ever Told (Paperback)
Robert Barr Smith, Laurence J. Yadon
R404 Discovery Miles 4 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In thirty-five chapters, The Greatest Air Aces Stories Ever Told covers many of the leading American and British Commonwealth fighter aces of WW I and II, together with a few bomber crews whose gallantry made a substantial contribution to the end of WW II. Other nations had their aces, but this book concentrates on American and Commonwealth pilots. These aviators were chosen not only because of their "scores" and their great courage, but also for other qualities which set them apart, like the WWII Royal Air Force Wing Commander who shot down more than 20 Germans while flying with two artificial legs. Here are a few of the aces. Note that the air forces of Europe and the United States did not always have today's names, used here for simplicity's sake: Albert Ball, RAF, son of the Lord Mayor of Nottingham, winner of the Victoria Cross. He had 44 victories in WWI when he was killed at the age of 20, well known to his German foes, who much admired him. Gabby Gabreski, USAF. Son of hard-working Polish immigrants. An ace in WWII with 28 kills and later in Korea, with another six. He was an accomplished commander, finished a long career as a colonel. Mick Mannock, RAF. Tough and aggressive in spite of his fear of fire, he won not only the Victoria Cross, but five other high awards for gallantry. Highest British scorer of WWI with 73 victories, he detested Germans, and rejoiced with every kill. He was shot down by ground fire in the last year of the war. David McCampbell, USN. Scored 34 WWII kills to become the U.S. Navy's all-time ace. In 1944, set an all-time record with nine victories on a single mission. Winner of the Congressional Medal. Pick Pickard, RAF. Led the RAF rooftop bomber raid on Amiens Prison In WWII, freeing many underground members, some of whom were facing death, and who were promptly spirited away by French partisans. Frank Luke, USAF. Deadly American famous for his busting of German observation balloons in WWI. Shot up over German territory, he managed to land safely, but, being Luke, tried to fight it out with enemy infantrymen with only his pistol. The book will also touch on the equipment these aces flew, from the famous Fokkers and Sopwith Camels to the ungainly two-seater FE2b, which was driven by a pusher engine and looked like a bathtub with wings and a miniature oil derrick glued on the back. Also included are our own Grumman carrier fighters, the P-40s, the P-38s, as well as the P-51 Mustang, probably the finest fighter of the war, a happy marriage of an American airframe and a British engine. The deadly, graceful Spitfire has its place, as do the Hurricane, the biplane Gladiator, and even the four-engine Lancaster.

Phantom in Combat (Hardcover, New Ed): Walter J. Boyne Phantom in Combat (Hardcover, New Ed)
Walter J. Boyne
R1,002 R809 Discovery Miles 8 090 Save R193 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Phantom in Combat puts you in the cockpit with the missile-age aces as they fight for their lives in the skies of Vietnam and the Middle East.\nStarting with a brief account of the forging of this deadly weapon, Phantom in Combat moves to the wars, campaigns and single engagements in which it was used to such telling effect. Leading USAF ace Steve Ritchie speaks more in sorrow than anger of the politically inspired rules that so frustrated him and his comrades in Vietnam. The story of the gruelling dogfight that made Randy Cunningham and Willie Driscoll the U.S. Navys only aces is redolent of the sweat, toil and terror of high-speed air fighting. And combat reports from some of Israels anonymous aces speak laconically of victories, losses, hairs-breadth escapes, and, above all, the Phantoms ability to give and take enormous punishment.\nProviding a rich background to this testimony is a wealth of rare material, including:\n- Battle-damage and gun-camera photographs\n- Recently declassified U.S. Navy tactical diagrams\n- Photo-sequence showing the destruction of an F-4 by a North Vietnamese missile.\n- Official analysis of the USAFs most successful MiG-trapping operation, led by the famous General Robin Olds.\n- Complete listing of USAF and USN air-to-air victories in Vietnam.\nHere is the human face of modern air warfare, described by the commanders and crews who earned for the Phantom its reputation as the worlds finest fighting aircraft.

