Book Description
Describes the performance characteristics and armament details of fighter planes used by the U.S. Air Force from World War I to the present day.
Author : David Coxe Cooke
Publisher :
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 27,56 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780448261805
Describes the performance characteristics and armament details of fighter planes used by the U.S. Air Force from World War I to the present day.
Author : Stephen Lee McFarland
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 48,37 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN :
Except in a few instances, since World War II no American soldier or sailor has been attacked by enemy air power. Conversely, no enemy soldier orsailor has acted in combat without being attacked or at least threatened by American air power. Aviators have brought the air weapon to bear against enemies while denying them the same prerogative. This is the legacy of the U.S. AirForce, purchased at great cost in both human and material resources.More often than not, aerial pioneers had to fight technological ignorance, bureaucratic opposition, public apathy, and disagreement over purpose.Every step in the evolution of air power led into new and untrodden territory, driven by humanitarian impulses; by the search for higher, faster, and farther flight; or by the conviction that the air way was the best way. Warriors have always coveted the high ground. If technology permitted them to reach it, men, women andan air force held and exploited it-from Thomas Selfridge, first among so many who gave that "last full measure of devotion"; to Women's Airforce Service Pilot Ann Baumgartner, who broke social barriers to become the first Americanwoman to pilot a jet; to Benjamin Davis, who broke racial barriers to become the first African American to command a flying group; to Chuck Yeager, a one-time non-commissioned flight officer who was the first to exceed the speed of sound; to John Levitow, who earned the Medal of Honor by throwing himself over a live flare to save his gunship crew; to John Warden, who began a revolution in air power thought and strategy that was put to spectacular use in the Gulf War.Industrialization has brought total war and air power has brought the means to overfly an enemy's defenses and attack its sources of power directly. Americans have perceived air power from the start as a more efficient means of waging war and as a symbol of the nation's commitment to technology to master challenges, minimize casualties, and defeat adversaries.
Author : David West
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 25,18 MB
Release : 2008-01-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1404214550
Sketches featuring three famous fighter pilots presented in graphic novel format accompany information about the history of fighter planes and requirements for the job of fighter pilot.
Author : George Sullivan
Publisher : Dodd Mead
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 27,76 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780396086215
A history of the bombers used by the Air Force through the years with descriptions of the various kinds.
Author : George Sullivan
Publisher : Dodd Mead
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 39,35 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780396086208
Summary: Traces the development of Air Force aviation by examining specific types of fighter planes.
Author : Robert J. Boyd
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 28,90 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Fighter planes
ISBN :
Author : David Page Morgan
Publisher : Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 39,98 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : 0890247110
This informative guide describes colors and markings for U.S. Army Air Force fighters in the European and Mediterranean theaters of WWII. With more than 300 illustrations and 140 photographs, the book makes an excellent reference for modelers and aviation buffs alike.
Author : Carrie A. Braulick
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 24,51 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780736854672
Provides an overview of the design, uses, weapons, and equipment of U.S. Air Force fighter planes.
Author : Nancy Robinson Masters
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 40,69 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9781560655336
Introduces various kinds of fighter planes used by the Army Air Force and by the Navy and Marines during World War Two, their missions, and the weapons employed. Also includes information on the German and Japense fighters used in World War 2.
Author : Karen E. Bledsoe
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 31,55 MB
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766069109
Fighter planes were made famous by the movie Top Gun, but they were first used during World War I and have become a standard symbol for the military. Through first-hand interviews, learn about the development and evolution of fighter planes, when and how they are used, and what its like to be the pilots who fly them and the engineers who fix them.