The first documented use of a tethered balloon for battlefield observation was in 1794, and since then the weapons, techniques, and outcome of warfighting in the air have changed beyond all recognition. Air Warfare is a comprehensive history of airborne combat, from the first pre-WWI skirmishes in converted reconnaissance aircraft to present-day operations in the Middle East and Asia. Illustrated with archive action photographs and detailed full-color artwork, the chronologically ordered chapters outline the developments and landmarks in aerial combat through the decades, including the various theatres of World War II, wars in Korea, Vietnam and the Middle East, and other smaller colonial and territorial conflicts.