This volume has been prepared using technical and performance information direct from the manufacturers and operators documents. The Panavia Tornado ADV was adopted for the RAF to fight the predicted air battle over the North and Icelandic Seas. This could have involved large formations of Soviet long-range bombers, strike aircraft and maritime patrol aircraft, some of which would have been capable of releasing stand-off cruise missiles at distances of around 300-miles from the UK's shores. To meet this requirement the RAF did not require a small agile fighter, but rather a long-range...

This volume is designed as an overview of the description and USAF service use of the F-84. In some cases data may conflict with other published data. However, all technical and operational data comes from manufacturers and operators records. In some cases varying technical data may be noted for a single variant such as engine type and power output. This could occur for a number of reasons such as a single variant using different engine models. Other reasons for this may be that often manufacturer's figures conflicted with operators figures for power output of a given engine variant. While no...

The purpose of this volume is to provide a detailed log of the operations of the Royal Navy Battle Cruisers and associated units from July 1914 until the end of June 1915. During this time the Battle Cruisers were engaged with elements of the German Fleet on a number of occasions; most notably in the Battle of the Heligoland Bight in August 1914, The Battle of the Falkland Islands in December 1914 and the Battle of the Dogger Bank in January 1915. In only the Dogger Bank action did the opposing forces Battle Cruisers engage in battle which resulted in a material and strategic defeat for the...