Militära flygplan

This is the second volume in Luigino Caliaro''s trilogy on the main Italian fighter types to see service in the Second World War. This book focuses on the fighter designs that emanated from the Turin-based Fiat company. The author describes the lo...

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Ever since man first took to the air, combat aircraft have been at the cutting edge of aviation technology, resulting in some of the greatest and most complex designs ever built. Military Aircraft features 52 of the most important military aircraf...

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The story of the hardest-fought air war of the jet era, where highly trained Israeli air forces almost met their match against Egypt and Syria's high-tech MiGs and missiles. The Yom Kippur War, or October War of 1973 was perhaps the most inte...

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An illustrated account of the clashes between RAF Fighter Commands Hurricane and Spitfire and the Luftwaffes Ju 87 Stuka in the skies over France, the Channel and southern England. The story of the Luftwaffes Ju 87 Stuka and its use against Britis...

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Illustrated with accurate artworks of aircraft, armoured fighting vehicles, artillery and missiles, Aircraft, Tanks & Artillery of the Ukraine War is a detailed guide to all the weaponry currently being deployed in the War in Ukraine. The War ...

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A new illustrated history of the German and Italian air campaigns in the invasions of Greece and Yugoslavia, the last full-scale Axis air offensives before Operation Barbarossa. The Greece campaign was launched by Italy in October 1940, the first ...

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An illustrated account of the little-known operations of the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Forces flying boat units during World War 2. Respectively codenamed the Mavis and Emily by the Allies, Japans H6K and H8K flying boats outstripped their RAF a...

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Chosen in 1941 to replace the Bf 109 as the Luftwaffe's standard front-line fighter, Messerschmitt's innovative Me 309 embodied a wealth of hard-won experience from the Battle of Britain. Its sturdy tricycle undercarriage would make landings safer...

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In this new, fully updated edition 2020, expert author Francis Crosby traces the development of fighters from World War I to the present day, and highlights actions in which fighters played a crucial role. The A-Z sections form an illustrated guid...

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The piston engines that powered Second World War fighters, the men who designed them, and the secret intelligence work carried out by both Britain and Germany would determine the outcome of the first global air war.

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The first history of how the aircraft of the British Pacific Fleet shattered Japanese oilfields in Sumatra, starving Japan of oil and proving how Anglo-American navies could fight together. With the war in Europe in its final stages, by 1944 the R...

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The development of the famous Italian WWII fighters of the Reggiane factory, with radial engines, is described and illustrated. It served with the Regia Aeronautica and other forces, including the Hungarian and Swedish air arms. This book describe...

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Military Jet Aircraft contains 300 of the most important and influential military jet aircraft that have flown since World War II, including such famous aircraft as the Messerschmitt Me 262, English Electric Lightning, and North American F-86 Sabr...

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This book is compilations of the 4-view colour profile, scale plans and photo details of the single variant of theCaudron-Renault CR.714 Cyclone in 1/72 and 1/48 scale plus drawings from wartime technical manuals. 3D drawings of the cockpit.Also p...

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The US Navys 1944 Philippines raids were the first time naval aircraft had challenged and beaten a land-based air force. With artwork and rare photos, this is the first book to study them. During September 1944, the US Navys Task Force 38 launched...

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Shattered Sword [is] a necessary read for anyone interested in the Pacific War.NYMAS Review Shattered Sword is the winner of the 2005 John Lyman Book Award for the "Best Book in U.S. Naval History" and was cited by Proceedings as one of ...

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Relive the style, might, and glory of classic World War II warbirds with Flying Legends 2024, a 16-month wall calendar featuring 13 full-color images of classic warplanes in flight! Take to the skies with the legendary WWII warbirds pictured in th...

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A close-up view of the iconic Swedish fighter jet that was active in the air forces of Sweden, Denmark, Austria and Finland. Nothing is overlooked in this very detailed book, including the cockpits of the different versions: single & two-seat airc...

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The Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Activities and Operations is the first comprehensive examination on international law of military space activities, covering all aspects across times of peace, tension or crisis, and ar...

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From Iraq to Bosnia to North Korea, the first question in American foreign policy debates is increasingly: Can air power alone do the job? Robert A. Pape provides a systematic answer. Analyzing the results of over thirty air campaigns, including a...

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They began operations out of England in the spring of 43. They flew their Flying Fortresses almost daily against strategic targets in Europe in the name of freedom. Their astonishing courage and appalling losses earned them the name that resounds ...

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The Chance Vought F7U Cutlass was ahead of its time. In 1948, when it first flew, it could hardly have been more exotic or state-of-the-art: a tail-less fighter to be powered by two afterburning jet engines. It was not only to be carrier-based but...

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Graphic War is a superb collection of top-secret drawings, including training manuals and colourful wartime posters, from World War II. They were brilliantly created from a few downed aircraft, but mainly from pilots' views of the enemy in th...

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Since the end of World War II, the strategic bombing of Germany has inspired numerous studies, countless books and several documentary films, and it is not surprising. With more than one million tons of bombs dropped, close to 300,000 civilians ki...

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This thoroughly updated Third Edition of the first Profile & Scale series details the Polikarpov I-16 family comprehensively. Numerous well known I-16 examples are faithfully documented in full-colour profile, some of which are all-new. Perhaps mo...

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First flown in May 1936, the Fieseler Fi 156, or, as it was better known, Storch (Stork), was designed in answer to a request from the German Luftwaffe for a short range reconnaissance aircraft. For its time, the Fi 156 had amazing performance and...

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publisher's note: products purchased from third party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality,       authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. descriptions of 30 combat missions fr...

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Illustrated with detailed artworks of Japanese aircraft and their markings, Japanese Aircraft of World War II is a detailed guide to all the aircraft deployed by the Japanese military from the Second Sino-Japanese War to the surrender in the Pacif...

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For many people, the 1950s was the golden era of military aircraft development, and a time when theworld''s air forces boasted probably the most varied and eclectic fleet of aircraft ever seen inpeacetime. Aircraft in active military service range...

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Stanley Hooker joined the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1949 and tugged a rather reluctant company into the jet age, determined to give real competition to Rolls-Royce. So successful was he that in 1966 Rolls-Royce decided the best thing to do was ...

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