fighter planes

A survey of today's fighter planes, their design, equipment, and defense capabilities, with information about future fighter developments.

Describes the history and design of land-based fighter planes, their uses in combat, and the training necessary to fly them.

Presents photographs, illustrations, and descriptions of over forty World War II fighter planes from America, Germany, and Japan, with information on the size, weight, performance, armament, and crewing of each aircraft.

Explores fighter jet technology used by the United States military.

Presents a short study of the U.S. Air Force's B-2 Stealth Bomber designed to destroy enemy nuclear missile bases without being seen on radar, and contains a cross-section of the aircraft and information on its shape, crew and flight deck, weapons bays and weapons, its missions, and more.

Chronicles the histories of twenty-four of World War II's most famous fighter aircraft, including information about each aircraft's development and service record, charts that list the plane's details, and specification tables that list the plane's weights, dimensions, performance, and weapons load.

Illustrations and text examine the development and service records of twenty-three of the most important bombers of World War II, with specifications tables, cutaway drawings, and photographs.