Foundation
of the Force: Air Force Enlisted Personnel Policy, 1907-1956
by Mark R. Grandstaff
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The
Air Force Integrates, 1945-1964 (Smithsonian
History of Aviation)
by Alan L. Gropman
(Hardcover)
Air
War Europa : America's Air War Against Germany in Europe and North Africa
1942-1945 : Chronology
Eric Hammel
Paperback
Air Force Officer's Guide
by Jeffrey C. Benton
Listed under Air Force Guides
Air War Korea 1950-1953
Robert Jackson
Listed under Korean Air War
America's
Aces in a Day
William N. Hess
Paperback
America's
Pursuit of Precision Bombing, 1910-1945
Stephen L. McFarland, Richard P. Hallion
Paperback
B-26 Units of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces (Combat Series , No
2)
Jerry Scutts
Listed under Bombers
Baa Baa Black Sheep - Gregory Boyington
The Flying Tigers in China
Listed under The Flying Tigers
Beyond
the Wild Blue : A History of the United States Air Force, 1947-1997
Walter J. Boyne
Hardcover
Black
Aviator: The Story of William J. Powell (Smithsonian
History of Aviation)
by William J. Powell, Von Hardesty (Introduction)
(Paperback)
Blankets of Fire : U.S. Bombers over Japan During World War II
(Smithsonian History of Aviation Series)
Kenneth P. Werrell
Listed under Bombers
Blue
Angels
: 50 Years of Precision Flight
Nick Veronico, et al
Paperback
Born
to Fly: The Untold Story of the Downed American Reconnaissance Plane
by Shane Osborn, Malcolm McConnell
The riveting and inspiring story of how Navy Lieutenant Shane Osborn's
flying skills saved a Navy reconnaissance plane and its crew of 24 from
almost certain death, and their subsequent ordeal of detention and interrogation.
Amazon.com
Hardcover - 288 pages 1 Ed edition (November 13, )
Broadway Books; ISBN: 0767911113
Born
to Fly : The Heroic Story of Downed U.S. Navy Pilot Lt. Shane Osborn
by Shane Osborn, et al
(Hardcover)
Boyd:
The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
by Robert Coram
Book Description: John Boyd was the greatest fighter pilot in
American history. From the proving ground of the Korean War, he went on
to win renown as the instructor who defeated-in less than forty seconds-every
pilot who took him on. But what made Boyd a man for the ages was what happened
after he left the cockpit. Boyd made a career of challenging the intractable
Pentagon bureaucracy, making enemies and a few devoted disciples who would
become known as "The Acolytes." Boyd transformed the way military aircraft-in
particular the F-15 and F-16-were designed with his revolutionary "Energy-Maneuverability
Theory," fighting the Air Force's entrenched ideas every step of the way.
He then dedicated lonely years to a radical theory of conflict that at
the time was mostly ignored, but now is acclaimed as the most influential
thinking about conflict since Sun Tzu.
A man of daring, ferocious passion, and remarkable stubbornness, John
Boyd was that most American of heroes - a rebel who cared not for his reputation
or fortune, but for his country. And in BOYD, Robert Coram finally tells
his incredible story. Until now, John Boyd has been the great secret hero
of the American military. No longer.
