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Convair F-102: Delta Dagger
ISBN: 9780764310621 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With vivid detail and many exclusive photographs, Wayne Mutza chronicles the Convair's F-102 Delta Dagger's unsteady course through history, from its inception to present-day survivors. Presented for the first time are the fascinating details surrounding the F-102 in the air defense role, special projects, its unconventional use during the war in Southeast Asia, service with foreign air arms, the Air National Guard and its extensive involvement with the drone program. Special features include a detailed listing of each aircraft's assignment history and many of the insignia associated with the...
With vivid detail and many exclusive photographs, Wayne Mutza chronicles the Convair's F-102 Delta Dagger's unsteady course through history, from its ...
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153,12 zł |
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Fighter Units & Pilots of the 8th Air Force September 1942 - May 1945: Volume 1 Day-To-Day Operations - Fighter Group Histories
ISBN: 9780764312410 / Angielski / Twarda / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over the years, many books have been written about the 8th Air Force, but none have combined all the details that appear in these volumes - volume two lists all scores and ace details. Kent Miller's books are an invaluable aid to the researcher and historian.
Over the years, many books have been written about the 8th Air Force, but none have combined all the details that appear in these volumes - volume two...
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300,83 zł |
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Fighter Units & Pilots of the 8th Air Force September 1942 - May 1945: Volume 2 Aerial Victories - Ace Data
ISBN: 9780764312427 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over the years, many books have been written about the 8th Air Force, but none have combined all the details that appear in these volumes - volume one combines the 8th Air Force's day-to-day operations with individual unit histories.
Over the years, many books have been written about the 8th Air Force, but none have combined all the details that appear in these volumes - volume one...
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300,83 zł |
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Messerschmitt Me 262: Variations, Proposed Versions & Project Designs Series: Me 262 a Series Versions - A-1a Jabo Through A-5a
ISBN: 9780764320583 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new book is the third of a multi-volume series covering the complete history of Germany's legendary World War II jet fighter, the Messerschmitt Me 262. Featured here are the Me 262 ""A"" series types from the A-1a jabo through the A-5 and including bomber, recon, night-fighter and other variants. Forthcoming volumes in the series will cover additional production types and unusual design versions.
This new book is the third of a multi-volume series covering the complete history of Germany's legendary World War II jet fighter, the Messerschmitt M...
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202,36 zł |
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Flying Dragons: The South Vietnamese Air Force
ISBN: 9780764321580 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book contains the most complete history of the South Vietnamese Air Force that surviving records and accounts can convey. In many ways, this is an American story; since VNAF was organized, trained, equipped, and attained its maximum strength under the tutelage of the US military. In view of numbers of aircraft, the South Vietnamese Air Force emerged as the fourth largest Air Force in the world-behind Communist China, the United States, and the Soviet Union. This is not a political history of the Vietnam War; rather it is the story of the transition of the VNAF from an under-trained and...
This book contains the most complete history of the South Vietnamese Air Force that surviving records and accounts can convey. In many ways, this is a...
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251,59 zł |
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Loach!: The Story of the H-6/Model 500 Helicopter
ISBN: 9780764323430 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Don't be fooled by the small size of the H-6/Model 500 helicopter. In the scout role in Vietnam, OH-6As and their aircrew became legends for their high-risk work in the low-level environment. Wayne Mutza presents the small, dynamic helicopter's story in this well-written, superbly detailed, and lavishly illustrated volume. Much of the OH-6A's combat record in Vietnam is told in firsthand accounts. Mutza offers fascinating insight to the helicopter's controversial beginning, its development, and its service with the Army National Guard, the Army's flight demonstration team, worldwide...
Don't be fooled by the small size of the H-6/Model 500 helicopter. In the scout role in Vietnam, OH-6As and their aircrew became legends for their hig...
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153,12 zł |
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Curtiss Fighter Aircraft: A Photographic History - 1917-1948
ISBN: 9780764325809 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Making use of primary Curtiss documents, as well as the combined resources of the world's leading historians of the subject, the authors have skillfully resolved myths and woven a comprehensive study of the often very confusing story of these classic airplanes. Making use of previously unpublished documents and photographs, this massive, life-long work will stand as a legacy to the memory of those wonderful shapes, the men and women who built them, flew them and took them to war, and the lasting contributions they have made, collectively, to aviation history and the defense of democracy.
Making use of primary Curtiss documents, as well as the combined resources of the world's leading historians of the subject, the authors have skillful...
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350,06 zł |
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Debrief a Complete History of U.S. Aerial Engagements - 1981 to the Present
ISBN: 9780764327858 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Every engagement that has resulted in an official 'kill' by all U.S. forces since the end of the Vietnam conflict is chronicled in this book. Not only is this the only complete work on the subject, but almost every one of the fifty-six accounts are told by the pilots involved. These engagements involve F-14s, F-15Cs, F-15Es, F-16s, F/A-18s, and A-10s. Many of these stories have never been told outside of classified reports, and many of the photos have never been previously published. Debrief is the first book from author and former USAF fighter pilot Craig "Quizmo" Brown. The foreword is by...
Every engagement that has resulted in an official 'kill' by all U.S. forces since the end of the Vietnam conflict is chronicled in this book. Not only...
