Air Power
Title: The Doolittle Raid: America’s Daring First Strike Against Japan
Author: Carroll V Glines
Book Description:
On April 18, 1942, 16 B-25s launched from the carrier Hornet, under the command of Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle, flew 650 miles to Japan, dropped their bombs on Tokyo and other targets, and escaped to China and neutral Soviet territory. Although a very small affair in comparison with the B-29 strikes three years later, the […]
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Title: The Unseen War – Allied Air Power and the takedown of Saddam Hussein
Author: Benjamin S Lambeth
Book Description:
The Unseen War offers a comprehensive assessment of the air contribution to the three weeks of major combat that ended the rule of Iraq’s Saddam Hussein in 2003. In contrast to Operation DESERT STORM in 1991, the role of allied air power in the Nation’s second war against Iraq was not apparent to most observers, due […]
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Title: Boyd: The Fighter Pilot who Changed the Art of War
Author: Robert Coram
Book Description:
John Boyd, considered by many to be the greatest U.S. fighter pilot ever, is the man who, in simulated air-to-air combat, defeated every challenger in less than forty seconds. His manual of fighter tactics changed the way every air force in the world flies and fights. Boyd was a rebel who cared not for his […]
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