Luck is my Shadow - The Story of a Fighter and Bomber Pilot During the Cold War (Hardcover): Terry Adcock Luck is my Shadow - The Story of a Fighter and Bomber Pilot During the Cold War (Hardcover)
Terry Adcock
R735 Discovery Miles 7 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As a very young boy in the Second World War the seeds were sown to fly in the blue sky. Terry made up his young mind with great determination to reach for that sky in a 'Spitfire'. He joined the RAF as a pilot but twists of fate caused him to become a nuclear bomber pilot. It was RAF policy not to change from that complicated role to another and yet he pushed for change; became an instructor and as a display pilot he made his final move to the single seat air defence Lightning. He instructed on the Lightning and commanded two squadrons. Terry's original dream came true and he reached the pinnacle of his ambition but it was complicated in a way that he had not envisaged. There were dangerous incidents, the loss of friends, the 31 moves of his family and the politics associated with senior rank. At the outset he had not understood the demands of a Cold War or the need for him to sail the major oceans of the world with a sea-going admiral and become his intelligence officer. The eventual compensation was a promotion and a two year tour on a tropical island with his family.

Chastise - The Dambusters Story 1943 (Paperback): Max Hastings Chastise - The Dambusters Story 1943 (Paperback)
Max Hastings
R596 R164 Discovery Miles 1 640 Save R432 (72%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A masterly history of the Dambusters raid from bestselling and critically acclaimed Max Hastings. Operation Chastise, the overnight destruction of the Moehne and Eder dams in north-west Germany by the RAF's 617 Squadron, was an epic that has passed into Britain's national legend. Max Hastings grew up embracing the story, the classic 1955 movie and the memory of Guy Gibson, the 24-year-old wing-commander who won the VC leading the raid. In the 21st Century, however, Hastings urges that we should review the Dambusters in much more complex shades. The aircrew's heroism was wholly authentic, as was the brilliance of Barnes Wallis, who invented the 'bouncing bombs'. But commanders who promised their young fliers that success could shorten the war fantasised wildly. What Germans call the Moehnekatastrophe imposed on the Nazi war machine temporary disruption, rather than a crippling blow. Hastings vividly describes the evolution of Wallis' bomb, and of the squadron which broke the dams at the cost of devastating losses. But he also portrays in harrowing detail those swept away by the torrents. Some 1,400 civilians perished in the biblical floods that swept through the Moehne valley, more than half of them Russian and Polish women, slave labourers under Hitler. Ironically, Air Marshal Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris gained much of the credit, though he opposed Chastise as a distraction from his city-burning blitz. He also made what the author describes as the operation's biggest mistake - the failure to launch a conventional attack on the Nazis' huge post-raid repair operation, which could have transformed the impact of the dam breaches upon Ruhr industry. Chastise offers a fascinating retake on legend by a master of the art. Hastings sets the dams raid in the big picture of the bomber offensive and of the Second World War, with moving portraits of the young airmen, so many of whom died; of Barnes Wallis; the monstrous Harris; the tragic Guy Gibson, together with superb narrative of the action of one of the most extraordinary episodes in British history.

Unmanned Combat Air Systems in Future Warfare - Gaining Control of the Air (Hardcover): C. Wills Unmanned Combat Air Systems in Future Warfare - Gaining Control of the Air (Hardcover)
C. Wills
R3,281 Discovery Miles 32 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Control of the air is the foundation for all conventional military operations against an adversary with an air defence capability. In future warfare, will it be possible for Unmanned Combat Air Systems to undertake the tasks and accept most of the risks that, until now, have been the lot of military aviators?

