This ebook is a complete history of the aircraft carrier from 1910 conversions to present day, it reviews all the major developments through WW I WW II and the pre-war modern fleet carriers including... More > the V/STOL Invincibles and the US 'super carriwrs' and US Marine Corps assault carriers.< Less
This ebook is a full history of all the USAAF/USAF nuclear bombers including the Boeing B-29, B-47, B-52,B-1B and B-2, Convair B-36, B-58, GD F-111A and John Northrop's YB-35 and YB-49 flying-wing... More > airplanes that although cancelled was resurrected in the form of the b-2 Spirit stealth bomber for world-wide operations directly from their US home base. The book details the full origins of each type the requirement design, test, evaluation and all problems encountered and attrition etc., It also details the post-WW II tests in the Pacific and the dangerous thermo-nuclear test-sampling missions flown by special B-52 and Martin B-57 crewa.< Less
The Special Forces sre elite groups that in general are called on to undertake special missions usually at night to catch the enemy by surprise. Indeed it was the German Army in WW I on the Western... More > Front that first deployed small groups of men to infiltrate the enemy lines at night to make specific attacks as required. Present day special forces mostly have their origins in WW II especially those of the major powers detailed in this 'Origins' publication to be followed by a more detailed study of the NATO and Coalition nations, Russia and its former Warpac allies and numerous other smaller nations such as Australia and Canada and some South American countries both of whom in the new millennium are fully engaged in the war on terror in Afghanistan.< Less
This ebook is an overview of the US Special Forces and the units that form the SOG, their origins. history, selection criterion, training and operational missions since each units inauguration. Each... More > of them are 'elite' units and specialists in their own right.< Less
This ebook concludes the Special Forces series by this author with details of the Soviet and Warpac organisations in the Cold War, the Spetnaz that worked in close cooperation with the KGB. The... More > Soviet Special Forces were not as well trained or skilled as their Western counterparts but made up for this by way of the number of personnel available, in particular the VIP Company is responsible for the extermination if necessary of Heads of State senior officers industrialists scientists and engineers that as evidenced is still in existence in the new millennium.< Less
Throughout history every fighting nation in the world has had its elite troops. This ebook in conjunction with two others (including US Special Forces) on this extremely interesting subject tells the... More > story of the origins selection and training of personnel and the various roles and special tasks they are required to fulfil and many notable actions they have been involved in since their inception throughout the world.< Less
This ebook is a comprehensive history of the hundreds airplanes produced by the most prominent of the world's most well-known light-plane manufactures. It is also a 'potted history' in particular of... More > Cessna that even today remain the largest producer of airplanes ever, ahead of Boeing, and Piper its major rival for many years. It also details the light planes that entered military service and the many air arms world-wide that have deployed these versatile machines in thier many and varied roles roles including reconnaissance, observation patrol and SAR etc., as well as the coastal protection agencies of many nations on fishery protection duties.< Less
This is a overview of Air Power since observation balloons were deployed by the French Army over the Western Front in WW I and examines all the facets of air power. The book explains and examines... More > each facet and expansion of each individual subjects can be found in the various publications written by this author and published by Lulu ebooks Pub.com< Less
Initially in WW I as German airship attacks on Britain increased it was determined by Mr Winston Churchill that Home Defence of the UK should be the premise of the Admiralty and the RNAS and its... More > flying-boats but when the German Air Service began its bombing campaign on London and civilian casualties mounted the War Office requested that the Army and RFC take over this responsibility even though its primary role remained with operations on the Western Front in France. C-in-C Maj-Gen Trenchard from his HQ in France defined the terms and conditions and agreed a number of his fighter planes should be detached back to the UK for Home Defence providing the surviving personnel and airplanes be returned to France by July 1918.< Less
In the new millennium most of America's regional carriers fly under names that just two decades ago were unheard of, though it is true to say the aircraft they are operating for the major carriers... More > carry names more readily recognised by the frequent flyer.< Less
