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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 so fast that the Navy’s fastest fighter (also built by...

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 superb job of writing the complete history of FEWSG, its...

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 anti-jamming fixes, to understanding the weaknesses and...

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 established as the Special Electronic Search Project (SESP)...

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 aircraft to carry the distinctive DIAMONDBACK markings...

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 command of the squadron. He was a highly decorated...

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 incorporated significant innovations including a reclining...

NVG084 - German Light Cruisers 1939–45

The German Navy of World War II was small in number, but contained some of the most technologically advanced capital ships in the world. This meant that although the Kriegsmarine never felt capable of encountering the might of the British Navy in a fleet...

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 in action against the German battleship 'Bismarck'...

NVG158 - T-62 Main Battle Tank 1965–2005

The Soviet Army hastily developed the T-62 in a struggle to compete against the rapid proliferation of NATO tanks in the 1960s. It was essentially a modification of the widely-manufactured T-55 tank with the addition of a new 115mm gun. Within the USSR...

NVG194 - British Light Cruisers 1939–45

Cruisers became Britain's essential vessel for protecting battleships, carriers, and convoys versus Japanese, Italian, and Nazi German commerce raiders, submarines, aircraft, and destroyers. The light cruiser was a natural development of the sailing...

NVG222 - Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Guns of the Soviet Union

During the Cold War, the Soviet Army was perhaps the deadliest fighting force the world had ever seen. Within its mechanized forces, the Soviets accomplished something that their American counterparts never could - the fielding of a self-propelled...

NVG243 - South African Armour of the Border War 1975–89

The Border War saw the biggest armoured battles in Africa since World War II. Starting as a counter-insurgency operation by the South African Defence Force (SADF) against the South West Africa People's Organisation, South Africa became embroiled in the...

NVG299 - Kurdish Armour Against ISIS

The US-backed Kurdish YPG/SDF fought on the front line of the war against Islamic State for five years. This study reveals how they developed their own armored force using captured tanks, homebuilt armor and "technicals" and the role they played in the...

NVG331 - Midway-Class Aircraft Carriers 1945–92

The history of the US Navy's biggest aircraft carriers to be built during World War II, which found a second life as the backbone of the Cold War fleet. Entering service in September 1945, the Midway-class aircraft carrier was the US Navy's ultimate...

NVG335 - Soviet Tanks at Kursk 1943

Illustrated throughout, this book explains the composition and qualities of the Soviet tank force that fought Germany's mighty Panzers at the biggest tank battle in history. In the summer of 1943, Hitler's army had rebuilt its Panzer forces after defeat...

NVG336 - Soviet Motor Torpedo Boats of World War II: Tupolev's aircraft-inspired fast attack craft

In the 1920s and 30s, aircraft designer Andrey Tupolev designed a series of advanced torpedo boats for the USSR. Superbly illustrated, this is their first history in English. The Soviet Navy's fast attack craft were inspired by the 1919 Kronstadt raid,...

NVG337 - Tanks in the Gulf War 1991

An essential guide to the tanks that fought the greatest armored clashes of modern times, between Saddam Hussein's Soviet-supplied army and the advanced tanks fielded by the Coalition. The Gulf War of 1991 was the largest tank-vs-tank confrontation of...

NVG338 - Super-Battleships of World War I: The lost battleships of the Washington Treaty

As World War I ended, the victors were developing a powerful new generation of 'hyper-dreadnoughts' and battlecruisers. Fully illustrated, this studies the big-gun warships that never were. 1918 was a moment of great naval change. Britain still had the...

NVG339 - German Tanks in Barbarossa 1941

A detailed, illustrated study of Germany's Panzer forces that invaded the Soviet Union, explaining how and why they performed as they did. Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany's huge and fateful invasion of the Soviet Union, was the culmination of nearly...

Pacific Adversaries Volume 2 : Imperial Japanese Navy vs. The Allies - New Guinea & the Solomons 1942-1944

This Volume Two of Pacific Adversaries conveys detailed stories of aerial warfare in the South Pacific, chosen because both Japanese and Allied records can be matched for an accurate accounting. Often the actual outcomes are very different to the...