My Target Was Leningrad - V Force: Preserving Our Democracy (Hardcover): Philip Goodall My Target Was Leningrad - V Force: Preserving Our Democracy (Hardcover)
Philip Goodall
R585 R528 Discovery Miles 5 280 Save R57 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

On 6 August and 8 August 1945, the world changed forever with the release of two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. In January 1947, the United States informed the British Government that they would not provide technical data for the production of nuclear weapons. It was therefore decided that Britain would produce its own bombs. In July 1944, the first operational jet aircraft, the Meteor, entered service in the RAF and the Government decided to develop jet-powered aircraft capable of dropping nuclear weapons, resulting in the development of the 'V' bombers: Valiant, Vulcan and Victor. As a result of the deteriorating relationship with Russia, the United States, as part of NATO, worked with the UK and co-operated in nuclear operational planning with US bomber aircraft based in the UK. Later, as a result of the development of nuclear power, submarines were fitted with nuclear weapons which resulted in the deterrent role passing from the RAF to the Royal Navy. However, the Cold War provided a unique role and responsibility for the RAF.My Target was Leningrad - V Force: Preserving our Democracy is unique in that it is a human story, not just a list of technical facts and bomber data. With many previously unpublished photographs from the author's private collection, this is the chilling story of what really happened and how close the world came to World War III and a nuclear apocalypse. Unlike other military historians, author Philip Goodall not only flew the mighty V bombers in action, but was also tasked to drop the bomb on Leningrad.

Nachtjager  Luftwaffe Night Fighter Units 1939-45 (Hardcover): David Williams Nachtjager Luftwaffe Night Fighter Units 1939-45 (Hardcover)
David Williams
R764 R670 Discovery Miles 6 700 Save R94 (12%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Luftwaffw Profile Series Number 8: Arado Ar 240 (Paperback, New Ed): Gerhard Lang Luftwaffw Profile Series Number 8: Arado Ar 240 (Paperback, New Ed)
Gerhard Lang
R279 R253 Discovery Miles 2 530 Save R26 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Number 8 in the Luftwaffe Profile Series describes the design and use of the Arado Ar 240.

Mitsubishi/Nakajima G3m1/2/3 96 Rikko L3y1/2 in Japanese Naval Air Service (Paperback, New Ed): Richard M Bueschel Mitsubishi/Nakajima G3m1/2/3 96 Rikko L3y1/2 in Japanese Naval Air Service (Paperback, New Ed)
Richard M Bueschel
R432 R371 Discovery Miles 3 710 Save R61 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Richard Bueschel revises and updates his classic series of books on Japanese Naval and Army Air Force aircraft of World War II. The Japanese navy Mitsubishi/Nakajima G3M1/2/3 96 RIKKO (Nell) is presented in this volume. All variations and markings are covered in this sixth book in a multi-volume series.

How to Join the Royal Air Force: the Insider's Guide (Paperback): Richard McMunn How to Join the Royal Air Force: the Insider's Guide (Paperback)
Richard McMunn
R372 R338 Discovery Miles 3 380 Save R34 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Want to join the RAF? The Services have more candidates than ever but this 'INSIDERS' guide will help you get the career you want We will provide you with insider tips and advice brought to you by current serving Officers to show you how to get into one of the most exciting and sought after careers around. The author of this guide, Richard McMunn, has undertaken and passed the selection process himself and this invaluable and inspiring guide will tell you exactly what you need to know in order to successfully join the Royal Air Force at entry level Whilst the selection process to join the RAF is highly competitive, there are a number of things you can do in order to improve your chances of success, and they are all contained within this book. They include: The top 10 Insider tips and advice. How to pass the selection process. Sample Lots of sample test questions. Interview questions, tips and advice. A Free 'How to get RAF Fit' guide

5th Fighter Command in World War II: Vol 3: 5FC vs. Japan - Aces, Units, Aircraft, and Tactics (Hardcover): William Wolf 5th Fighter Command in World War II: Vol 3: 5FC vs. Japan - Aces, Units, Aircraft, and Tactics (Hardcover)
William Wolf
R1,981 R1,541 Discovery Miles 15 410 Save R440 (22%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Following his first two massive volumes describing the day-by-day history of the 5th Fighter Command and associated tactical, strategic, and grand strategy, William Wolf completes the trilogy with this volume. The aces of the 5FC are now personalized, and their fighters described, and Japanese aces are portrayed for the first time. American and Japanese pilot training and their importance to the outcome of the war is discussed and compared. Details of the 5FC Groups and Squadrons are revealed, as are those of the Japanese Naval and Army Air Forces. The details of the aircraft of the two combatants are compared, and the vulnerability of Japanese aircraft is discussed. The flying of the six aircraft types of the 5th Fighter Command is first described from Pilot Flight Manuals, then by the aces who flew them. Japanese and American combat maneuvers and tactics are described. The crucial importance of logistics and the construction of airfields are also discussed, along with maintenance and repair. Finally, the air war is presented from the Japanese viewpoint, including the causes for the defeat of its air forces.

