air power

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United States Air Force

Presents information about the United States Air Force, including its jobs, its history, and more.
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The world's most powerful military aircraft

Features 52 of the most important military aircraft of the last hundred years.

Air power

the men, machines, and ideas that revolutionized war, from Kitty Hawk to Gulf War II
2004
Chronicles the history of air power from Kitty Hawk to the second Gulf War and examines the evolution of the airplane as an instrument of war.

Hitler's eagles

the Luftwaffe 1933-45
2012
Provides a history of the German Luftwaffe from 1933 to 1945, examining its secret origins, dominance in the early days of World War II, and its destruction.

Modern air superiority planes

aircraft, weapons and their battlefield might
2004
Photographs and text profile modern air superiority planes, with information on the weapons and capabilities of the F-14 Tomcat, F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, F/A-18 Hornet, F-22 Raptor, and F35 JSF.

Air strike

1991
Reviews American air power and air strikes during the Persian Gulf War.

Storm over Iraq

air power and the Gulf War
1992
Discusses how the success of Operation Desert Storm was the product of two decades of profound changes in the American approach to defense, military doctrine, and combat opertions.

The influence of air power upon history

2003
Explores the development of air-power philosophy over the course of the twentieth century, examining historic events that demonstrate how air power has influenced events in war, politics, diplomacy, technology, and mass culture.

Architects of air power

1981
Text and photographs describe the history of air warfare.
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