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Author : Kenneth Munson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : 0354010409
Author : John William Ransom Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Airplanes
ISBN : 035604372X
Author : Robert Hewson
Publisher : Airlife Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 1840370653
This second edition provides concise and complete coverage of every major combat aircraft in service, or under development, around the world. With nearly 120 fully revised and updated entries, it details the history, current status, and plans for each aircraft while providing full specifications and technical details for every type. This indispensable guide also covers many important second-line types. Illustrated in color. For military aviation enthusiasts.
Author : Mark A. Lorell,Hugh P. Levaux,Elizabeth Giddens,Jennifer Gross,Erik Moller
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1998-10-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780833048608
The proposition that innovation is critical in the cost-effective design and development of successful military aircraft is still subject to some debate. RAND research indicates that innovation is promoted by intense competition among three or more industry competitors. Given the critical policy importance of this issue in the current environment of drastic consolidation of the aerospace defense industry, the authors here examine the history of the major prime contractors in developing jet fighters since World War II. They make use of an extensive RAND database that includes nearly all jet fighters, fighter-attack aircraft, and bombers developed and flown by U.S. industry since 1945, as well as all related prototypes, modifications, upgrades, etc. The report concludes that (1) experience matters, because of the tendency to specialize and thus to develop system-specific expertise; (2) yet the most dramatic innovations and breakthroughs came from secondary or marginal players trying to compete with the industry leaders; and (3) dedicated military R&D conducted or directly funded by the U.S. government has been critical in the development of new higher-performance fighters and bombers.
Author : Michael Sharpe
Publisher : Mini Encyclopedia
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1782747052
"Features 300 of the most important attack, multi-role, and other military jets flown since World War II, including the Messerschmitt Me 262, Mikoyan-Gurevich, MiG-21, Dassault Mirage, and Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit. Full dimensions, weights, powerplant and armament details provided in metric and imperial for each aircraft. Expert text explains each aircraft's development and service history. Includes 300 profile artworks."--Page 4 of cover
Author : Jim Winchester
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0785831428
Modern Military Aircraft is a comprehensive guide to the world's fighting aircraft since World War II, from the earliest jet fighters and basic piston-engined bombers, to today's high-tech and stealthy superfighters. Aircraft featured include: the F-86 Sabre, which fought its way to convincing victory over Russia's MiG-15 in the world's first jet-versus-jet battles in Korea; the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, the deadliest fleet fighter ever built, which has played an important part in the conflicts of the late 20th and early 21st centuries; and Russia's export miracles the Sukhoi Su-27, currently in service with air arms across the world in an array of variants. This book contains detailed features on more than 220 combat aircraft and helicopters from the past 65 years. Presented alphabetically by manufacturer, each aircraft is covered in detail, with feature boxes outlining its development, technical specifications, performance data and variants. Unique graphics allow the reader to compare specific features like firepower, troop-carrying capacity, and bombload with those of other aircraft of the same type.
Author : Thomas Newdick
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781499465907
Ever since man first took to the air, combat aircraft have been at the cutting edge of aviation technology, resulting in some of the greatest and most complex designs ever built. The World’s Greatest Military Aircraft features 52 of the most important military aircraft of the last hundred years, including everything from biplane fighters and carrier aircraft to tactical bombers, transport aircraft, multirole fighters, strategic strike aircraft, and stealth bombers. Each entry includes a brief description of the model’s development and history, a profile view, key features, and specifications. Packed with more than 200 artworks and photographs, this is a colorful guide for the military aviation enthusiast.
Author : Enzo Angelucci,Paolo Matricardi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : 8880956884
This is a large format A-Z encyclopedia of every Allied and Axis fighting plane from 1933-1945 - from the famous to the lesser known - in all theatres of war from Europe to Asia and the Pacific.
Author : Major Philip W. Wielhouwer
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782898290
Proper doctrine for close support of American ground forces by airpower has been a tumultuous issue since the first days of combat aircraft. Air and ground leaders struggled with interservice rivalry, parochialism, employment paradigms, and technological roadblocks while seeking the optimum balance of missions given the unique speed, range, and flexibility of aircraft. Neither ground force concepts of airpower as self-defense and extended organic artillery, nor air force theories focused on command of the air and strategic attack fit the middle ground of close air support (CAS), leaving a doctrinal void prior to American combat in World War II. This thesis focuses on the critical period from September 1939 through the doctrinal and practical crucible of North Africa, which eventually produced a resoundingly successful system. Theoretical and practical changes in organization and command, airpower roles, and the tactical air control system are examined, with subarea focus on cooperation and communications technology. Upon examination, discerning leadership, able to transcend earlier compromises and failures, emerges as the essential element for CAS success during the war. While many airpower concepts proved valid, air-ground cooperation through liaison proved indispensable, a lesson repeated even today.