Dorset, The Royal Air Force (Paperback): Colin Pomeroy Dorset, The Royal Air Force (Paperback)
Colin Pomeroy
R263 R198 Discovery Miles 1 980 Save R65 (25%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Dorset has played a key role in the story of the Royal Air Force, from airship mooring stations in the First World War to frontline fighter bases in the Second. Sections on all 8 of Dorset's airfields, electronic warfare, bombing ranges, the RAF on the water, barrage balloons, decoy sites and the Royal Observer Corps.

POW No. 3959 - Memoir of a World War II Airman Shot Down Over Germany (Paperback): Ralph E Sirianni, Patricia I. Brown POW No. 3959 - Memoir of a World War II Airman Shot Down Over Germany (Paperback)
Ralph E Sirianni, Patricia I. Brown
R913 R679 Discovery Miles 6 790 Save R234 (26%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In January 1943, not long after his nineteenth birthday, Ralph Sirianni was drafted for active duty by the U.S. Army. Ordered to the European Theatre of Operations in February 1944, Sgt. Sirianni served as the right waist gunner on a B-17. On his seventh mission over Germany, the plane - severely damaged by German fighters - crashed near Wildeshausen. With shrapnel in his legs and shoulder, Sirianni bailed out, and he spent the following 15 months in the infamous Stalag Luft I prisoner of war camp. This memoir offers harrowing stories of combat, including detailed descriptions of each of Sirianni's combat missions; reveals the horrors of confinement and the despair of skin-of-the-teeth survival; and remembers camaraderie in the face of German abuse. Valuable for its vivid account of aerial warfare and imprisonment, this memoir is also a story of postwar reconciliation, both psychological and social. Appendices offer excerpts from Sirianni's POW log book and pilot George McFall's firsthand account of the ill-fated final mission.

Bomber Command - IWM Photography Collection (Hardcover): Rebecca Greenwood Harding Bomber Command - IWM Photography Collection (Hardcover)
Rebecca Greenwood Harding
R345 R310 Discovery Miles 3 100 Save R35 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Imperial War Museum holds approximately 11 million photographs in its archives, covering the causes, course and consequences of modern conflict from the First World War to the present day. Off ering a snapshot into this unique collection, Bomber Command showcases 50 iconic photographs of the aircraft and crew that lead Britain and its Allies to victory during one of the longest, most expensive and controversial of the Allied campaigns during the Second World War. This vivid collection of photographs traces Bomber Command through each stage of its development and brings to life the experiences of those both in the air and on the ground

American Military Helicopters and Vertical/Short Landing and Takeoff Aircraft Since 1941 (Paperback): E.R Johnson American Military Helicopters and Vertical/Short Landing and Takeoff Aircraft Since 1941 (Paperback)
E.R Johnson
R1,087 Discovery Miles 10 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Over the past eight decades, developments in vertical lift aircraft-both helicopters and vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) planes-have given the American military unparalleled capabilities on the modern battlefield. The U.S. has led the world in vertical lift technologies with the help of some of the brightest minds in this field-Igor I. Sikorsky, Arthur M. Young, Frank N. Piasecki, Charles H. Kaman and Stanley Hiller, Jr., to name a few-and by having the industrial prowess to make their concepts reality. This book gives a concise historical survey, including technical specifications, drawings, and photographs of every type of helicopter and V/STOL aircraft developed for the U.S. military, from the earliest examples tested in 1941 and 1942, up to the newest prototypes.

