This book is a comprehensive guide to the aircraft that kept the United States one step ahead of its rivals and enemies in military aviation. It contains features on more than 220 combat aircraft and helicopters which have kept the US at the cutting edge in military aviation over the past 60 years. Each aircraft is covered in detail, with feature boxes outlining its development, tecnhical specifications, performance data, and variants. Unique graphics allow you to compare specific features like firepower, troop-carrying capacity, and bombload to those of other aircraft of the same type.

Format: 300 x 215mm
Extent: 448pp
Illustrations: 2500 colour and black-and-white photographs
Text: 120000 words