air pilots, military

Presents the life and career of Hazel Ying Lee, the first Chinese American woman to fly for the US military.

"When the United States became involved in World War II in 1941, only men were allowed to join the Air Force to fly planes in combat. Two intrepid female pilots named Nancy Harkness Love and Jacqueline Cochran told the Air Force they believed that women aviators could help in other ways. In 1943, through their efforts, the Women Airforce Service Pilots was founded. This . . . book highlights a few of the more than one thousand female aviators who created and went through this program, including Love, Cochran, and Ann Baumgartner Carl, the first woman to fly an Air Force fighter jet"--Provided by publisher.

"The Dominion of Atalanta is at war. But for eighteen-year-old Aris, the fighting is nothing more than a distant nightmare. Then her boyfriend, Calix, is selected for the Military, and the nightmare becomes a dangerous reality. Left behind in her idyllic seaside town, Aris has nothing to fill her days. So when she's recruited to be a pilot for an elite search-and-rescue unit, she leaps at the chance, hoping she'll be stationed near Calix. But there's a catch: She must disguise herself as a man named Aristos. Aris gives up everything to find Calix. Even her identity. But as the war rages on, Aris discovers she's fighting for much more than her relationship. With each injured person she rescues and each violent battle she survives, Aris is becoming a true soldier--and the best flyer in the Atalantan Military. She'sdetermined to save her Dominion...or die trying"--Back cover.

"September, 1940. German bombs fall on Britain, and enemy fighter planes blacken the sky around the Epping Forest, home of Susan Shepherd and her grandfather, Bertie. The two raise homing pigeons, and Susan's favorite is Duchess. Hatched from an egg that Susan incubated in a bowl under her grandfather's desk lamp, Duchess shares a special bond with Susan. A Maine crop-duster pilot, Ollie Evans travels to Britain to join the Royal Air Force. In the National Pigeon Service, Susan is involved in an assignment code-named Source Columba, to air-drop hundreds of homing pigeons in German-occupied France, hopefully to convey crucial information on German troop movements. Friendship between Ollie and Susan deepens, but when Ollie's plane is downed behind enemy lines both know the chance of reunion is remote."--Adapted from dust jacket.

"From the streets of Colorado Springs to the skies over Tuskegee, journey through childhood with Franklin J. Macon, one of the the fewer than one hundred documented Original Tuskegee Airmen"--Provided by publisher.

Includes index, brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depicting life as a World War Two pilot.

Describes the history of the United States Air Force, military decorations, Tuskegee airmen, Flying Aces, astronauts, space and cyberspace, and more.

Lieutenant Grace Yates and Major Bruce Stanton struggle to accept their separation and bridge the miles between them through passionate love letters, and when they both find themselves fighting in a dangerous war, they realize their faith in God is the most useful tool they have.

Explores the history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II, a forgotten group of female fighter pilots who answered their country's call in its time of need.

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.