Great Plains Warriors of World War II: Air Bases and Plants Built for War: Nebraska's Contribution to Winning the War... Great Plains Warriors of World War II: Air Bases and Plants Built for War: Nebraska's Contribution to Winning the War (Hardcover)
George A. Larson USAF, (Ret)
R1,415 R1,032 Discovery Miles 10 320 Save R383 (27%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Until now, Army Air Force Bases in Nebraska during World War II had never before been presented in a single book (most of the photographed structures are no longer visible). These stories and photographs mostly focus on America s Greatest Generation, which fought and won World War II. Also included are information on and images of the Martin B-26/Martin-Boeing B-29 Superfortress production plant at Fort Crook. One section deals with the building of modified B-29s for the 509th Composite Group, referred to after the war as the Atomic Bomb Group, which dropped the two atomic bombs on Japan, ending World War II. Also learn about German and Italian Prisoner of War camps, where POWs contributed to agricultural production in Nebraska, helping feed American troops, Allied troops, and civilian populations around the world. Most Americans are not aware of the huge numbers of Axis POWs held in America during the war."

Sikorsky HH-52A: An Illustrated History (Paperback): Lennart Lundh Sikorsky HH-52A: An Illustrated History (Paperback)
Lennart Lundh
R976 R718 Discovery Miles 7 180 Save R258 (26%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In The Sikorsky HH-52A, noted historian Lennart Lundh presents this diminutive helicopter's story for the first time. Covered are design details, international service, licensed production by Mitsubishi, and the story of the Seaguard's use by the U.S. Coast Guard. A record of each airframe's history is included, as are photographs of three-quarters of the S-62As, S-62Js, and HH-52As produced. Of special interest are the recollections of nearly a score of Coast Guard pilots and aircrew, and the text of the Army's evaluation of the first production airframe.

Understanding Space Strategy - The Art of War in Space (Hardcover): John J Klein Understanding Space Strategy - The Art of War in Space (Hardcover)
John J Klein
R4,219 Discovery Miles 42 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines the rise of great power competition in space, including the relevant and practical space strategies for China, Russia, the United States, and other countries. The work discusses the concepts and writings of past strategists, such as Thucydides, Sun Tzu, and Clausewitz, in relation to warfare initiated in or extending into space. This analysis underscores why polities initiate war based upon an assessment of fear, honor, and interest, and explains why this will also be true of war in space. Based upon the timeless strategic writings of the past, the book uncovers the strategy of space warfare, along with the concepts of deterrence, dissuasion, and the inherent right of self-defense, and outlines strategies for great, medium, and emerging space powers. Additionally, it highlights changes needed to space strategy based upon the Law of Armed Conflict, norms of behavior, and Rules of Engagement. The work also examines advancements and emerging trends in the commercial space sector, as well as what these changes mean for the implementation of a practical space strategy. Given the rise of great power competition in space, this work presents a space strategy based upon historical experience. This book will be of much interest to students of space policy, strategic studies, and International Relations.

North American F-86F Sabre: The Birth of a Modern Air Force (Paperback): Gonzalo Avila, Roberto Yanez North American F-86F Sabre: The Birth of a Modern Air Force (Paperback)
Gonzalo Avila, Roberto Yanez
R562 R485 Discovery Miles 4 850 Save R77 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The XP-86F took to the skies for the first time in October 1947. Essentially, it was the result of incorporating swept wings into North American Aviation s design for the NA-140. This is a detailed look at the Sabre and its use by the Spanish Air Force over its lifetime."

American Military Transport Aircraft since 1925 (Paperback, New): E.R Johnson American Military Transport Aircraft since 1925 (Paperback, New)
E.R Johnson
R1,442 R1,088 Discovery Miles 10 880 Save R354 (25%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Without the support of airlift, the modern American military machine would be brought to a standstill. Since World War II--beginning with the Cold War and continuing up to the present day--the U.S. armed forces have come increasingly to rely upon airlift for mobility. The power to move and thereafter support a military operation--anywhere in the world, at any time--has become a foundational element of American defense policy. This work provides the reader with a comprehensive historical survey--including technical specifications, drawings, and photographs--of each type of fixed-wing aircraft used by U.S. military forces over a nearly 90-year period to carry out the airlift mission.

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