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Carl
A. Spaatz and the Air War in Europe (Smithsonian
History of Aviation)
by Richard G. Davis, Richard P. Hallion
(Hardcover)
Carrier Warfare in the Pacific : An Oral History Collection
(Smithsonian History of Aviation)
E.T. Wooldridge (Editor), John B. Connally
Listed under Aircraft Carriers
Chippewa
Chief in World War II : The Survival Story of Oliver Rasmussen in Japan
by Donald J. Norton, Charles E. Yeager
This is the true story of Oliver Bullard Rasmussen, a U.S. Navy aircrewman
who avoided capture after his plane crashed in Japan on July 14, 1945,
leaving his pilot dead and him seriously wounded. He dodged the Japanese
on Hokkaido for 68 days until he saw his first fellow American. Rasmussen
healed himself, relying on his Chippewa knowledge of how to survive in
the wild and staying alive by raiding farms at night. The account is drawn
from tapes of interviews with Rasmussen about his ordeal and personal records
and other material from his family. Beginning with Rasmussen's life as
a young boy growing up on a poverty-stricken Chippewa reservation in northern
Wisconsin, the book then details at length Rasmussen's almost unbelievable
ordeal. Also included is information on his top-secret role in the Navy's
only nuclear weapons squadron. Amazon.com
Paperback: 199 pages
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0786409940
ISBN-13: 978-0786409945
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
Clashes : Air Combat over North Vietnam 1965-1972
Marshall L. III Michel
Listed under Air War Vietnam
Crommelin's
Thunderbirds : Air Group 12 Strikes the Heart of Japan
Roy W. Bruce, et al
Hardcover
Dark Eagles: A History of Top Secret U.S. Aircraft Programs
by Curtis Peebles
Covers progress from the Bell P-59 through the U-2, the SR-71 Blackbird,
and the F-117 Nighthawk.
Listed under Skunk Works
The
Divided Skies : Establishing Segregated Flight Training at Tuskegee, Alabama,
1934-1942
Robert J. Jakeman
Paperback
Doomed
at the Start : American Pursuit Pilots in the Philippines, 1941-1942
(Texas A&M University Military History Series, No 24)
by William H. Bartsch, Herbert Ellia
Paperback
Texas A&M University Press; ISBN: 0890966796
Edwards
Air Force Base : Open House at the USAF Flight Test Center 1957-1966 :
A Photo Chronicle of Aircraft Displayed
by Robert D. Archer
Aircraft range from the X-1B and X-5 to the XB-70, F-111 and SR-71,
including nearly all of the fighters from the F-80 through the Century
series, plus the Navy types.
(Schiffer Military History)
(Hardcover)
The Elite of the Fleet : A Guide to the Embroidered Emblems Worn
by Naval Aviators - 1927 to Present Vol 1
J. L. Pete Morgan
Listed under Uniforms
Fateful
Rendezvous : The Life of Butch O'Hare
by Steve Ewing, John B. Lundstrom (Contributor)
O'Hare won the Medal of Honor in 1942 by single-handedly breaking up
a Japanese bomber attack on the carrier Lexington.
Hardcover - 352 pages (March )
United States Naval Inst.; ISBN: 1557502471 |
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Fighter
Pilot's Heaven : Flight Testing the Early Jets
Donald S. Lopez, Frank Borman
Fighter Pilot's Heaven presents the dramatic inside story of the American
military's transition into the jet age, as told by a flyer whose life depended
on its success. With colorful anecdotes about fellow pilots as well as
precise technical information, Donald S. Lopez describes how it was to
be “behind the stick” as a test pilot from 1945 to 1950, when the U.S.
military was shifting from war to peacetime operations and from propeller
to jet aircraft.
An ace pilot who had served with Gen. Claire Chennault's Flying Tiger
Fighter Group, Lopez was assigned at the close of World War II to the elite
Proof Test Group of the Air Proving Ground Command. Located at Eglin Field
(later Eglin Air Force Base) in Florida, the group determined the operational
suitability of Air Force weapons systems and aircraft and tested the first
operational jet, the P-80 Shooting Star. Jet fighters required new techniques,
tactics, and weaponry. Lopez recounts historic test flights in the P-59,
P-80, and P-84, among other planes, describing complex combat maneuvers,
hair-raising landings in unusual positions, and disastrous crashes and
near crashes. This memoir is peppered with lively accounts of many pilots
and their colleagues, revealing how airmen coped with both exhilarating
successes and sometimes tragic failures.
