Publications

NF100 - "Blue Goose" Command Aircraft of the USN, USMC, and USCG 1911 to 1961

This book covers US Naval Aviation from its beginnings in 1911 until 1961 through the interesting and sometimes colorful "Blue Goose" or Command Aircraft. "Blue Goose" refers to a color scheme that...

NF101 - Grumman S2F/S-2 Tracker Part One: Development, Testing, Variants, and Foreign Users

The Grumman S2F (S-2) was developed to meet a specific mission requirement, carrier-based antisubmarine warfare. It proved to be so useful and adaptable that it is still in military and civil service...

NF102 - Grumman S2F/S-2 Tracker and WF-2/E-1B Tracer Part Two

The book covers the operational history of the aircraft in squadron service including the reserves and training squadrons and as a squadron utility and command aircraft at Naval Air Stations and...

NF103 - Sikorsky S-43/JRS-1 Amphibian

Fifty-three S-43/JRS-1 "Baby Clippers" were produced (31 civil, 15 Navy, two Marine, and five USAAC). The book covers all users including civilian and post war users. Ten of the Navy's JRS-1s were at...

NF104 - Brewster F2A Buffalo and Export Variants

This comprehensive monograph covers the entire history of Brewster's much maligned Buffalo fighter aircraft. The book starts out with the background of the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation and the...

NF105 - Consolidated PB4Y-1/1P Liberator

The Navy's acquisition of the B-24D as a long range patrol bomber/sub hunter (PB4Y-1) and as a long range photo recon platform (PB4Y-1P) marked a major shift in patrol doctrine and the eventual end...

NF106 - Vought SB2U Vindicator

The Vought SB2U Vindicator Scout Bomber was the Navy's second production carrier monoplane to fly after the Douglas TBD and for a time was the fastest aircraft in the Navy's inventory. The extremely...

NF107 - Sikorsky HR2S-1/CH-37C Deuce H-37A/CH-37B Mojave Heavy-Lift Helicopter

The USMC Deuce was originally designed as a heavy-lift assault helicopter capable of delivering 36 combat troops or equipment (up to two Jeeps or field artillery) from ship to shore. It was quickly...

NF108 - Birth of a Legend McDonnell F4H-1 Phantom II

In late 1953, McDonnell Aircraft made an unsolicited proposal to the U.S. Navy for a big, carrier-based, supersonic, "All-Weather Attack Fighter." After not much more than a cursory review, it was...

NF111 - "Able Mabel" Martin AM-1/1Q Mauler

"Able Mabel", the Martin AM-1/1Q Mauler, was the product of a 1943 Navy contract for two prototype bomber torpedo (BT) planes. Two other contractors, Curtiss and Fleetwings also received prototype...

NF112 - Grumman F2F/F3F and Civil Variants

The early 1930s was a time of great change in the field of military fighter aviation. At the beginning of the decade, the state-of-the-art in fighter manufacture was the use of traditional...

NF114 - McDONNELL C-9A "Nightingale" & C-9B "Skytrain II"

The iconic Douglas DC-9 airliner was chosen by the USAF for a aeromedical evacuation and VIP transport aircraft as the C-9A and VC-9C respectively and by the US Navy/USMC as a passenger/cargo...

NF116- BOEING F4B Biplane Fighter

After three years of intensive research, author Richard S. Dann has finally produced the definitive history of the Boeing F4B, the Navy’s iconic Golden Age fighting plane. The Boeing F4B, a favorite...

NF118 -USN/USCG/USMC Beech Expeditor JRB/SNB/C-45

Over 1,600 “Twin Beech” aircraft were given Bu No and operated by the Navy, Marines and Coast Guard. 8-versions were originally built. From the 8-versions, 21-different sub-versions were created...

NF119 - Curtiss XF15-C "Stingaree"

NF120 - Kaman Synchropter HTK-1/TH-43E, HOK-1/OH-43D, HUK-1/UH-43C

In 1945, there were several aircraft companies involved in helicopter design, test and production in America. The smallest and least well financed one had just been incorporated by a 26 year old...

NF122 - USN/USMC/USCG/USAAC Loening Amphibian

The Loening Amphibians were a unique adaptation of design for a “shoehorn” fuselage bi-plane equiped with retractable landing gear. It could virtually operate from anywhere. First ordered by the Army...

NF123 - Grumman J4F-1/2 Widgeon/Gosling

Grummans success with its famous JRF/G-21 “Goose” was great that Grumman saw the need for a less costly, smaller version that targeted smaller companies, executives, celebrities and sportsmen. This...

NF124 - Boeing XPBB-1 Sea Ranger / Lone Ranger

In 1940 the Navy awarded Boeing a contact for the XPBB-1, a large 139.8 foot wing span twin-engine flying boat with performance far superior to the four-engine PB2Y Coronado and the twin-engined PBM...

NF125 - Chance Vought Regulus II

In a time when most fighters were subsonic and a handful were supersonic Chance Vought was contracted to build a Moch 2, submarine-launched, nu-clear-armed cruise missile. The result was an airframe...

