aeronautics, military

Provides an account of Thaddeus Lowe's efforts to provide intelligence to Union forces during the American Civil War, detailing how he managed to telegraph messages to the War Department in Washington from a silk hydrogen balloon that floated over the battlefields.

Contains entries that provide information about significant individuals, events, weapons, industries, strategies, and tactics in the nearly two hundred-year history of international airpower, arranged alphabetically from A-to-L, and includes cross-references, photographs, diagrams, and maps.

Photographs and text explain the technology and capabilities of the V-22 Osprey, and describes how the United States Air Force uses these aircrafts in military operations.

Discusses the origins of the Special Operations Group of the U.S. Air Force, and tells the story of how weapons and tactics were developed especially for the unit's use for rescue missions in Vietnam, Bosnia, Somalia, and other conflicts.

Photographs and text profile the differently types of fighter aircraft used in World War I and II and describe how the technology has changed since then.

Discusses the activities of the Army helicopter demonstration team known as the Silver Eagles.

Traces the development of Navy fighter planes by examining specific types from World War I to recent times.

Traces the development of Navy fighter planes by examining specific types from World War I to recent times.

Reveals Nazi Germany's secret plans to bomb New York City and the eastern seaboard during World War II, and explores how those attacks could have impacted the war's end.