Title Brassey's air combat reader / edited by Walter J. Boyne and Philip Handleman.

Edition 1st ed. Descript 1 online resource (xii, 339 pages) Note Includes index. History of War ed. Originally published: 1999. Contents Cover; Contents; Introduction; WORLD WAR I; 1. The Machine Gun Takes Wings (1915), from The Years of the Sky Kings; 2. A Buzz-Saw in the Air, from One Man's War: The Story of the Lafayette Escadrille; 3. Downing My First Hun, from Fighting the Flying Circus; 4. Dave Ingalls, the Naval Ace, from The First Tale Unit: A Story of Naval Aviation 1916-1919; WORLD WAR II; 5. Man Does Not Die, from Flight to Arras; 6. Bader's Bailout, from Reach for the Sky; 7. The Ace, from Fighter Pilot: The First American Ace of World War II; 8. English Channel Collision, from Eagles at War 9. Tempsford-New Secrets, MacRobert's Reply, and Gelsenkirchen10. Nothing to Do but Keep Going, from Gabby: A Fighter Pilot's Life; 11. Turn on the Lights, from The Magnificent Mitscher; THE KOREAN WAR; 12. MiG Alley, from Check Six: A Fighter Pilot Looks Back; 13. A Typical Fighter-Interceptor Mission in Korea, from Officers in Flight Suits; 14. War Fighting Is Not Much Fun, from Wings and Warriors: My Life as a Naval Aviator; THE VIETNAM WAR; 15. la Drang Valley and Holidays, from Chickenhawk; 16. Wabash Cannonballs, from 100 Missions North 17. The Bombing Campaign and Dick Wyman, from Over the Beach: The Air War in Vietnam18. The Inferno, from A Lonely Kind of War; MIDDLE EAST CONFLICTS; 19. The Six Day War, from Israel's Best Defense: The First Full Story of the Israeli Air Force; 20. Across the ""Line of Death, "" from The Untouchables; THE PERSIAN GULF WAR; 21. Which Technologies Worked? from Gulf War Air Power Survey Summary Report; 22. Command and Control, from Airpower in the Gulf; 23. Strike Eagles to the Rescue, from Strike Eagle: Flying the F-15E in the Gulf War; THE ART AND SCIENCE OF AIR WARFARE 24. An Independent Air Force, from The Command of the Air25. The Defense Against Aircraft, from Winged Defense; 26. Fighter Missions, from Fighter Combat: Tactics and Maneuvering; 27. Air Superiority-the Concept, from The Air Campaign: Planning for Combat; 28. The Future of Air Combat Technology, from Beyond the Horizon: Combat Aircraft of the Next Century; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z Summary The acclaimed anthology with contributions from best-selling authors Walter J. Boyne, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Robert Mason. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Air warfare -- History. HISTORY -- Military -- Aviation. Air warfare. (OCoLC)fst00802704 Alt Author Boyne, Walter J., 1929-2020. Handleman, Philip. ISBN 9781612340760 (electronic bk.) 1612340768 (electronic bk.) 1574887521 9781574887525