Aviation Books

Bristol Beaufighter: Wartime Operations of the Mighty Twin The rugged Bristol Beaufighter was a multi-role aircraft. Operating as a heavily armed ...

Britain’s Guided Weapons Britain has been at the forefront of weapons technology since the Industrial Revolution and, with the Brennan wire-guided...

British Aircraft of the Falklands War The Falkland Islands is a remote British territory, about 8,000 miles from the UK mainland and just over 400 ...

British Reconnaissance Aircraft of the 1970s and ’80s This book explores the reconnaissance aircraft used by the British armed forces in the 1970s ...

Airborne Early Warning Aircraft Airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft have become crucial to all air force air operations whenever they are engaged...

The US military stores more than 3,000 aircraft in the Arizona desert at AMARG, the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group facility. Ho...

German Starfighters: The Story in Colour, Introduction and Units The F-104 Starfighter was one of the most fascinating aircraft of the Cold War era...

F-111: Fort Worth Swinger At the time of its introduction into service, the F-111 was a revolutionary aircraft and was, without doubt, extremely p...

Canberra: Britain’s First Jet Bomber NOTE: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Icons: Canberra While the history of the jet engine and the deve...

American Aviation: The First Half Century The story of American aviation in the first half of the 20th century is one of innovation, industry, comm...

Hellenic Air Force The Hellenic Air Force is one of the most powerful in Europe. With 37 helicopters, 343 fixed-wing aircraft including 206 fighter...

Finland’s Air Forces: From Neutral to NATO Sharing a 1,340km-long land border with Russia, and with an uneasy history between the countries, Finlan...

British Fighters of the 1970s and ’80s Two of the RAF s most memorable aircraft are the English Electric Lightning and the McDonnell Phantom. The ...

French Naval Aviation Over the last two decades, the Aéronautique Navale, French Naval Aviation, has grown into a powerful and battle-hardened forc...

Avro Vulcan B.Mk2: A Place in History, 1960–84 In 2022, the Avro Vulcan celebrated the 70th anniversary of its first flight on 30 August 1952. The...

Britain’s Military Helicopters A key component in any armed force, helicopters operate in a range of roles. Thanks to their ability to go anywhere...

High Desert Deployment: Navy Color on Display at NAS Fallon Since World War Two, Navy squadrons have been deployed to the high desert outside of Fa...

British Ground-Attack Aircraft of the 1970s and ’80s The SEPECAT Jaguar and Hawker Siddeley Harrier played critical ground-attack and tactical reco...

Air Forces of Latin America: Colombia Colombian military aviation is one of the most powerful in Latin America and comprises aviation divisions fro...

French Air Force: Contemporary Aircraft In order to meet future threats and remain operationally relevant, the Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace (Frenc...

Avro Military 1910–63 NOTE: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane’s Avro Company Profile 1910–1996 (Military) Founded in 1910, A.V. Roe and Compa...

De Havilland Military NOTE: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane’s De Havilland Company Profile 1920–1964 (Military Types). Geoffrey de Havillan...

Blenheim: Britain’s Fastest World War Two Bomber  NOTE: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Icons: Blenheim Introduced to RAF squadrons in earl...