The F-117A Stealth Fighter is designed to be undetectable by radar. Developed in great secrecy during the Cold War, it spearheaded the air assault on Iraq in 1991.
At the Controls investigates the secret origins of the Stealth program and how the F-117A is able to penetrate heavily defended airspace that no other plane could venture near.
At the Controls takes you on a combat mission with the F-117A, revealing how to attack enemy command bunkers with laser-guided bombs and how to defeat modern antiaircraft defenses.

The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, about to be launched as America's premier Air Dominance Fighter, will replace the vaunted F-15C Eagle as the world's foremost fighter aircraft.
Once operational, it will be the swiftest, stealthiest, and deadliest plane in the skies, ready to out fly and out fight any opponent. Its Supercruise feature allows it to exceed the speed of sound without afterburners-an aviation first. Its radar profile is nearly as small as that of the stealth-dedicated F-117A Nighthawk. And its First-Look, First-Kill capability makes it virtually impervious to enemy counter-strike.
Profusely illustrated, this eye-opening volume documents every stage of our military's quest for the next Air dominance Fighter, while illuminating every aspect of the fierce warbird that ended that search... the F-22 Raptor. From drawing board to wind tunnel, test flight to tactical deployment, here is the most extensive survey available today of the fighter that will escort our armed forces into the 21st Century.

This book reveals the secrets held within each facet of the plane - how it was designed, how it was built, how it is used and how it was kept secret.

Книга об истории создания самолета МиГ-29, его эксплуатации в ВВС, модификациях и вариантах развития.

Что такое рукопашный бой? В каких условиях обстановки он необходим, а при каких обстоятельствах он неизбежен? На каких дистанциях ведется? Каково психическое состояние человека в таком бою?
Какие требования следует предъявлять к психологической подготовке воина? Наконец, кто же он - настоящий рукопашник? Ответы на поставленные вопросы читатель найдет в этой книге.

В сборник включены следующие произведения:
1. Choke
2. Diary
3. Fight Club
4. Fugatives Refugees
5. Invisible Monsters
6. Lullaby
7. Snuff
8. Survivor
9. The Ghost Who Came to Say He Was Sorry
10. Fight Club (на итальянском)

Peebles admirably assembles, from a multitude of sources, a compact complete history of U.S. programs to develop so-called black or secret aircraft. Those began with work on the first American jet, the Bell P-59, during World War II, and proceeded to include the construction of such eventual headline-makers as the U-2, the SR-71 Blackbird, and the F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter, which distinguished itself in the Gulf War. Also covered are such lesser-known vehicles as several families of reconnaissance drones, some fast and high, some low and slow. Besides the hardware, Peebles covers the logistics, administration, and politics of keeping multibillion-dollar programs under wraps until they succeed or fail.

Red Star vol.3
Aviation historians often dismiss the Polyikarpov I-16 because it did not fare well against its more modern adversaries in WWII. It was often referred to in the West by the disparaging nickname of Rata, the Russian word for rat! Nikolay Polyikarpov's I-16 was nevertheless an outstanding fighter in its day--among other things, because it was the world's first monoplane fighter with a retractable undercarriage. Its capabilities were demonstrated effectively during the Spanish Civil War and it was still in front line service when the German armed forces fell on the Soviet Union in 1941.
This book details every variant of this diminutive fighter, including development aircraft and unbuilt projects. An account is also given of Polyikarpov's early monoplane fighters that presaged the I-16 and of the later designs that evolved from it. Details are given of all surviving examples including the six aircraft that were restored to airworthy condition in Russia in the 1990s.

Скорее всего, большинство уже посмотрело потрясающий фильм «Бойцовский клуб», но немногие знают, что фильм был снят по книге Чака Паланика, которая стала его дебютной работой на литературном поприще…Эта рецензия для тех, кто не читал и не смотрел, а если смотрел, то хочет ознакомиться с первоисточником – самой скандальной книгой 90-х…

Бои без правил.
Свыше 3500 иллюстрации. Использованы приёмы и техника из более чем 800 видов единоборств.

This book represents probably the most detailed study published in the English language of the camouflage and markings of the fighter aircraft of the Soviet Air Force during World War II. Erik Pilawskii is a scholar of the Soviet Air Force in World War II and has undertaken several years of research to produce this ground-breaking book. With information drawn from previously inaccessible Soviet archives, the author first presents a detailed analysis of the developments, trends, patterns and irregularities of the color systems seen on Russian fighters and offers a fascinating insight into the workings of the Soviet manufacturing system responsible for this task. He then brings readers a technical study of each of the main fighter aircraft and variants, and each description is followed by coverage of camouflage and markings, factory-applied, field variations and seasonal.

As a long-range fighter, the Luftwaffe's Bf110 was highly effective in the early years of World War II, although the introduction of quicker Allied fighters eventually revealed its deficiencies. This development, production, and service history of the Luftwaffe's most-feared World War II fighter features many rare period photographs of the Bf110 in action.

Мастер-класс по моделированию истребителей Luftwaffe Второй мировой войны.

Книга познакомит читателей с эффективными техниками скоростного боя в пластичной манере исполнения. После небольшой координационной подготовки эта техника может быть быстро освоена любым человеком среднего физического развития.
Приведенные в учебном пособии связки (комбинации) построены с учетом безусловных реакций противника и с использованием жестких технических элементов, позволяющих одержать победу над гораздо более сильным физически противником. Предлагаемая
манера боя может быть эффективно использована бойцами разных стилей единоборств, включая бокс и борьбу, в качестве дополнения к изученным ранее техникам, так как не требует переучивания.

This volume provides a chronicle of the aircraft which have served with the Navy, the Marines and the Coast Guard in 80 years-a period which opened with the Curtiss Pusher and comes up to date with thc Grumman F-14A Tomcat variable-geometry fighter. Between these two extremes can be traced, through the contents of this book, the evolution of the carrierbased fighter, the torpedo-bomber, the anti-submarine patrol aircraft and other types with which the Navy and Marine Corps havc fought in three wars, and, when the United States has not been actively engaged in hostilities, have helped to keep the pcacc in many parts of the world.

Red Star vol.1
Conceived in the early 1980s to ease the threat posed by the American ATF program, these fighters were developed as the Soviet Union's fifth-generation fighters. This book gives a detailed account of how Russia's two leading fighter aircraft designers competed for the order and how a third contender never made it to the hardware stage. It deals with the way these aircraft were conceived, designed, built, and flown.

A large number of fighter projects have been drawn by British companies over the last fifty years, but very few have turned into hardware, and very little has been published about these fascinating "might-have-beens." This book makes extensive use of previously unpublished, primary-source material-much recently declassified. It gives an insight into a secret world where the public has had little idea of what was going on, while at the same time presenting a coherent nationwide picture of fighter development and evolution. Particular emphasis is placed on tender design competitions and some of the events that led to certain aircraft either being canceled or produced. Some of the many and varied types included are the Hawker P.1103/P.1136/P.1121 series, and the Fairey "Delta III".

Язык: польский/английский (Polish/English)
Fulfilling the roles of an escort fighter, a fighter-bomber (in which it excelled), and even an air-sea rescue service aircraft, P-47 was present on practically all important fronts of the WWII. This monograph will serve well to those readers who as modellers value high precision in details. For the very same pupose the text is supplemented by numerous drawings in 1/48 and 1/72 scale, as well as colour profiles. Much effort was put into reviving the concise combat history of the Thunderbolt, illustrated by numerous quotes from the pilots who flew it, as well as from their adversaries. The book also sport an outstanding selection of photographs, among them shots never published before.