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The Airacomet was the first jet aircraft built for the US Military. As a fighter, the P-59 died in infancy without the opportunity to prove its worth, overtaken by progress for which the P-59 itself had become a symbol. Yet as America's first jet-powered
Published July 2022, 48 pages, black & white and color photos, illustrations, line and section drawings, kit reviews, softcover, 8 1/2" x 11"
Strike Fighter Squadron 154 (VFA-154), also known as the "Black Knights", is a United States Navy strike fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Lemoore. The Black Knights are an operational fleet squadron flying the F/A-18F Super Hornet.
The Consolidated Vultee (Convair) XB-46 jet-powered medium bomber was first developed by the USAAF in 1945. Although the XB-46 bomber never went into production, it became the first all-pneumatic aircraft, using pneumatics to operate landing gear, brakes,
Published August 2024, 36 pages, 87 black & white and 4 color photos, drawings, 8 1/2 x11" inches
Limited Edition of 1,000 copies.
The Curtiss XP-55 Ascender was a tailless swept-wing WWII pusher fighter design born out by the USAAC 1940 fighter competition. The USAAC was looking for a fighter to counter the threat of the German Bf-109 and the Japanese Zero and replace the obsolete P
Published 2020, 104 pages, 141 black & white and 35 color photos, 22 illustrations, model kit reviews, softcover, 8 1/2" x 11"
Published 2024, 88 pages, 182 black & white and 3 color photos 40 illustrations, technical illustrations, model kit reviews, list of pilots, patches, glossary, softcover, 8 1/2" x 11"
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Electronic Aggressors: Pictorial History of US Navy Electronic Threat Environment Squadrons: Part One: 1949-1977: VAQ33: US Navy Squadron Histories #303, USNSH#303 softcover
This book is the second in a two-part series and describes the FEWSG structure and mission in detail. FEWSG provided threat training which stressed the US Navy's ability to respond, from applying anti-jamming fixes, to understanding the weaknesses and wha
US Navy Squadron Histories #302
This Pictorial History of US Navy's Electronic Countermeasures Squadron Two (ECMRON TWO or VQ-2), later designated Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron Two (FAIRECONRON TWO or VQ-2) by Angelo Romano and AMHC (AW) John D. Her
The Lockheed F-94 Starfire was the first USAF jet fighter equipped with an afterburner, as well as the first operational all-weather fighter aircraft to enter combat. F-94s flew in the Korean War, and with Air National Guard uniLockheed F94 Starfire: Air
Created by the famous Lockheed "Skunks Works" and highly publicized at the start of the 1950s, the futuristic XF-90 seemed to epitomize what a supersonic fighter ought to look like. It was one of the first Air Force jets to be equipped with afterburners a
Published Fall 2022, 48 pages, 96 black & white and 3 colour photographs, 26 illustrations, model kit reviews, softcover, 8 1/2" x 11"
The XB-51 was Martin's answer to a 1946 Army Air Force design competition for a new ground-support aircraft to replace the A-26 Invader.
A silver streak flashes over the Air Force Base at Muroc, California. The slim, shark-bellied McDonnell XF-88 is unveiled as another advance in America's air mastery.
This 264-page book about the North American B-45 is generously illustrated with 267 drawings, 355 photos, of which 15 are color aircraft images, and color drawings of 33 insignia of units which flew the Tornado.
Air Force Legends Number 212 is the third volume in the North American F-86D/K/L Sabre Dog series and covers Air National Guard and foreign usage of the F-86D/K/Ls. Volume two, Air Force Legends Number two, covered US Air Force F-86D/L operators. Volume o
Air Force Legends Number 207 is the second volume in the North American F-86D/K/L series and covers the US Air Force usage of the F-86D/K/Ls...........
The F-86 Sabre is well know for its success during the Korean conflict. The F-86H was built in relatively small numbers (475); its service with front line squadrons of the USAF was brief but it had a long service with the Air National Guard. Its service w
The North American Aviation Corporation's series of "Lightweight" Mustangs, the XP-51F, XP51G, XP-51J, and ultimately the P-51H, came as a result of North American's further development of their standard P-51A and B/C designs.
Published 2023, 52 pages, 87 black & white and 4 color photos, 39 line drawings, model kit reviews, softcover, 8 1/2" x 11"
Published 2023, 144 pages, 20 black & white and 296 color photos and 135 illustrations, technical illustrations, model kit reviews, list of pilots, patches, glossary, softcover, 8 1/2" x 11"
When post-war budget cuts ended many combat aircraft programs, the overriding importance of one of the most promising of these, known as Secret Project Number MX-809 (MX meaning Material, Experimental) kept it alive.