aerial operations, american

Examines the formation of the Tuskegee Airmen, describes their training and responsibilities, and discusses how they were treated after World War II.

Michael Franzak, former enlisted and retired lieutenant colonel, chronicles his year-long deployment as an AV-8B Marine Corps Harrier pilot and executive officer of "The Flying Nightmares" while in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom.

The story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II.

A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.

Chronicles the experiences of American G.I. Dale Aldrich during the Second World War, during which he served as a ball turret, or belly gunner, on a B-17 bomber, flying bombing missions over occupied Europe and spending more than a year interned in a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp.

An illustrated biography of Maggie Gee, one of only two Chinese American women to serve in the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II.

Describes the training, equipment, and roles of the combat controller of the U.S. Air Force in special missions and black ops.

When his plane is shot down on June 6, 1944, D-Day, paratrooper Private Michael Donovan must find a way to survive and locate his platoon.