Pacific Adversaries Volume 3: Imperial Japanese Navy vs The Allies - New Guinea & the Solomons 1942-1944

Volume Three of Pacific Adversaries conveys detailed stories of aerial warfare in the South Pacific, chosen because both Japanese and Allied records can be matched for an accurate accounting. Often the actual outcomes are very different to the...

Pacific Profiles Volume 13: IJN Bombers, Transports, Flying Boats & Miscellaneous Types South Pacific 1942-1944

"...a superb reference book for the modeler and enthusiast and well worth the price of admission." — ModelingMadness.Com Pacific Profiles Volume 13 presents the most accurate wartime profiles and histories to date of Imperial Japanese Navy bombers,...

Pacific Profiles Volume 14: Allied Bombers: B-25 Mitchell series Australia, New Guinea and the Solomons 1942-1945

Never before have Pacific Mitchells and their colorful markings been illustrated with such breadth, accuracy and detail. The Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII profiles of Allied and Japanese aircraft which served throughout...

Pacific Profiles Volume 15: Allied Bombers - B-26 Marauder series Australia, New Guinea and the Solomons 1942-1945

The Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII profiles of Allied and Japanese aircraft which served throughout the Australia, New Guinea and Solomons theaters. This Volume 15 covers the B-26 and US Navy JM Marauder series which served in...

Pacific Profiles Volume 17 Allied Air Power: Netherlands East Indies 1940-1942

  “Anyone with an interest in this now largely ignored but hugely impactful World War II campaign will find this book to be of value on a number of fronts.” – Flightline: Newsletter of the American Aviation Historical SocietyThe Pacific Profiles series...

Pacific Profiles Volume 4: Allied Fighters - Vought F4U Corsair Series Solomons Theatre 1943-1944

The Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII profiles to date of aircraft which served in the Pacific theater. Volume Four focuses on the US Navy, US Marine Corps and RNZAF squadrons which operated land based F4U series Corsair fighters...

Pacific Profiles Volume 5: Japanese Navy Zero Fighters (land based) New Guinea and the Solomons 1942-1944

Volume Five of the Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate color profiles to date of Japanese Navy land based Zero fighters in the “South Seas” theater: New Guinea, Rabaul and the Solomons. Illustrated by unit are abundant examples of the...

Pacific Profiles Volume 8: IJN Floatplanes in the South Pacific: 1942-1944

"Claringbould does an excellent job summarizing unit histories and documenting the human elements behind the rendered aircraft and their markings. For those interested in the logistics of Japanese seaplane deployments, aircraft markings, and the units...

Pacific Profiles Volume 9: Allied Fighters - P-38 series South & Southwest Pacific 1942-1944

This volume covers the P-38 and variants including the photo-reconnaissance F-4 and F-5, along with field-modified P-38G night-fighters. The Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII profiles of aircraft which served throughout the South...

Possum, Clover & Hades : The 475th Fighter Group in World War II

Possum, Clover & Hades : The 475th Fighter Group in World War II The epic story of one of the highest scoring fighter units in the southwest Pacific. Aces included McGuire, Loisel, MacDonald, Roberts and Bong. Size: 8.5in x 11.0in  |...

Real to Replica No 9: The Vought A-7 Corsair - US & International Versions

Real to Replica Red No 10: Sepecat Jaguar (RAF, Armee de'Air & International Versions)

SEPECAT Jaguar RAF, ARMEE DE L'AIR & INTERNATIONAL. VERSIONS By Andy Evans

Real to Replica Red No 4: The Republic F-105 Thunderchief

Real to Replica Series - Red Series by Andy Evans of Phoenix Scale Publications. This exciting new series looks at the history of the aircraft, detailed scaled drawings, colour schemes and modelling the aircraft. In full colour, photos and illustrations.

Real Weathering Vol. 2

This is the second book in a series about weathering and designed with one main audience in mind – the military modeller. As we all know, there are many books concerned with weathering military models available, but they all concentrate on weathering...

Shipcraft 01 - German Pocket Battleships

The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, using scale plans to highlight...

Shipcraft 03 - Yorktown Class Aircraft Carriers

The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, using scale plans to highlight...

Shipcraft 15 - Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships

The ShipCraft series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between...

Shipcraft 18 - Titanic and Her Sisters Olympic and Britannic

The ‘ShipCraft’ series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between...

ShipCraft 23 - Rodney and Nelson - Revised Edition

The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between...