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Bell X-2 by Peter E. Davies
RRP: $31.18Booksplease Price: $23.38Even before the spectacular success of its X-1 rocket-powered aircraft in breaking the 'sound barrier', the adventurous Bell Aircraft Corporation was already pushing ahead with a parallel project to... -
Douglas D-558 by Peter E. Davies
RRP: $31.18Booksplease Price: $24.32The six Douglas D-558 research aircraft, built as two variants, were produced for a US Navy and NACA collaborative project to investigate flight in the high subsonic and supersonic regimes and to... -
North American XB-70 Valkyrie by Peter E. Davies
RRP: $31.18Booksplease Price: $24.32Of the many futuristic military aircraft concepts created in the 1950s the North American XB-70 still stands out as the most awe-inspiring. With its huge, white partially-folding delta wing, its... -
B-58 Hustler Units Peter E. Davies 9781472836403
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $24.45One of the most dramatic bombers of its day, the Convair B-58 came to epitomise the Cold War power of Strategic Air Command. Introduced only 12 years after the sound barrier was first broken, this... -
F-104 Starfighter Units in Combat by Peter E. Davies
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $29.33This title covers the technical characteristics of the F-104 Starfighter, one of the most widely-used and popular aircraft in history. Although built in small numbers for the USAF, the F-104C fought... -
F-102 Delta Dagger Units by Peter E. Davies
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $25.66World War II saw the development of the heavy bomber as a decisive weapon which, in sufficient numbers, could overcome defensive fighters and guns and lay waste to strategic targets. The addition of... -
North American X-15 Peter E. Davies 9781472819918
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $22.44The revolutionary X-15 remains the fastest manned aircraft ever to fly. Built in the two decades following World War II, it was the most successful of the high-speed X-planes. The only recently... -
F-86A Sabre: Korea 1950-51 by Peter E. Davies
RRP: $31.18Booksplease Price: $24.32Strap in alongside the Sabre pilots as they experienced the world's first large-scale jet-vs-jet combats. Brought to life with innovative tactical artwork and dramatic first-hand accounts from the... -
B/EB-66 Destroyer Units in Combat by Peter E. Davies
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $22.97Studies of air combat in the Vietnam War inevitably focus on the MiG-killing fighter engagements, B-52 onslaughts or tactical strikes on the Hanoi region. However, underlying all these was the... -
F-8 Crusader: Vietnam 1963–73 by Peter E. Davies
RRP: $31.18Booksplease Price: $24.32With specially commissioned artworks and dynamic combat ribbon diagrams, this volume reveals how the 'last of the gunfighters', as the F-8 was dubbed by its pilots, prevailed against the growing MiG... -
B-36 'Peacemaker' Units of the Cold War Peter E. Davies 9781472850393
RRP: $31.18Booksplease Price: $24.69A fully illustrated study into the extraordinary Convair B-36 during the Cold War. Conceived during 1941 in case Germany occupied Britain, when US bombers would then have insufficient range to... -
B-52 Stratofortress Units in Combat 1992-2025 Peter E Davies 9781472865038
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $25.66An illustrated study of the ongoing career of the iconic B-52, chronicling its frontline service after Operation Desert Storm in 1991.First flown in 1955, the B-52 has become an icon of deterrence... -
F9F Panther vs Communist AAA: Korea 1950-53 by Peter E. Davies
RRP: $29.23Booksplease Price: $22.97A detailed look at the deadly battle between US Navy F9F Panther jet fighter-bombers and communist anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) defenses that proliferated throughout the Korean War. The F9F... -
F-4 Phantom II Wild Weasel Units in Combat by Peter E. Davies
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $24.45With first-hand insight into the key role of the US Air Force's fighter-bomber from the Vietnam War through to Operation Desert Storm during the First Gulf War, this book is an unmissable account of... -
A-4 Skyhawk vs North Vietnamese AAA: North Vietnam 1964–72 by Peter E. Davies
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $20.40While the F 105 Thunderchief was the USAF's principal strike weapon during the Rolling Thunder campaign, the US Navy relied on the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk for the majority of its strikes on North Vietnam... -
UH-1 Huey Gunship vs NVA/VC Forces: Vietnam 1962-75 by Peter E. Davies
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $20.40Often described as the US Army's aerial jeep the UH-1 Iroquois ('Huey') was the general-purpose vehicle that provided mobility in a hostile jungle environment which made rapid troop movement... -
USAF F-105 Thunderchief vs VPAF MiG-17: Vietnam 1965-68 by Peter E. Davies
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $23.87The F-105D Thunderchief was originally designed as a low-altitude nuclear strike aircraft, but the outbreak of the Vietnam War led to it being used instead as the USAF's primary conventional striker... -
Coalition Aircraft Vs Iraqi Sams: Operation Desert Storm 1991 Peter E Davies 9781472866011
RRP: $31.18Booksplease Price: $26.40A detailed study of how Operation Desert Storm saw Coalition forces respond to Iraq's surface-to-air missile defences with ground-breaking combat aircraft technology.Developed in the wake of the... -
AH-1 Cobra Gunship vs NVA Armor: Vietnam 1967–73 Peter E. Davies 9781472861740
RRP: $31.18Booksplease Price: $23.38A new study of how the first purpose-built anti-tank helicopter gunship - the Bell AH-1 Cobra - engaged communist armor and well-armed irregular fighters in the war for control of Vietnam. The... -
US Navy F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War 1964-68 Peter E. Davies 9781472814517
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $29.33The F-4 Phantom II is perhaps the most famous post-war fighter. Primarily used as a land-based fighter-bomber and reconnaissance platform, its naval origins and the immense contribution made to the... -
US Navy F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War 1969-73 by Peter E. Davies 9781472823601
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $24.45Although the F-4 Phantom II was the most important fighter-bomber to see action with all three American services during the Vietnam War, it was essentially a U.S. Navy design, and the carrier-borne... -
Chrome Dome 1960–68: The B-52s' high-stakes Cold War nuclear operation Peter E. Davies 9781472860545
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $24.57In 1960, SAC's B-52s began a nonstop, eight-year, nuclear-armed patrol. Fully illustrated, this study explains how one of the Cold War's most challenging operations was conceived and flown. ... -
Ho Chi Minh Trail 1964–73: Steel Tiger, Barrel Roll, and the secret air wars in Vietnam and Laos by Peter E. Davies
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $24.45The Trails War formed a major part of the so-called 'secret war' in South East Asia, yet for complex political reasons, including the involvement of the CIA, it received far less coverage than... -
F-111 & EF-111 Units in Combat by Rolando Ugolini
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $29.33The General Dynamics F-111 was one of the most technically innovative designs among military aircraft, introducing the variable-sweep wing, terrain-following radar, military-rated afterburning... -
US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War Jim Laurier (Illustrator) 9781849087513
RRP: $33.13Booksplease Price: $29.33Twenty-five US Marine Corps squadrons flew versions of the Phantom II and 11 of them used the aircraft in South-East Asia from May 1965 through to early 1973. Rather than the air-to-air missiles that... -
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B-52 Stratofortress vs SA-2 "Guideline" SAM: Vietnam 1972-73 by Jim Laurier
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $20.40Ever since its introduction in the late 1950s, the B-52 Stratofortress has been the United States' primary heavy bomber and a powerful symbol of its immense military might. Its powerful electronic...