NF303 - Electronic Aggressors: US Navy Electronic Threat Environment Squadrons - Part One 1949-1977

The first book in a two-book series, this volume covers Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group’s (FEWSG’s) activities, vital to fleet training, but still unknown to many. Angelo Romano has done a...

NF304 - Electronic Aggressors: US Navy Electronic Threat Environment Squadrons - Part Two 1978-2000

This book is the second in a two-part series and describes the FEWSG structure and mission in detail. FEWSG provided threat training which stressed the US Navy’s ability to respond, from applying...

NF305 - World Watchers: A Pictorial History of Electronic Countermeasures Squadron ONE (ECMRON-1) and Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron ONE (VQ-1)

The lineage of VQ-1’s "World Watchers" can be traced back to two PBY-5A Catalina "Black Cats" modified for electronic reconnaissance during World War II. In October 1951, the unit was formally...

NF306HB - World Class DIAMONDBACKS: A Pictorial History of Strike Fighter Squadron 102 (VFA-102) Hardcover

HARDCOVER EDITION Originally designated Fighter Squadron 102 (VF-102), the DIAMONDBACKS of Strike Fighter Squadron 102 (VFA-102) were established on 1 July 1955 in Jacksonville, Florida. The first...

NF307 - Smokin' Tigers: A Pictorial History of Reconnaissance Attack Squadron One (RVAH-1)

On 1 Nov 1955, Heavy Attack Squadron ONE (HATRON ONE or VAH-1) was established and temporarily based at Naval Air Station (NAS) Jacksonville, Florida. On the same day, CDR P.F. Stevens assumed the...

NVG005 - Tiger 1 Heavy Tank 1942–45

Probably the most famous tank of the World War II, the Tiger I was originally conceived in 1941 in response to the German Army's experience in fighting British tanks and anti-tank guns in Western...

NVG007 - IS-2 Heavy Tank 1944-73

The Iosef Stalin tanks were the ultimate heavy tanks developed by the Soviet Union and were popularly called 'Victory tanks' due to their close association with the defeat of Germany in 1945. Yet in...

NVG019 - Sturmgeschütz III Assault Gun 1940–42

The workhorse of the German Army that swept across Poland, France and Russia, the Sturmgeschütz III saw service in all theatres of World War II, both in an infantry support role and as a tank...

NVG022 - Panther Variants 1942–45

The Panther Medium Tank was produced as a direct result of early experiences with the revolutionary Soviet T-34/76. Designers and military experts combined to produce a number of variations to...

NVG026 - German Light Panzers 1932–42

The light tanks of the Panzerwaffe make a fascinating subject for technical and historical study. Operation Barbarossa was the light tanks' swan song: thoroughly experienced and at the peak of...

NVG027 - Panzerkampfwagen III Medium Tank 1936–44

During the glory years of blitzkrieg the PzKpfw III was the only weapon in the German tank arsenal that really counted. Like Napoleon's vieux moustaches, it did not merely witness history in the...

NVG031 - The M47 and M48 Patton Tanks

With Cold War fears mounting, the M47 and M48 were rushed into production – teething troubles were inevitable. In the decade that followed, however, these tanks proved to be the backbone of US...

NVG035 - M26/M46 Pershing Tank 1943–53

From the moment that the M4 Sherman had been matched against German Panther and Tiger tanks, the American tank crews had known that their vehicles were outclassed by the opposition. What was needed...

NVG039 - Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf.G, H and J 1942–45

The Panzerkampfwagen IV was one of the most numerous and successful German tanks of World War II. Despite the introduction of the Panther and Tiger tanks, the PzKpfw IV remained the backbone of the...

NVG045 - Union Monitor 1861–65

The first seagoing ironclad was the USS Monitor, and its profile has made it one of the most easily recognised warships of all time. Following her inconclusive battle with the Confederate ironclad...

NVG051 - Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939–45 (1)

This, the first of two volumes on Germany's World War II U-boats, traces their development from the early U-boats of the Kaiser's Navy, the prohibition on Germany having U-boats following the...

NVG069 - Medieval Siege Weapons (2): Byzantium, the Islamic World & India AD 476–1526

When it came to non-gunpowder machine development, the medieval period was one of the most inventive in military history. During this era, the pre-existing military-technological traditions from the...

NVG072 - Austrian Napoleonic Artillery 1792–1815

The Austrian artillery of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars was a creation of the renowned Lichtenstein system of the early 1750s. This weight system produced a series of weapons of 3-, 6- and...

NVG080 - Chieftain Main Battle Tank 1965–2003

The concept of the Main Battle Tank emerged from the Centurion Universal tank that was developed at the end of World War II. Development of its successor began as early as 1951. The Chieftain...

NVG088 - British Battlecruisers 1939–45

When war broke out in 1939, only three true battlecruisers remained in the Royal Navy including HMS 'Hood', the world's largest and fastest capital ship for much of her life, which would be destroyed...