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Possums and Bird Dogs
Allen & Unwin 2006; US$ 33.62The story of 161 Reconnaissance Flight, the Australian Army Aviation unit deployed to Vietnam from September 1965 to March 1972, told through unit and personal records, pilot and aircraft log books and personal interviews with veterans. more...
Behind the Cyberspace Veil
Greenwood Publishing Group 2008; US$ 55.00This work examines the ways in which the Air Force as an institution, once the exclusive domain of aviators, must adjust to meet the operational demand of network-centric warfare in the information age. more...
A Dawn Like Thunder
Little, Brown and Company 2008; US$ 9.99One of the great untold stories of World War II finally comes to light in this thrilling account of Torpedo Squadron Eight and their heroic efforts in helping an outmatched U.S. fleet win critical victories at Midway and Guadalcanal. These 35 American men--many flying outmoded aircraft--changed the course of history, going on to become the war's most... more...
Limits of Air Power
Free Press 1989; US$ 32.95The Limits of Air Power analyzes the American bombing campaigns in Vietnam and shows why the use of air power, so effective in previous wars, proved unsuccessful in a limited war. Major Mark Clodfelter, a military historian, assesses the American use of air power from World War II through the Vietnam War, and shows how its effectiveness declined... more...
Basher Five-Two
Random House Children's Books 2010; US$ 5.99U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady was shot down in his F-16 over Bosnia while helping to keep the peace. The plane exploded, and Captain O'Grady fell 5 miles to the ground below. In exciting detail, Captain O'Grady tells how he evaded capture and how, with little water and no food, he was able to survive on his own in enemy territory. This... more...
Black Aces High
St. Martin's Press 2007; US$ 7.99A riveting account of a modern fighter squadron at war and the exploits, triumphs, and traumas of its pilots. The Black Aces. Their courage, ferocity, and instincts made them legendary in military aviation. Flying F-14 Tomcats, they played as much a part in recent US operations in Kosovo as did any air squadron in the theater, air force or navy,... more...
Tail-End Charlies
St. Martin's Press 2007; US$ 19.99Night after night they stifled their fears and flew through flak and packs of enemy fighters to drop the bombs that would demolish the Third Reich. The airmen of the United States 8th Army Air ForceAmerican and British Bomber Command were among the greatest heroes of the Second World War, defying Hitler in the darkest early days of the war and... more...
Apache Dawn
St. Martin's Press 2010; US$ 16.99The Apache attack helicopter is one of the world?s most awesome weapons systems. Deployed for the first time in Afghanistan, it has already passed into legend. The only thing more incredible than the Apache itself are the pilots who fly her. For the first time, Apache Dawn tells their story?and their baptism of fire in the unforgiving battle... more...
The Origins of Air War
I.B.Tauris 2009; US$ 97.00Air power has come to be seen as a country's first line of defence; in the First World War views were vastly different. Aircraft were a novelty not always welcomed by the traditionalist military, and there were no tactics, doctrine or strategies available for the deployment of air power. Yet, within four years, proponents of the new force were... more...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Osprey Publishing 2011; US$ 13.95Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are the most dynamic field of aerospace technology, and potentially the harbingers of new aviation technology and tactics. They have only emerged from the shadows in recent years, but in fact have been in use for decades. After some limited use in World War II, UAVs began to emerge as a substitute for manned reconnaissance... more...









