This is an historical combat analysis of the impact of the helicopter upon warfare in the 50 years since it first saw action. The modern combat helicopter is the master of the battlefield - fast, agile and extremely deadly. This book charts the evolution of rotary winged aircraft from the first fragile evacuation machines through to the dedicated flying arsenals that are an essential part of any modern airforce. Case histories of Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan are studied in depth and conclusions drawn evolved, with an eye to the 21st century.
Four days before Christmas 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germany. At its controls was a 21-year-old pilot. Half his...
A World War II pilot recounts his experiences, which included flying with Claire Chennault's fabled Flying Tigers, matching his P-40 Tomahawk fighter against a force...
To Fly and Fight: Memoirs of a Triple Ace (Leather Edition)
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Description: The flying life of a real American Hero. C.E. "Bud" Anderson tells his story in terms that every reader will thoroughly enjoy. Fly along...