8.5x11" 81 Pages The radical Douglas X-3 Stiletto was built primarily of titanium, and was intended to test high speed flight and low-aspect ratio wing design. Initial requirements indicated it would carry the J-46...
8.5x11" 45 Pages An improvement over the Bell X-1 -- the first plane to break the sound barrier in level flight -- the X-1A was designed to reach Mach 2.0. Initial test flights commenced in January of 1953. On December...
8.5x11" 330 Pages Conceived during the dark days of the Cold War, the U-2 is a single-engine,single-seat, surveillance aircraft. Designed by aeronautical engineer "Kelly" Johnson, the plane was used by the C.I.A. to...
8.5x11" 82 Pages The T-33 Thunderbird was the training variant of the U.S. Air Force's first production jet fighter, the F/P-80 Shooting Star. Originally designed by "Kelly" Johnson during WWII, the P-80 went from...
8x10" 347 Pages Created by Lockheed's brilliant designer Kelly Johnson, the SR-71 was one of the most legendary aircraft to emerge from the "Skunk Works". Capable of Mach 3 flight, the SR-71 could survey 100,000 miles...
8.5x11" 431 Pages The Mikoyan Mig-29 "Fulcrum" is a high performance aircraft that operates in 25 of the world's airforces. In the 1990s former East German Migs joined the Luftwaffe as part of the reunification of...
8.5x11" 159 Pages On March 10, 1948, an FJ-1 Fury fighter landed aboard the carrier Boxer. The U.S. Navy had officially entered the jet age. Built by North American, the Fury shared a prototype with the Air Force's F-86...
8.5x11" 133 Pages The Grumman F8F Bearcat was designed to defeat the nimble Japanese fighter aircraft that appeared at the end of WWII. The conflict ended before the Bearcat could be placed into service, and althought...
8.5x11" 120 Pages Chance-Vought's F7U Cutlass was inspired by data retrieved from Germany's Arado Company at the end of WWII. To avoid extreme nose-down forces, the Cutlass was a "tail-less" aircraft. Its swept wings...
8.5x11" 100 Pages Built with twin, under-wing engines, tricycle landing gear and shoulder-mounted wings, the Grumman F7F Tigercat was an unusual looking, all-metal fighter. It was also one of the highest-performance...
8.5x11" 647 Pages The first operational fighter aircraft to utilize "stealth" radar evading technology, the Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk astonished the world when it debuted in 1982. With a maximum speed of about 700 mph,...
8.5x11" 298 Pages The F-111 Aardvark flew 4000 combat missions during the Vietnam War, struck Libya in 1986, and saw action during Operation Desert Storm. Originally designed as a medium-range fighter-bomber, the...
8.5x11" 181 Pages Known as the "Thud", Republic's F-105 Thunderchief entered service in 1958, and flew in a variety of roles through 1984. The largest single-engine fighter in the USAF, the F-105 could exceed Mach 1.0...
8.5x11" 242 Pages Created by famed Lockheed designer Kelly Johnson, the F-104 Starfighter was designed to compete with Soviet Mig-15s. Equipped with a huge and powerful J79 engine, the aircraft could reach speeds well...
8.5x11" 450 Pages The world's first all-weather, supersonic jet interceptor, the F-102 Delta Dagger was built at the height of the Cold War. The initial mission of the "Deuce", as the F-102 came to be known, was to...
8.5x11" 469 Pages Capable of speeds in excess of 1200 miles per hour, the F-101 Voodoo was originally designed as a long-range bomber escort. Shortly after the plane's debut in 1957, however, Strategic Air Command...
8.5x11" 402 Pages The first of the so-called "Century Series" of fighters, North American's F-100 Super Sabre served with distinction in Vietnam and the Cold War. Originally designed as a replacement for the F-86...
8.5x11" 424 Pages The F-89 Scorpion was the first multi-seat, all-weather jet interceptor in the U.S. Air Force. It also became the first aircraft ever equipped with a nuclear air-to-air weapon, the 1.5 kiloton Genie...
8.5x11" 257 Pages Built as both a fighter-interceptor and fighter-bomber, the F-86 Sabre (sometimes called the Sabrejet) was one of the most widely-produced fighters of the Cold War. In December of 1950, three squadrons...
8.5x11" 427 Pages The primary strike aircraft of the Korean War, Republic Aircraft's F-84 Thunderjet flew 86,000 missions during that conflict. It is credited with inflicting a stunning 60% of the total target damage...
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