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 41,95 euros VAT incl. | 9th Air Force
Les groupes d’aviation tactique américains, 1942-1945 FRENCH VERSION ISBN : 978-2-35250-076-6 |
 41,95 euros VAT incl. | 9th Air Force
American tactical aviation, 1942-1945 During the preparation of the Normandy Invasion, the American high command realized soon enough that the 8th Air Force, which was wholly committed to strategic bombing, could not undertake the close support of ground units in this major offensive. The keystone of operation “Overlord” would indeed be mastery of the skies: tactical aviation had to be able to intervene quickly and precisely, and to operate from bases on the Continent. The heavy bombers, as they were dependent on large and permanent airfields, could not be called upon for such tasks. The concept of on-call tactical air support was therefore paramount in the Overlord plans and the 9th Air Force was transferred to England for this purpose. The hundreds of hitherto unpublished photos copied out from the pilots and crews’ albums, and the full-color reconstructions of their flying gear are a unique testimony to the day to day life of 9th Air Force personnel and the missions of combat crews. Size 230 x 340 mm
192 pages
650 photos ISBN : 978-2-35250-077-3 |
 42,95 euros VAT incl. | Boeing 707, KC-135 et dérivés civils et militaires FRENCH VERSION ISBN : 978-2-35250-074-2 |
 42,95 euros VAT incl. | Boeing 707, KC-135 and civilian and military versions Although the Boeing 707 is known worldwide as the machine which took civil aviation from the piston engine era into that of the jet engine, what is very often not known is that its existence was only made possible by the success of its immediate predecessor, the KC – 135, a flying fuel tank used for refuelling the strategic B – 52 bomber, also made by Boeing. Although these two models came from the same prototype, the “Dash 80”, which first flew in July 1954, they were in fact two radically different machines sharing only a limited number of common features. More than 800 KC – 135s were produced spawning an impressive number of variants and specialised versions, from training astronauts to collecting samples, from transporting headquarters staff to waging electronic warfare. More than 1000 Boeing 707s were built up to the end of the 20th century and also had a long career with various versions and re-engined variants, the last machines coming off the production lines, so the story goes, destined for the military market, in the form of the E – 3 Sentry which will remain in service into the middle of the present century. Size 230 x 340 mm
208 pages
More than 500 photos or profiles ISBN : 978-2-35250-075-9 |
 16,50 euros VAT incl. | Grumman F-14 Tomcat au combat FRENCH VERSION ISBN : 978-2-35250-072-8 |
 16,50 euros VAT incl. | Grumman F14
Tomcat in combat This new collection is devoted to the planes used during the five last decades by the USN and USAF. With this first volume, Frédéric Lert presents the career of the one of the US Navy’s most legendary planes, the F-14 Tomcat, Tom Cruise’s mount in the very famous film, Top Gun. From its appearance in 1972 to its withdrawal from service in 2006, this formidable fighter has flown through thirty years of history in the air. All the models – including those sold to the Iranians before the 1978 Revolution – as well as all the carrier-borne units which used them are shown, described and analysed in this book. Foreign operations, weapons, anecdotes, nothing is left in the shadows. More than 200 often unpublished photos and more than 40 profiles illustrate this tribute paid to Grumann’s last Cat. ISBN : 978-2-35250-073-5 |
 14,95 euros VAT incl. | MIRAGE F1, Tome 2 Mirage F1CR et F1CT FRENCH VERSION ISBN : 978-2-35250-027-8 |
 14,95 euros VAT incl. | MIRAGE IV FRENCH VERSION ISBN : 978-2-35250-024-7 |
 14,95 euros VAT incl. | Les P47 Thunderbolt français de 1943 à 1960 ISBN : 978-2-915239-90-4 |
 15,50 euros VAT incl. | FW190 De 1940 à 1945 FRENCH VERSION ISBN : 978-2-915239-24-9 |
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