Jane's At the Controls is a new series providing a 'hands-on' briefing of what it is like to fly and fight in modern combat aircraft. The MiG-29 was introduced by the Soviet air-force just as the Warsaw Pact began to break up. Armed with a new generation of air-to-air missiles and capable of astonishing maneuvers that can give it to the edge against most modern interceptors, the MiG-29 remains one of the best fighter aircraft in the world today.

Jane's How to Fly and Fight in the Mikoyan Mig-29 Fulcrum: At the Controls

Science & Math

Lake, Jon.

Technology

HarperReference

This remarkable reference records the history of more than 90 significant aircraft that have seen service since 1914, including the B-17 Flying Fortress that gained renown over Europe in World War II and the Avro Vulcan used by the RAF during the Cold War. Ranging from single-engine divebombers to multi-engined strategic bombers, each aircraft featured is illustrated by rare historical photos, color profiles, and cutaway drawings, and accompanied by detailed development, production, and combat histories.

The Great Book of Bombers: The World's Most Important Bombers from World War I to the Present Day

History

Military

Motorbooks, International

In the summer of 1940, the most important battle in the history of air warfare was fought between the British Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe in the skies over southern Britain. This book examines the strength of both sides on the eve of the battle, and its wider strategic implications for the outcome of the World War II.

The Battle of Britain

Book Sales

The Encylopedia of Military Aircraft

Donald, David

Reference

Grange Books

The elegant Sunderland was the RAF's staple maritime patrol aircraft throughout World War II (1939-1945). Crucial in the Battle of the Atlantic, the Sunderland was instrumental in defeating the U-Boat menace which threatened to starve the UK into submission. Nicknamed the Flying Porcupine due to its heavy armoury of 14 guns, the Sunderland proved an immediate success in battle. Aside from its worldwide use with the RAF, it saw action with the RAAF, RNZAF and RCAF. This is the first book devoted to the Sunderland's WW2 service to be published in over a decade.

Sunderland Squadrons of World War 2 (Osprey Combat Aircraft 19)

Osprey_Publishing

Osprey's study of the RAF's most successful heavy bomber of World War II (1939-1945). The Avro Lancaster formed the backbone of Bomber Command during the large-scale night bombing campaign against occupied Europe. In this, the first of two volumes on the British bomber icon of World War 2, noted English aviation historian Jon Lake recounts the early daylight raids, the first 'thousand bomber' raids on Germany and the epic 'Dambusters' mission of 16/17 May 1943 by No 617 Sqn, as well as myriad other sorties to numerous German targets in 1942-43. This volume contains more than 100 photographs, 30 all-new colour profiles by leading aviation artist Chris Davey and specially commissioned scale drawings of the Lancaster B I/II by Mark Styling.

Lancaster Squadrons 1942–43 (Combat Aircraft, 31)

The RAF's most successful heavy bomber of World War II (1939-1945), the Avro Lancaster formed the backbone of Bomber Command during the large-scale night bombing campaign against occupied Europe. Produced in massive numbers (over 7300 up to VE-Day), the first examples entered squadron service on Christmas Eve 1941, and tasted combat the following March. The second of two volumes on the British bomber icon of World War II, this book details Bomber Command's massive nocturnal bombing campaign, its support for the D-Day landings, Tallboy raids against the U-boat pens in France and the battleship Tirpitz in Norway, and the final daylight missions of 1945.

Lancaster Squadrons 1944–45 (Combat Aircraft, 35)

Designed to form the backbone of Strategic Air Command's nuclear deterrent, the B-52 force was brought to higher states of readiness whenever crisis threatened the USA, most notably when Kennedy and Khruschev went eyeball-to-eyeball over Cuba. Soon afterwards, B-52s formed the backbone of the USAF's bombing campaign in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. This book follows the story of the B-52 from its genesis to its first combat missions in June 1965 and through to the briefly sustained but bloodily fought Linebacker II offensive in late 1972. Even after the withdrawal of US forces in 1973, B-52s remained in-theatre, flying training missions mainly from Guam.

B-52 Stratofortress Units in Combat 1955–73 (Combat Aircraft, 43)

With the ending of the Cold War (1946-1991), the B-52's traditional combat role became redundant, and the USAF looked for new ways to use the machine. The invasion of Kuwait by Iraq in August 1990 gave the B-52 the chance to prove its worth in the new world order, and Stratofortress crews flying the B-52G seized the opportunity with both hands. This book explains how, flying from bases in the Indian Ocean, Britain, Spain and Saudi Arabia, the B-52G was at the forefront of the campaign to free Kuwait of Saddam's forces and dropped the first bombs of Operation Desert Storm (1990-1991).

B-52 Stratofortress Units In Operation Desert Storm (Combat Aircraft 50)

This dynamic color portfolio of UK-based airborne defense assets contains breathtaking photographs from award-winning aviation photographer John Dibbs that reveal the power and professionalism of today's Royal Air Force. Low-level attack and strike aircraft - Panavia Tornado, BAe Harrier, SEPECAT Jaguar and BAe Nimrod. Recce, Tanking and Transport aircraft - BAe Hawk, Boeing Sentry, BAe Canberra and Lockheed TriStar.

Raf Frontline: The Royal Air Force - Defending the Realm

Engineering & Transportation

Holmes, Tony

DIBBS, John M.

Transportation

Airlife Pub Ltd

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