Aviation

The 125, with its various prefixes, was first conceived in the 1960s. Initially the response was lukewarm, but as the benefits of individual jet travel began to become apparent, particularly in North America, the orders began to arrive. This mid-cabin size business jet had a huge appeal to the corporate business market, and its list of operators read like something out of the Forbes 500. It was also sold widely to the military market and was the first western aircraft ever to achieve full certif...

For Brazil, the AMX brought 21st-century capabilities to its air force, introducing advanced avionics and systems including a head-up display, radar warning receiver, chaff and flare countermeasures, identification friend or foe, and other new concepts. In this way, the AMX provided the Brazilian Air Force with a useful stepping-stone to the Super Tucano and the modernised F-5 Tiger II. Most importantly, the AMX had a huge impact on the Brazilian defence industry, which developed new technologie...

The Fuerza Aerea Revolucionaria (FAR), one of the most powerful and little-publicised air forces in the Americas, had Mikoyan-Gurevich (MiG) fighters as its main fighter aircraft, both in the defence of Cuban territory against the threat of US invasion and in support of Cuban leader's efforts to export their revolutionary ideals. The book casts an unprecedented look at the introduction and utilisation of all MiG models in Cuban service, since their arrival before the Cuban Missile Crisis, to cur...

Although Belgium officially withdrew its military forces from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in July 1960, unofficially the former colonial ruler of this central African country maintained a political, economic, and military presence throughout the period known as the Congo Crisis, 1960–1967. Belgium’s military presence is seen mainly through its relations with the secessionist state of Katanga from 1960 to 1963 and through what was termed technical assistance.

Volume 7 of the Air Power and the Arab World, 1909-1955 mini-series continues the story of the men and machines of the first half century of military aviation in the Arab world. These years saw the Arab countries and their military forces already caught up in the events of the Second World War. For those Arab nations which had some degree of independence, the resulting political, cultural and economic strains had a profound impact upon their military forces. In Egypt the Army generally remained ...

Suriname was forced into independence in 1975 by the Netherlands as part of its decolonisation program. Bureaucratic mismanagement by the democratic government led to disillusion amongst Surinamese, resulting in a military coup by a group of disgruntled NCOs in 1980. Although receiving popular support at first, the newly-created national military council soon started to rule with an iron fist, cracking down on the regime’s opponents and dealing with several counter-coups. The murder of 15 dissid...

A detailed history of this aircraft which includes history and development, photos, camouflage schemes, line drawings in detail.

Squadron Signal Publications bring you detailed walkaround photos of this icon aircraft. This book is in full colour and offers detailed photos for the enthusiast. Squadron Signal books first brought you single type books of aircraft, armoured vehicle, or ship from prototype to the final production variant in 1971, and continue to do so.

Squadron Signal Publications bring you detailed walkaround photos of this icon aircraft. This book is in full colour and offers detailed photos for the enthusiast. Squadron Signal books first brought you single type books of aircraft, armoured vehicle, or ship from prototype to the final production variant in 1971, and continue to do so.

Squadron Signal Publications bring you detailed walkaround photos of this icon aircraft. This book is in full colour and offers detailed photos for the enthusiast. Squadron Signal books first brought you single type books of aircraft, armoured vehicle, or ship from prototype to the final production variant in 1971, and continue to do so.

Squadron Signal Publications bring you detailed walkaround photos of this icon aircraft. This book is in full colour and offers detailed photos for the enthusiast. Squadron Signal books first brought you single type books of aircraft, armoured vehicle, or ship from prototype to the final production variant in 1971, and continue to do so.

Using rare first-hand accounts from Me 262 pilots, Robert Forsyth examines what it was like to fly the world's most advanced interceptor in the deadly skies over Germany in 1944-45. Right from its operational debut in the summer of 1944, the Me 262 outclassed anything the Allies had in terms of speed and firepower ratio, offering a formidable punch with four 30 mm Mk 108 nose-mounted cannon, and a Jumo 004 jet engine. The problem the Luftwaffe faced, however, was one of numbers.