Hardcover / Published 1995
ISBN: 1560984570
Fighter Squadron at Guadalcanal
Max Brand
Listed under Guadalcanal
Fighter
Wing : A Guided Tour of an Air Force Combat Wing
Tom Clancy
Paperback
Fly
Navy : Naval Aviators and Carrier Aviation, a History
by Phillip Kaplan
(Hardcover)
Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and the American Volunteer Group
(Smithsonian History of Aviation)
by Daniel Ford
Listed under The Flying Tigers
Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training Then
and Now
Lou Thole
Paperback
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The
Golden Age Remembered : U.S. Naval Aviation, 1919-1941
E.T. Wooldridge (Editor)
Hardcover
Great
American Air Battles of World War II
Martin W. Bowman
Hardcover
Happy
Jack's Go Buggy : A Fighter Pilot's Story
(Schiffer Military History)
by Jack Ilfrey, Mark S. Copeland
First published in 1946, this is the story of Jack Ilfrey, his P-38
and his unit, the famed 94th Fighter Squadron.
Hardcover - 128 pages
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.; ISBN: 0764306642
A
Heritage of Wings : An Illustrated History of Navy Aviation
Richard C. Knott
Hardcover - 384 pages illustrate edition (November )
United States Naval Inst.; ISBN: 0870212702
In
My Sights : The Memoir of a P-40 Ace
by James B. Morehead
Winner of two Distinguished Service Crosses served in three theaters
of operation.
Hardcover - 288 pages (December )
Presidio Pr; ISBN: 089141634X
Into the Teeth of the Tiger (Smithsonian History of Aviation)
by Donald S. Lopez, Von Hardesty (Editor)
Listed under The Flying Tigers
Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works
Jay Miller
Listed under Skunk Works
Military
Flight Aptitude Tests (4th Ed)
by Solomon Weiner, Scott Ostrow
Arco Pub
Paperback October 1999
ISBN: 0028635442
Once
They Were Eagles : The Men of the Black Sheep Squadron
by Frank E. Walton
Paperback Reprint edition
Univ Pr of Kentucky; ISBN: 0813108756
Pacific
War Eagles : China/Pacific Aerial Conflict in Original Color
Jeffrey L. Ethell, et al
Hardcover
Picture
History of World War II American Aircraft Production
Joshua Stoff
Paperback / Published 1993
Protect
& Avenge : The 49th Fighter Group in World War II
(Schiffer Military/Aviation History)
by S. W. Ferguson, William K. Pascalis
(Hardcover)
Reaper
Leader: The Life of Jimmy Flatley
by Steve Ewing
Book Description:: Although Jimmy Flatley had much to do with
the U.S. victory over Japan, few outside the close-knit naval aviation
community have heard his colorful story. A naval hero in every sense of
the word according to former Chief of Naval Operations Admiral James L.
Holloway III, Flatley was a formidable fighter pilot in combat, an inspiring
leader, and a gifted operational planner. Flatley's combination of talents
are fully examined in this biography and reveal why he was so vital to
the war effort. Known to his squadron mates at Guadalcanal as "Reaper Leader,"
Flatley--with Jimmy Thach and Butch O'Hare--was instrumental in communicating
tactical advice throughout naval aviation and changing the perception that
the supposedly inferior F4F Wildcat fighter was actually superior to the
Japanese Zero when properly utilized. His biographer, Steve Ewing, also
explains how Flatley's combat experience established the credibility necessary
for a middle grade officer to initiate sweeping changes in naval aviation
both at the front and with the entrenched naval establishment.
The author credits Flatley's persistence and credibility for successes
at Guadalcanal, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. In post-war years these
same qualities helped him make naval aviation what it is today by again
challenging the status quo and effecting sweeping and significant changes
in naval aviation safety. This biography is the second in a planned naval
aviation trilogy that when complete will include the three notable carrier
fighter tacticians in the Pacific war--Thach, O'Hare, and Flatley.
Hardcover from United States Naval Inst.