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251,59 zł |
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Battle Grounds: The Canadian Military and Aboriginal Lands
ISBN: 9780774813167 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Base closures, use of airspace for weapons testing and low-level flying, environmental awareness, and Aboriginal land claims have focused attention in recent years on the use of Native lands for military training. But is the military's interest in Aboriginal lands new? Battle Grounds analyzes a century of government-Aboriginal interaction and negotiation to explore how the Canadian military came to use Aboriginal lands for training. It examines what the process reveals about the larger and evolving relationship between governments and Native communities, and how increasing... Base closures, use of airspace for weapons testing and low-level flying, environmental awareness, and Aboriginal land claims have focused attention... |
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145,47 zł |
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Women Pilots of Alaska: 37 Interviews and Profiles
ISBN: 9780786419371 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The acceptance and recognition of women's participation and achievements in development of aviation was very slow. This work explores the challenges faced by women of Alaska as they pursued roles in aviation - something that had long been considered part of the men's world.
The acceptance and recognition of women's participation and achievements in development of aviation was very slow. This work explores the challenges f...
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250,02 zł |
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The Enola Gay and the Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 9780786420087 / Angielski / Miękka / 247 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On August 6, 1945, the B-29 Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, which ushered on the end of World War II. For the 50th anniversary of this major event in world history, the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institute produced an exhibit. A controversy erupted, however, over the exhibit's historical authenticity. Nostalgic veterans, for example, complained that the museum displayed a misrepresented version of history that was too politically correct. this study focuses on the controversy surrounding the museum exhibit. Issues covered include casualty figures,...
On August 6, 1945, the B-29 Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, which ushered on the end of World War II. For the 50th anniversary o...
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250,02 zł |
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The Crucible of War, 1939-1945: The Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force
ISBN: 9780802005748 / Angielski / Twarda / 1096 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Some 40 per cent of RCAF aircrew who served overseas during the Second World War did so in RACF squadrons. This is their story. The first RCAF squadron to see action in the Second World War was No. 1 Fighter Squadron, later to be No. 401, which from 18 August 1940 participated in the Battle of Britain. The last, in a still active theatre, were Nos. 435 and 436, delivering supplies in Burma until late August 1945. In between, RCAF squadrons served in all the major commands and in most major theatres of war. They were engaged by day and by night in air-to-air combat, strategic bombing,... Some 40 per cent of RCAF aircrew who served overseas during the Second World War did so in RACF squadrons. This is their story. The first RCAF squa... |
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285,83 zł |
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Blackbird Wrath: Cold War Spylanes
ISBN: 9781517236014 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Cold War drove military innovation and none more than the need to spy on Soviet Bloc countries in the 1950s. The best way to spy other than tap phones and have agents on the ground was from the air. For this several cutting edge aircraft were designed and built by the legendary Kelly Johnson and Lockheed Skunk works - which pushed the boundaries of technology. At the same time a secret airbase to test these revolutionary aircraft in the form of Area 51 came into being. Follow the exciting true story of some very famous aircraft that would fly faster and higher than anything seen before...
The Cold War drove military innovation and none more than the need to spy on Soviet Bloc countries in the 1950s. The best way to spy other than tap ph...
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29,69 zł |
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The Airship Roma Disaster in Hampton Roads
ISBN: 9781540203151 / Angielski / Twarda / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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139,40 zł |
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With the Tigers Over China,1941-42
ISBN: 9780813121154 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the twelve months centered around the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a diverse group of American and British flyers fought one of the most remarkable air campaigns of WWII. Pilots including Claire Chennault, "Pappy" Boyington, and Art Donahue bought time for an Allied regrouping against Japan's relentless assault in the China-Burma-India theater. In the face of the 1941 bombings, Chiang Kai-shek turned to air power to survive, which he did thanks to Chennault's rebuilding of the Chinese Air Force and the leadership of the American Volunteer Group, or AVG. Formed by Chennault,... In the twelve months centered around the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a diverse group of American and British flyers fought one of the most rem... |
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372,33 zł |
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The Maintenance Costs of Aging Aircraft: Insights from Commercial Aviation
ISBN: 9780833039415 / Angielski / Miękka / 89 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examines patterns in commercial aircraft maintenance costs as aircraft grow older to produce lessons about aging aircraft that may be relevant to the Air Force.
Examines patterns in commercial aircraft maintenance costs as aircraft grow older to produce lessons about aging aircraft that may be relevant to the ...
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109,81 zł |
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Workforce Planning and Development Processes: A Practical Guide
ISBN: 9780833040060 / Angielski / Miękka / 50 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) develops, acquires, and maintains most Air Force systems and is tailoring its workforce to adapt to changes in technology, weapons, and battlefield requirements. This volume is a practical guide to the main steps in analytical workforce planning and development: determining workforce demand, describing workforce supply, comparing the demand with the supply, and implementing solutions.
The Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) develops, acquires, and maintains most Air Force systems and is tailoring its workforce to adapt to changes in t...
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126,28 zł |
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The Soviet Air and Rocket Forces
ISBN: 9780837184562 / Angielski / Twarda / 311 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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382,94 zł |
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The Doolittle Raid
ISBN: 9780887403477 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It was the biggest gamble of World War II, but Lt. Co. "Jimmy" Doolittles legendary bombing raid on Tokyo gave America the morale boost it needed in the wake of Pearl Harbor. This is the full story as told by the Doolittle Raiders official historian. Carroll Glines is also the author of Attack on Yamamoto.
It was the biggest gamble of World War II, but Lt. Co. "Jimmy" Doolittles legendary bombing raid on Tokyo gave America the morale boost it needed in t...
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153,12 zł |
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The Focke-Wulf FW 190
ISBN: 9780887403545 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Along with the Bf 109, the Fw 190 was a stalwart of the Luftwaffe and one of the top fighters of WWII.
Along with the Bf 109, the Fw 190 was a stalwart of the Luftwaffe and one of the top fighters of WWII.
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54,65 zł |
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