Author : Bill Gunston
Publisher : Smithmark Publishers
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1997-08
Category : Airplanes, Military
ISBN : 076519211X
A full-color technical directory of 200 of the most important combat aircraft to serve the United States.
Author : Doug Richardson
Publisher : Bantam Books
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 0792452518
Profiles over 40 military jets with 'color profile drawings and action photographs" plus "details of the aircrafts' development and service use, and technical specifications" including "dimensions, range, powerplant and armaments."
Author : George Galdorisi,Thomas Phillips
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781616732257
Beginning with the birth of combat aircraft in World War I and the early attempts to rescue warriors trapped behind enemy lines, Leave No Man Behind chronicles in depth nearly one hundred years of combat search and rescue (CSAR). All major U.S. combat operations from World War II to the early years of the Iraq War are covered, including previously classified missions and several Medal-of-Honor-winning operations. Authors George Galdorisi and Tom Phillips (both veteran U.S. Navy helicopter pilots) highlight individual acts of heroism while telling the big-picture story of the creation and development of modern CSAR. Although individual missions have their successes and failures, CSAR, as an institution, would seem beyond reproach, an obvious necessity. The organizational history of CSAR, however, is not entirely positive. The armed services, particularly the U.S. Air Force and Navy, have a tendency to cut CSAR at the end of a conflict, leaving no infrastructure prepared for the next time that the brave men and women of our armed forces find themselves behind enemy lines. The final chapter has not yet been written for U.S. combat search and rescue, but in view of the life-saving potential of these forces, an open and forthright review of U.S. military CSAR plans and policies is long overdue. Beyond the exciting stories of heroic victories and heartrending defeats, Leave No Man Behind stimulates debate on this important subject.
Author : Randall Forsberg
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0262560852
The studies show how military strategy, planned forces, and the age of systems in the current inventory affect the domestic demand for new production; how the recent drop in domestic demand affects arms industries; and the extent to which governments and firms in the arms-producing nations are turning to exports to sustain the industries. In the shrinking arms market of the post-Cold War era, countries with advanced arms industries face difficult choices concerning force size, arms production, arms export, and defense industrial capacity. This book explores the links among these issues through a detailed study of the combat aircraft industries in the United States, Russia, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and Sweden--the seven countries that develop, produce, and export all of the world's technologically advanced weapon systems. The studies show how military strategy, planned forces, and the age of systems in the current inventory affect the domestic demand for new production; how the recent drop in domestic demand affects arms industries; and the extent to which governments and firms in the arms-producing nations are turning to exports to sustain the industries. Stunning changes in Russia's combat aircraft forces, industry, and strategy are detailed here for the first time, as are expected future Russian combat aircraft exports to China. Newly compiled data also show that in the United States and Russia and globally, arms production for export will exceed production for domestic use for the first time in history, starting in 1995. Arms production is thus increasingly dominated by commercial rather than security interests. Ultimately at issue is whether governments will exploit the opportunity offered by the dramatic post-Cold War contraction of the world arms market to reduce their armed forces and constrain international arms trade while shrinking the arms industry--or keep pushing arms exports that generate new threats and justify larger armed forces, more arms production, and bigger arms industries.
Author : Thomas Newdick
Publisher : Amber Books Ltd
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782742777
Military Aircraft features 52 of the most important military aircraft, from biplane fighters to tactical bombers, transports, multirole fighters and stealth bombers. Packed with over 200 illustrations, each entry includes a description of the model’s development and history, a profile view, key features and specifications.
Author : Christopher Chant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081393139
"An information-packed handbook covering some 180 of the major military aircraft in service with the air forces of today ... Each aircraft is covered by text detailing its origins, history and variants, followed by a full technical specification; and each type is additionally illustrated in color and with a three-view diagram"--Jacket.