Red
Tails Black Wings : The Men of America's Black Air Force
John B. Holway
Paperback - 345 pages (March 24, )
Yucca Tree Pr; ISBN: 1881325431
The
Rise of American Air Power : The Creation of Armageddon
Michael S. Sherry
Paperback / Published 1989
Segregated
Skies : All-Black Combat Squadrons of WW II
(Smithsonian History of Aviation Series)
Stanley Sandler
Hardcover - 217 pages (July 1992)
Smithsonian Institution Press; ISBN: 1560981547
Shades
of Blue : US Naval Air Power Since 1941
by Martin W. Bowman
Books Description
To protect commercial, political, and social interests on every continent,
the United States relies heavily on its fleet of massive aircraft carriers
and the squadrons of spectacular aircraft aboard each. In fact, a single
Nimitz-class nuclear-powered carrier packs a bigger punch than the combined
air, sea, and land forces of most countries.
Motorbooks Intl
Hardcover September 1999 ISBN: 0760308446
The Spirit of Naval Aviation : The Naval Aviation Museum Collection
M. Hill Goodspeed, et al
Listed under Aircraft Carriers
Tales
of a War Pilot (Smithsonian History of Aviation Series)
by Richard C. Kirkland, Von Hardesty (Editor)
The story of Lt. Richard Kirkland, P38 Lightning pilot in New Guinea
in WW2, and later a helicopter pilot in Korea.
Hardcover - 160 pages (March )
Smithsonian Institution Press; ISBN: 1560988886 |
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Tales
of a War Pilot (Smithsonian History of Aviation Series)
by Richard C. Kirkland, Von Hardesty (Editor)
The story of Lt. Richard Kirkland, P38 Lightning pilot in New Guinea
in WW2, and later a helicopter pilot in Korea.
Hardcover - 160 pages (March )
Smithsonian Institution Press; ISBN: 1560988886
The
Tuskegee Airmen : The Men Who Changed a Nation
Charles E. Francis, Adolph Caso (Editor)
Hardcover
Tuskegee's Heroes : Featuring the Aviation Art of Roy Lagrone
Charlie Cooper, et al
Listed under Art in Time of War
The
U.S. Air Force (Lerner's Armed Services Series)
Nancy Warren Ferrell
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Library Binding - 72 pages (November 1990)
ISBN: 0822514338
U.S. Marine Corps Aviation : 1912 to the Present
Peter B. Mersky
Listed under US Marines
United
States Naval Air Stations of World War II : Western States Vol 2
M. L., Jr. Shettle
Hardcover
The
US 8th Air Force at Wharton 1942-1945 : The World's Greatest Air Depot
Harry Holmes
Paperback
USAAF
Handbook 1939-1945
Martin W. Bowman
Hardcover
USAF
for the 21st Century : Super Wing : Total Force Integration
James Benson, et al
Paperback
Winged
Victory : The Army Air Forces in World War II
Geoffrey Perret
Paperback
Wings
for the Navy : A History of the Naval Aircraft Factory, 1917-1956
William F. Trimble
Hardcover / Published 1990
Wings
Over the Mexican Border; Pioneer Military Aviation in the Big Bend
Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale
Paperback
Wings
of Honor
American Airmen in World War I; A Compilation of All United States
Pilots, Observers, Gunners and Mechanics Who Flew Against the Enemy
(Schiffer Military/Aviation History)
James J. Sloan, Jr.
Hardcover / Schiffer Publishing 1994
Special Order
An
Escort of P-38s : The 1st Fighter Group in World War II
John D. Mullins, et al
Hardcover
Special Order
Kearby's
Thunderbolts : The 348th Fighter Group in World War II
John C. Stanaway
Hardcover
Special Order
The
USAF at War : From Pearl Harbor to the Present Day
Martin W. Bowman
Hardcover / Published 1995
Special Order
The Wisdom of Eagles : A History of Maxwell Air Force Base
Jerome A. Ennels, Wesley Phillips Newton
Paperback
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U.S. Navy Fighter Squadrons in World War II
Barrett Tillman
Hardcover
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50 Years of the Desert Boneyard : Davis Monthan A.F.B., Arizona
Philip Chinnery
Paperback / Published 1995
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