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48 JET AGE AVIATION, 1950s TO PRESENT: UNITED STATES North American XB-70 Valkyrie: A Photo Chronicle Campbell & Pape. The XB-70 is one of the most unusual looking aircraft in aviation history, and only two were constructed. It was origi- nally designed as a Mach 3 high-altitude bomber, but was later used as a research aircraft. This is a short, detailed history and includes production, flight tests, and the crash of #2 in 1965. Size: 11"x8.5" • 100 bw photos • 48pp. ISBN: 978-0-88740-906-6 • soft • $19.99 North American XB-70 in Color John M. Campbell. This is an all-color photo study of the XB-70, including production, flight tests, and the fatal crash of Aircraft #2. Aircraft #1 is now at the U.S. Air Force Museum. Size: 11"x8.5" • 110 color photos • 96pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0507-7 • soft • $19.95 Rockwell B-1B: SAC’s Last Bomber Don Logan. Covers the complete history of the B-1 Lancer from its inception, through production, and operations with SAC. Tables are included which cover B-1 program milestones, communication and navigation equipment, aircraft specifications and performance, production number and serial number list, aircraft camouflage and paint schemes, and aircraft name/nose art history. Size: 8.5"x11" • 400 color/bw photos • 256pp. ISBN: 0-88740-666-1 • hard • $49.95 Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit: An Illustrat- ed History Bill Holder. It has been called the most amazing and unbelievable aircraft of the 20th century. One look at the bat-like lines of the USAF’s stealthy Spirit bomber quickly confirms this. But that futuristic shape has lineage back to the 1940s when the Northrop Company designed and built the B-35 and B-49. Size: 8.5"x11" • 150 color/bw photos • 80pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0591-3 • soft • $19.95 ACC Bomber Triad: The B-52s, B-1s, and B-2s of Air Combat Command Don Logan. This book presents a roll call of ACC’s bombers with photos and history of all 208 bombers since joining ACC in June 1992. Also included are all of the bombers’ weapons. Includes eighty unit and special purpose flight suit patches. Size: 8.5"x11" • 780 color photos • 304pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0680-4 • hard • $59.95 50 Years of the U-2: The Complete Illus- trated History of Lockheed’s Legendary “Dragon Lady" Chris Pocock. The long story of the Dragon Lady is amazing, and complex; this book tells it all, in unprecedented detail, from the early days overflying the Soviet Union under CIA sponsorship, to the Cuban Missile Crisis, and on to the Vietnam War, epic missions over Communist China, and its key role in Desert Storm, over Bosnia and Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. Size: 8.5"x11" • 450 color/bw photos • 440pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-2346-1 • hard • $69.99 The U-2 Spyplane - Toward the Unknown: A New History of the Early Years Chris Pocock. The full story of the development and early use of the U-2 has never been properly told – until now. This book describes in vivid detail how the high-flying spyplane was conceived, designed, built, and deployed in record time. Size: 6"x9" • 110 color/bw photos • 288pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-1113-0 • hard • $35.00 The Thunderbirds: The United States Air Force’s Flight Demonstration Team, 1953 to the Present. Ken Neubeck. Founded in 1953, the USAir Force Thunderbirds flying-demonstration team has performed in air shows in the United States and around the world. This book details the origins and early formation of the team, as well as describing the different model aircraft that the team has flown during its nearly 70-year history. Size: 9”x9” • 208 photos • 144pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6076-3 • hard • $24.99 The Blue Angels: The US Navy’s Flight Demonstration Team, 1946 to the Present Ken Neubeck. Since 1946, the world-famous US Navy Blue Angels flying-demonstration team has performed in airshows in the United States and around the world. This book details the origins of the team when created by the US Navy in 1946, as well as describing the different model aircraft that the team flew during its seventy-year history. Size: 9”x9” • over 200 photos • 144pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5658-2 • hard • $24.99 The Black Bats CIA Spy Flights over China from Taiwan 1951-69 Chris Pocock. The CIA developed an uneasy partnership with the nationalist Chinese government on Taiwan for covert air operations over mainland China – dropping agents and propaganda, and collecting signals, imagery and nuclear intelligence. Each chapter is punctuated with vivid, first-hand accounts from the participants – Chinese nationalists, Chinese communists, and Americans. Size: 6"x9" • 120 color/bw photos • 208pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3513-6 • hard • $39.99 P-8A Poseidon: The US Navy’s Newest Mar- itime Patrol & Antisubmarine Aircraft John Gourley.The P-8A Poseidon brings new capabilities and technology to the mission of antisubmarine warfare. Replacing the P-3 Orion in US Navy service, it provides a safe, proven, and capable platform based on the Boeing 737 series of commercial airliner. Crew members can hunt for and engage submarines and surface ships and also play a role in search-and-rescue operations. Size: 9”x9” • 272 photos • 128pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5922-4 • hard • $19.99 Straight Up: A History of Vertical Flight Markman & Holder. This book surveys the tech- nology of all the many VTOL vehicles, and provides an overview of the programs and manufacturers. To take off and land vertically is not an easy task – this is the story of how it has happened thus far. Size: 8.5"x11" • 320 color/bw photos • 184pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1204-9 • soft • $29.95 Air 200: Aircraft of the U.S. Bicentenni- al Wayne Mutza. Though Bicentennial aircraft schemes and markings, along with many of the aircraft of that period, have all but faded into obscurity, this colorful volume not only preserves their images, but reflects the spirit that prevailed during that historic period in U.S. aviation history. Size: 8.5"x11" • 190 color/bw photos • 104pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0388-0 • soft • $19.95 One-of-a-Kind Research Aircraft: A History of In-Flight Simulators, Testbeds, & Proto- types Markman & Holder. Covered in this unique volume are the great variety of Inflight Simulation Aircraft, Testbed Aircraft, and Prototype Aircraft. Size: 8.5"x11" • 200 photos • 152pp. ISBN: 0-88740-797-8 • hard • $45.00 USAF Plus Fifteen: A Photo History 1947-62 David W. Menard. Full-color photo history of the early USAF covers the great variety of fighters, bombers, transport, helicopters and many other aircraft in use during this period. Size: 8.5"x11" • 400 color photos • 144pp. ISBN: 0-88740-483-9 • soft • $24.95 Force Drawdown: A USAF Photo History 1988-1995 Francillon/Dunn/Porter. The end of the Cold War created a golden opportunity for reducing the defense burden and providing taxpayers with a “Peace Dividend." This book provides a rich pictorial record of aircraft (including old and newmarkings) and units which no longer exist, and offers a visual chronicle of organizational changes between 1988-1995. Size: 8.5"x11" • 410 color photos • 144pp. ISBN: 0-88740-777-3 • hard • $29.95 Tactical Air Command: An Illustrated History 1946-1992 Mike Hill. Never before has such a complete pictorial history of Tactical Air Command been put together. The planes, demonstration teams, and foreign units of TAC are covered in pictorial and textual detail from the 1940s to the 1990s. Size: 8.5"x11" • 600 color/bw photos • 224pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1288-X • hard • $49.95 Peace Was Their Profession: Strategic Air Command: A Tribute Hill/Campbell/Campbell. This new large format volume is a grand tribute to all of those who served in SAC from its inception in 1947 to its disestablishment in 1992. The great variety of aircraft and missile systems of Strategic Air Command are shown in over 800 color/bw photos, making this volume one of the definitive pictorials on the subject. Size: 8.5"x11" • 700 color/bw photos • 304pp. ISBN: 0-88740-688-2 • hard • $49.95 The History of Dyess Air Force Base: 1941 to the Present Lt. Col. George A. Larson, USAF (Ret.). The reader is led from the base’s con- struction and World War II Training Operations through the Cold War with the Soviet Union to the transition of a world-wide conventional weapons response capability with the B-1B and air mobility options provided by the C-130 Hercules transport. Size: 8.5" x 11"•263 color &b/wphotos •272pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4822-8 • hard cover • $59.99 Cold War Cornhuskers: The 307th Bomb Wing Lincoln Air Force Base Nebraska 1955-65 Mike Hill. This book relates the day-by- day, month-by-month history of the 307th Bomb Wing at Lincoln AFB during the hectic days of the Cold War. For the first time, the inside story of a SAC bomb wing is brought to life. Size: 8.5"x11" • 300 color/bw photos • 256pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3751-2 • hard • $69.99 Great Plains Warriors of World War II: Air Bases and Plants Built for War: Nebraska’s Contribution to Winning the War George A. Larson. A concise history of Army Air Force and Air Force bases in Nebraska, including coverage of the Martin B-26/B-29 plant at For Crook and complete coverage of the Axis POW camps located in Nebraska during and just after WWII. Size: 8.5"x11" • 329 color/bw photos • 256pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4379-7 • hard • $49.99