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Author : Bill Gunston
Publisher : Hamlyn (UK)
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 060060893X
Photographs, illustrations, and plane specifications help trace the development of military aircraft from balloons to stealth bombers and unmanned fighters.
Author : Justin D. Murphy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005-04-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781851094936
An expert examination of the evolution of military aviation and its profound impact on warfare—from the employment of balloons during the French Revolutionary wars to the use of aircraft in World War I. Military Aircraft, Origins to 1918: An Illustrated History of Their Impact is a detailed, authoritative exploration of the role and development of military aviation, from its beginnings to the conclusion of World War I. Military history scholar Justin Murphy carefully illustrates the impact of aircraft on military warfare, examines the different types of aircraft, and includes a wealth of photographs and descriptions. Organized thematically, the work covers everything from the origins of military aviation and the impact of aircraft on World War I to the role of reconnaissance missions, auxiliary aircraft, fighters, and bombers. Each chapter highlights key individuals, advancements in aviation technology, industrial organization and aircraft production, and the influence of aircraft on military tactics and strategy. Murphy also demonstrates how aircraft contributed to the development of total war and blurred the lines that had traditionally separated combatants and noncombatants.
Author : Thomas Newdick
Publisher : Amber Books Ltd
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 54,6 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 : Clément Ader
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Aeronautics, Military
ISBN : IND:30000102890419
This book--the first English translation of Clm̌ent Ader's L'Aviation militaire--contains Ader's ideas about flight formed in the last decade of the nineteenth century, arranged in manuscript form by Ader in 1907, and published in 1909 in Paris by Berger-Levrault. The text is reproduced in its entirety, including notes added by Ader and explanatory notes and a bibliographical note by the editor and translator, Lee Kennett. Ader explains his ideas about the development of airplanes based on creatures in nature. He studied the bat and the bird, especially the vulture. Chapters detail the design of bases for aircraft, runway construction, naval airplanes, vertical artillery, air lanes, schools of aviation, and strategy for waging war in the air.
Author : Michael Sharpe
Publisher : Mini Encyclopedia
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 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 : John H. Morrow,John Howard Morrow
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817355456
Starting in 1909 with the beginnings of military aviation and the aviation industry and ending with their catastrophic postwar contraction, the book examines the totality of the air war: its heroism, romantic myths, politics, strategies, and cost in men and materiel. John H. Morrow, Jr., also elaborates on the advancements in aircraft and engine technology and production during airpower's development into a viable and threatening military weapon within a decade of its origins.
Author : Bill Gunston
Publisher : Bounty Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09
Category : Aeronautics, Military
ISBN : 0753708248
Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428916050
Author : Air Force History Branch
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781922488046
Aircraft of The Royal Australian Air Force tells the story of the RAAF’s first one hundred years by describing the acquisition, operation, and service record of the multitude of aircraft types flown by the RAAF. The 176 aircraft types include the flimsy wood and canvas aircraft typical of World War I, through the technological advances during and after World War II, to modern fifth-generation, complex aircraft like the F-35 Lightning II. Even before its formation Sir Richard Williams, the Father of the RAAF, had decided to employ an alpha-numeric numbering system to identify and account for each aircraft in service. This system started with A1, A2, A3 etc as each type of aircraft came into service. Each individual aircraft within each series was identified as A1-1, A1-2 and so on and the aircraft serial became known colloquially as the ‘A-number’. With some exceptions over the century since the A-number system started, aircraft entered RAAF service in broadly the sequence of the A-numbers, and so this book is intended to assist in charting the 100-year history of the RAAF by listing aircraft operated in A-number sequence, rather than by listing them by role (such as Fighter, Bomber, Maritime, Trainer, Transport etc) or alphabetically by name or by manufacturer. The inclusion of a comprehensive Index and the Quick Reference Guide to aircraft by role is intended to facilitate the location of the entry for any specific type of aircraft for those who may not already know its A-number. Aircraft of The Royal Australian Air Force is a must have for all those who have served in the RAAF, those with a passion for military aviation and aircraft in general, and the broader members of the public wishing to gain an appreciation of the Royal Australian Air Force in its centenary year.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0160869307
The twentieth century witnessed the emergence of three-dimensionality in war: surface forces flow became prey for attackers operating above and below the earth and its oceans. The aerial weapon, prophesied for centuries, became a reality, as did air power projection forces. This insightful book by Warren A. Trest traces the doctrinal underpinnings of the modern United States Air Force, the world's only global air force. We the men and women who serve in the Air Force, but also our fellow airmen in America's other military services are the heirs and beneficiaries of a long heritage of doctrinal development and military thought. Our predecessors pursued a vision of airborne global reach and power that often put them at odds with those who could not break free of the confines of conventional thought and lock-step traditionalism. Fortunately, they had the courage of their convictions and the faith in their vision to continue to pursue the goal of global air power despite such resistance. Today, America is a genuine aerospace power, and that pioneering vision dating to the days of the Wright brothers, has expanded to encompass operations in space and between the mediums of air and space. As we approach the new millennium, it is well to ponder the lessons and the history of how a small group of truly gifted airmen transformed their nation's military establishment, and, in so doing, the world around them.
Author : Stephen Lee McFarland
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : UCBK:C062021095
Except in a few instances, since World War II no American soldier or sailor has been attacked by enemy air power. Conversely, no enemy soldier orsailor has acted in combat without being attacked or at least threatened by American air power. Aviators have brought the air weapon to bear against enemies while denying them the same prerogative. This is the legacy of the U.S. AirForce, purchased at great cost in both human and material resources.More often than not, aerial pioneers had to fight technological ignorance, bureaucratic opposition, public apathy, and disagreement over purpose.Every step in the evolution of air power led into new and untrodden territory, driven by humanitarian impulses; by the search for higher, faster, and farther flight; or by the conviction that the air way was the best way. Warriors have always coveted the high ground. If technology permitted them to reach it, men, women andan air force held and exploited it-from Thomas Selfridge, first among so many who gave that "last full measure of devotion"; to Women's Airforce Service Pilot Ann Baumgartner, who broke social barriers to become the first Americanwoman to pilot a jet; to Benjamin Davis, who broke racial barriers to become the first African American to command a flying group; to Chuck Yeager, a one-time non-commissioned flight officer who was the first to exceed the speed of sound; to John Levitow, who earned the Medal of Honor by throwing himself over a live flare to save his gunship crew; to John Warden, who began a revolution in air power thought and strategy that was put to spectacular use in the Gulf War.Industrialization has brought total war and air power has brought the means to overfly an enemy's defenses and attack its sources of power directly. Americans have perceived air power from the start as a more efficient means of waging war and as a symbol of the nation's commitment to technology to master challenges, minimize casualties, and defeat adversaries.
Author : David A. Anderton
Publisher : Crescent
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : 0517665751
This newly revised and expanded edition of the highly successful history of military aviation reports on the latest advances in electronics and technology that have made the U.S. Air Force the best. Includes 780 color and b&w illus trations.
Author : Robert Jackson,Jim Winchester
Publisher : New Line Books
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Aircraft, Military
ISBN : 1840136723
Featuring more than 200 full-page aviation artworks, this book presents a history of military aviation from World War I to the present day.
Author : Warren A. Trest
Publisher : Department of the Air Force
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : UIUC:30112004823321
Traces the usage of- and meaning given to- the terms "roles and missions" relating to the armed forces and particularly to the United States Air Force, from 1907 to the present.
Author : Philip Jarrett
Publisher : Conway Maritime Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015049645776
Examines how airfare requirements have evolved since WWII, and how air power has contributed to military needs.