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Wings of Air America: A Photo History Terry JET AGE AVIATION, 1950S TO PRESENT F-102 Delta Dagger Wayne Mutza. Love. Run by the CIA, it operated secret missions, Chronicled is the Convair F-102’s unsteady course publicly flew scheduled routes, and, at its peak, through history, from its inception to present-day Air America had the largest commercial fleet in survivors. Presented for the first time are the the world! Unsung, unheralded, but always brave, Lockheed P-80/F-80 Shooting Star: A Photo fascinating details surrounding the F-102 in the air courageous, and dedicated, they lived and died Chronicle David R. McLaren. The Lockheed defense role, special projects, its unconventional with Air America’s motto: Anything, Anywhere, P-80/F-80 Shooting Star was the first American use during the war in Southeast Asia, service with Anytime – Professionally. operational jet fighter. This book chronicles the foreign air arms, and the ANG. Size: 8.5”x11” • 210 color/bw photos • 104pp. development and early trials of the aircraft during Size: 8.5”x11” • 530 color/bw photos • 192pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0619-7 • soft • $19.95 Lockheed’s groundbreaking attempts to create a ISBN: 0-7643-1062-3 • soft • $29.95 viable jet fighter. Detailed analysis of the Shooting Star’s combat record in Korea shows why the F-80 flew more combat missions than any aircraft in Loach! The Story of the H-6/Model 500 the war theater. The Republic F-105 Thunderchief: Wing and Helicopter Wayne Mutza. In the scout role Size: 8.5”x11” • 400 color/bw photos • 184pp. Squadron Histories James Geer. This book is a in Vietnam, OH-6As and their aircrew became ISBN: 0-88740-907-5 • soft • $24.95 comprehensive history of the wings and squadrons legends for their high-risk work in the low-level that operated the Republic F-105 Thunderchief. environment. Mutza presents the small, dynamic Republic F-84 Thunderjet, Thunderstreak, Detailed histories are provided for all TAC, USAFE, helicopter’s story in this well-written, superbly & Thunderflash: A Photo Chronicle David and PACAF units that flew the aircraft, as well as detailed, and lavishly illustrated volume. Much R. McLaren. The F-84 performed its unheralded for Air Force Reserve and Air Guard users. With of the OH-6A’s combat record in Vietnam is told role in a true yeoman fashion, and fought the particular emphasis placed on operations in the in firsthand accounts. air-to-mud role as a fighter-bomber in Korea – as Vietnam War, this work contains a wealth of Size: 8.5”x11” • 300 color/bw photos • 144pp. well as in interceptor, and photo-recon roles. It information previously untold. ISBN: 0-7643-2343-1 • soft • $29.95 was also the first jet fighter to be operationally Size: 8.5”x11” • 800 color/bw photos • 352pp. capable of air refueling, and it was the first to ISBN: 0-7643-1668-0 • hard • $69.95 be able to deliver a nuclear weapon. Sikorsky H-34: An Illustrated History Len- Size: 8.5”x11” • 450 color/bw photos • 208pp. Roll Call THUD: A Photographic Record of nart Lundh. Originally designed in 1952 as an ISBN: 0-7643-0444-5 • soft • $29.95 the Republic F-105 Thunderchief Campbell anti-submarine warfare platform for the U.S. & Hill. This book is a detailed compendium of Navy, almost 2000 Sikorsky H-34s have served North American F-86F Sabre: The each F-105 built. Information is included as to on every continent with the armed forces of 25 Birth of a Modern Air Force Gonzalo where each plane served, who flew it, and the countries. This is the most detailed account of Ávila and Roberto Yáñez. The XP-86F ultimate fate of each Thud. Contains photos of the H-34 published. took to the skies for the first time in different serial numbers, including the two F-105s Size: 8.5”x11” • 350 color/bw photos • 152pp. October 1947. Essentially it was the that were flown on Medal of Honor missions. ISBN: 0-7643-0522-0 • soft • $24.95 result of incorporating swept wings Size: 9”x12” • 700 color/bw photos • 176pp. into ’s design ISBN: 0-7643-0062-8 • hard • $59.95 for the NA-140. This is a detailed look at the Sabre and its use by the Spanish Air Force over its lifetime. Kaman H-43: An Illustrated History Wayne Size: 11”x8.5” • 104 color/bw images • 56pp. The Century Series: The USAF Quest for Mutza. Having spent much of its quarter century ISBN: 978-0-7643-4758-0 • soft • $19.99 Air Supremacy, 1950-1960 - F-100 • F-101 of military service in the shadows of more glam- • F-102 • F-104 • F-105 • F-106 Ted Spitz- orous aircraft, the tough, hard-working H-43 F-86D & TF-86D Flight Handbook. Facsimile miller. This is the history of that is brought to the forefront in this long overdue reprint of the orignial flight handbook for the transitioned the United States Air Force into the account. The complete details of the helicop- F-86D and TF-86D. supersonic era. By 1952, fighter designations that ter’s colorful past, which have long remained Size: 8.5”x11” • 100 bw images • 304pp. started with the Curtiss P-1 in 1923, reached the in obscurity, are presented for the first time. ISBN: 0-88740-822-2 • soft • $24.95 century mark with the North American F-100 – Size: 8.5”x11” • 250 color/bw photos • 112pp. thus the term Century Series. The Century Series ISBN: 0-7643-0529-8 • soft • $19.95 story is also one that moves past their initial operational period and into the war in Vietnam. Size: 8.5”x11” • 200 bw photos • 232pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4038-3 • hard • $59.99 Sikorsky HH-52A: An Illustrated History Lennart Lundh. Covered are design details, Flight Handbook F9F-6, -6P. Facsimile reprint international service, licensed production by Northrop F-89 Scorpion: A Photo Chronicle of the original flight handbook for the F9F-6 Mitsubishi, and the story of the “Seaguard’s” Isham & McLaren. Detailed developmental and and -6P. use by the U.S. Coast Guard. A record of each operational history of the first USAF dedicated Size: 8.5”x11” • 100 bw images • 192pp. airframe’s history is included, as are photos all-weather, jet-powered interceptor. It also ISBN: 0-88740-778-1 • soft • $19.95 of most of the S-62As, S-62Js, and HH-52As features the colorful paint schemes applied to produced. F-89s, which should appeal to both modelers Size: 8.5”x11” • 350 color/bw photos • 152pp. and historians. ISBN: 0-7643-1782-2 • soft • $35.00 Size: 8.5”x11” • 200 color/bw photos • 128pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0065-2 • soft • $24.95

Green Hornets: The History of the U.S. Air F7U Cutlass: A Developmental His- Force 20th Special Operations Squadron Lockheed F-94 Starfire: A Photo Chronicle tory Tom Gardner. The Vought F7U Cutlass would Wayne Mutza.A fascinating, detailed account, McLaren & Isham. The first U.S. night/all-weather be host to the following first time achievements looking deep inside this extraordinary, little-known, fighter aircraft, the F-94 Starfire is chronicled for any naval aircraft: the first swept wing jet but very special unit of the USAF. Published here from its design and manufacture, to its use by Air propelled fighter to operate from a carrier deck; for the first time is the colorful history of the men Defense Command, Continental Air Command, the first to use an all-hydraulic irreversible flight and their helicopters that made their living with Air National Guard and various research programs. control system; first tailless U.S. Naval jet fighter; the legendary SOG teams of the Army Special Size: 8.5”x11” • 220 color/bw photos • 128pp. first to incorporate a fully steerable nose wheel; Forces. From secret cross-border missions during ISBN: 0-88740-451-0 • soft • $19.95 first near sonic fighter. the Vietnam War to current operations. Size: 8.5”x11” • 250 color/bw photos • 256pp. Size: 8.5”x11” • 200 color/bw photos • 136pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3529-7 • hard • $59.99 ISBN: 978-0-7643-2779-7 • hard • $35.00

The Flying Wings of Jack Northrop McDonnell-Douglas Pape & Campbell. An in-depth study The F-101 Voodoo: An Illustrated History F-4C/RF-4C Phantom II covering Northrop’s quest for a clean of McDonnell's Heavyweight Fighter Ávila Gonzalo and Roberto Yáñez. This flying machine. Covered are: initial N-1M Ronald Easley. The McDonnell “Voodoo” first book is a concise, illustrated history of project, the N-9M, XP-56, through the flew in 1948 as an escort for the B-36. By the the legendary McDonnell Douglas F-4C, B-35 project, B-49 project, and the huge early-1950s, it was recast as a fighter-bomb- and RF-4C Phantom II. Covered are its bombers planned only on the drawing er of unimaginable firepower: the F-101A. In technical developments, markings, and board. strike, reconnaissance, and interceptor roles, use by Spanish forces. Size: 11”x8.5” • 118 bw photos • 80pp. the Voodoo served into the twilight of the Cold Size: 11”x8.5” • 74 color/bw photos • 48pp. ISBN: 978-0-88740-597-6 • soft • $19.99 War. This new work is based on many recently ISBN: 978-0-7643-4371-1 • soft • $14.99 declassified documents. Size: 8.5”x11” • 333 color/bw photos • 288pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4799-3 • hard • $59.95