air pilots, military

Provides a brief overview of the training requirements, dangers, and day-to-day experiences associated with being a test pilot.

The true story of a young German girl, Mercedes Simon, and of the American pilot, Gail Halvorsen, who shared hope and joy with the children of West Berlin by dropping candy-filled parachutes during the Airlift.

General Patrick McLanahan and his Air Battle Force are drawn into danger when they are assigned to stop a group of Taliban fighters who have gathered in Turkemenistan to sabotage the country's huge oil supplies.

Describes the efforts of US Air Force Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen to aid the children in Russian-blockaded West Berlin by dropping packages filled with candy from the air. Features personal photographs, along with letters and drawings from the children of Berlin.

With text and historical photographs, celebrates the courageous spirit of the women service pilots of WWII.

Examines the disappearance of eight American airmen shot down and taken prisoner on the remote island of Chichi Jima in World War II and the secrecy that surrounded the events for decades, and discusses the violence inflicted by both sides in the Pacific war.

Delta Force major Carlos Guillermo Castillo, Army intelligence officer assigned to the office of homeland security is ordered to travel undercover to Africa to investigate the hijacking of a 727 in Angola and the murder of its crew.

Recreates the author's years as a B-17 bomber pilot flying missions over northern Italy, German, and Bulgaria during World War II. Ultimately he was shot down and taken prisoner.