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Rolling Thunder

By: Dell Publishing

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Dell Publishing)


Product Info

Title
Rolling Thunder
Publisher
Category
Author
Ivan Rendall
Publish Year
2000
Pages
400
Dimensions
4.25x7x1.25"
NKG Part #
2148029983
Type
Softcover

Description

To the victor goes the skies...
Jet aviation began as a dynamic, if underutilized, part of a desperate race between Hitler's scientists and the Allies. Today it is an indispensable component of warfare: space-age machines, incredibly skilled pilots, and weaponry that thinks for itself. Today's top guns strap themselves into electronic-crammed cockpits, hurtle billion-dollar aircraft against concussive G-forces, evade radar behind electronic cloaks, and fire weapons with deadly pinpoint control. In this dramatic, action-packed history, we witness Allied propeller planes dogfighting German Me 262 jets at the end of World War II; America's first jet aces making kills in Korea; the Israeli Air Force's stunning victory against its Arab neighbors and Soviet planes; and the feat of the British Harrier force in the Falklands. From Vietnam to the Gulf War, Rolling Thunder tells a story of tactics, innovations, breakthroughs, and battles, as fighting men and machines push each other to the edge and beyond...