AD Graphics, 1999. — 43 p. This publication is intended to bring to all modelers as well as to all Israeli Air-Force enthusiasts, the story of the legendary arm of the IDF.
Squadron/Signal Publications, 1991. — 61 p. — ISBN: 0897472632. It is a collection of interviews from pilots and the makers of the A-6 Intruder.which makes the book really interesting, since they are the experts. In a few short paragraphs, the designer of this plane from Grumman Aircraft explains how/why certain choices were made. There are many excellent drawings (1/72 scale)...
Naval Fighters 2002. — 76p. — ISBN: 0-942612-50-7. USMC/USMCR/USNR Douglas A-4A1B Skyhawks is the companion volume to Naval Fighters Number Forty-Nine, the Douglas A-4A/B Skyhawk In Navy Service. The Navy volume contains 61 p. of development, aircraft description details and drawings, that pertain to Marine A-4A1Bs. Although much fewer Marine squadrons were equipped with the...
Naval Fighters 2001. — 182p. — ISBN: 0-942612-49-3. The origins of the Skyhawk can be traced to two sources. The first was repeated requests from the fleet to the Chief of Naval Operations from aviators serving in Korea for improvements in attack aircraft technology. The slow speed of the F4U and AD propeller-driven aircraft dictated attack missions that were potentially 8 to...
Naval Fighters 1980. — Naval Fighters Number One. — 36p. — National Archives 80-G-682571. The Tiger is notable for two firsts in Naval Aviation. It was the first aircraft ever to be conceived according to the area rule principle. The production versions even carried auxiliary fuel tanks, which were area-ruled. Second, it was the Navy's first supersonic aircraft. The Tiger...
Eagle Dynamics. — 708 p. The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is an American single-seat, twin-engine, straight-wing jet aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic in the early 1970s. The A-10 was designed for a United States Air Force requirement to provide close air support (CAS) for ground forces by attacking tanks, armored vehicles, and other ground targets with a...
Ian Allan Ltd 1979. — 136p. — ISBN: 0 7110 0965 1. The combat records of the Douglas A-20 Boston Havoc and the A-26 Invader stretch out over 25 years and five major conflicts. There are very few sister aircraft whose record of missions and types of operations possesses such diversification: any type of combat operation in any type of conflict - the Boston or Invader has...
Key Publishing 2015. — 100p. Early Development An iconic Cold War fighter, the F-14 Tomcat came into its own as a precision strike aircraft in the twilight of its career when threatened with premature retirement. ‘Bombcat’ Blooded over Bosnia The long-running conflict in the Balkans provided the F-14 community with the opportunity to test the Tomcat in its new role as a bomber....
WarbirdTech Series V.13 . — 100p. — Specialty Press 1997. — ISBN: 0-933424-78-7. In the beginning, it was the Dauntless II. Then it became the Skyraider. To the crews, the A-1 was known as the Able Dog, Spad, Guppy, Queen, Big Iron Bird, Flying Dump Truck, or simply the AD. The missions that the crews of the A-1 have flown run the entire military spectrum, from dive and torpedo...
Osprey Publishing Ltd, 1983. — 198p. — ISBN: 0-85045-529-4. The Beginning. First Combat Operations. Developments. Vietnam: The Crucible. In Foreign Skies. Skyhawks Forever. Citations. Technical & Performance Data. The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a single-seat subsonic carrier-capable light attack aircraft designed and produced by the American aerospace manufacturer Douglas Aircraft...
Naval Fighters Number Forty-Four. — Steve Ginter, 1998. — 52p. — ISBN: 0-942612-44-2. The Tiger was supposedly designed around a known engine, the Curtiss-Wright J65. Half of that story was true. The engine was a known entity, but the afterburner was a disaster. It never delivered the specified thrust performance dictated in the contract. Fortunately, there were two teams...
The Crowood Press, 2000. - 192 p. ISBN: 1861263244. In researching the A-10, this book left me no quesiton unanswered. The book is full of tables, charts, photos and illustrations that aid the text in describing the history, capabilities and future of this aircraft. The A-10 Thunderbolt, also known as the "Warthog" is a popular aircraft with US and allied ground troops.
The Crowood Press 1999. — 202p. — ISBN: 1 86126 249 3. The Douqla Skyraider was designed as a replacement for the Douglas SBD Dauntless and by the time it was introduced it looked like an anachronism. Whilst military airplanes were getting sleeker and faster and were powered by jet engines, the Skyraider was a large, propeller-driven monoplane that looked ungainly. Looks can be...
Pen & Sword Books Ltd 2020. — 660p. — ISBN: 978 1 52675 926 9. The level to which the requirements of the army fighting a ground war and requiring close support from the air, whether in offence or defence, should be provided by an independent air force has been one of the most controversial and long-lasting arguments in the brief history of air warfare almost ever since man...
Squadron/Signal Publication 1983. — 51p. — ISBN: 0-89747-144-X. As a replacement for the obsolete SBD Dauntless Douglas Aircraft Company at El Segundo developed the XSB2D Destroyer, a single-engine two-place dive bomber with the secondary capability of torpedo attack. Equipped with a tricycle landing gear and inverted gull wings similar to the F4U Corsair, the Destroyer was...
Naval Fighters Number Forty-One. — Steve Ginter, 1998. — 84p. — ISBN: 0-942612-41-8. In 1960, both the U.S. Air Force and the U. S. Navy were developing requirements for new fighters. The Air Force was planning to replace the F105 with a long-range, low-level supersonic, all-weather Tactical Strike Fighter to be operated from unpaved runways of 3,000 feet or less in length and...
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