LIKE NEW American Combat Planes of the 20th Century by Ray Wagner 2004 edition

Description: American Combat Planes of 20th Century is 758 pages, hardcover, printed on high quality coated stock, with a section of color photographs showing the history of military airplane color configurations. LIKE NEW ISBN: 9780930083175 0-93-008317-2 Contents:Part 1. The biplane period, 1917 to 1932 1. The role of the combat plane : the first generation 2. Close support for the Army, 1917-1923 3. The first fighters, 1915-1920 4. Multi-engine bombers, 1917-1932 5. Army pursuits ; The biplane period, 1920-1932 6. Army observation and attack aircraft, 1922-1933 7. Flying boats for Navy patrols, 1917-1934 8. New weapons for the Navy, 1918-1933 9. Navy observation aircraft, 1917-1932 10. Adapting fighters to flight decks Part 2. Monoplanes for World War II, 1931-1945 11. Background of World War II development 12. Army observation aircraft, 1930-1942 13. Army attack monoplanes from 1-7 to A41 14. Bomber monoplanes, 1931-1939 15. Bombers for World War II, 1939-1945 16. Fighter monoplanes, from the P-24 to the P-37 17. Warhawks to Mustangs 18. Crisis-born fighter projects, XP-48 to XP-77 19. Navy patrol bombers, 1935-1945 20. Navy scout and observation aircraft, 1932-46 21. Navy attack planes, 1931-1945 22. Navy fighters, 1931-1939 23. Navy fighters against Japan 24. Very heavy bombers end the war Part 3. Air weapons for the Cold War, 1946-1962 25. Nuclear bombs and the Cold War 26. Strategic Command's first bombers 27. Air Force fighters, from XP-79 to XF-96 28. Jet bombers, 1946-1962 29. Supersonic fighters, F-100 to F-108 30. Navy patrol planes, from Neptune to Orion 31. Navy attack planes, from A-1 to A-6 32. Navy fighters, from the Phantom I to the Crusader 33. ASW : search and attack Part 4. An awesome generation since 1963 34. The Cold War, 1963-1991 35. Attack planes for small wars, 1963-1991 36. Fighters for the missile era 37. Bombers from the B-70 to Stealth 38. From Iraq to Afghanistan List of tables 1. Comparison of allied and enemy airplane strengths, November 11, 1918 2. Army Air Corps/Force combat type designations 3. Code letters assigned to combat type manufacturers 4. American aircraft guns 5. AAF bombers in the European War, 1942-1945 6. B-24 Liberator production from 1941-1945 7. AAF fighters in the European War, 1942-1945 8. USAF Combat Wings, 1951-1957 9. Major nuclear air weapons of 1945-1962 10. American aircraft guns after 1945 11. Air-to-air guided missiles deployed in 1956-1962 12. F-5 international deliveries to 1986 13. F-16s for 18 foreign nations 14. USAF active combat type inventory, 1991-2000

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