Air Power: Heroes and Heroism in American Flight Missions, 1916 to Today by Bill Gilbert - 2003-09-01

Citadel Press, 2003. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Citadel Press, 2003. Hardcover. Good/Good. Dustjacket has some wear. Cover has light wear. Light foxing on upper, right, and bottom page edges. Light foxing on front and rear endpapers and inside front and rear covers. Stated first printing.

New York, NY: Citadel Press, 2003 Citadel Press, New York. 2003. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by line number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine. Red boards with black overlay on spine with bright gold lettering on spine. 278 pp. Today's sleek military aircraft may be a far cry from the planes used decades ago, but the brave men who take our battles to the skies haven't changed. Whatever the mission, whether famed or forgotten, U.S. pilots have always exemplified courage, dedication, and honor. Presented are eleven true stories of valiant airmen on memorable missions from the search for pancho Villa in 1916 to America's victories over iraq in both Gulf Wars. packed with authentic photographs and gripping testimony. A clean pristine copy.

Hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Citadell Press, 2003. Hardcover. Good. Original boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with b/w photographs, 8vo.

Citadel Press Books, New York, USA, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. 1st Printing. 278 pages. An excellent copy and is in AS NEW condition. It has no tears to the pages and no pages are missing from the book. The spine of the book is in great condition and the dust jacket is unmarked. It has no signs of previous use. Items are in stock and will be shipped same day or next business day directly from our Australian address. SYNOPSIS: Gilbert, author of 20 other books, recounts 11 missions by the U.S. Air Force, from the pursuit of Pancho Villa in Mexico in 1916 to the Persian Gulf War in 1991. Gilbert tells the stories of historic flights over Tokyo, Ploesti, the Himalayan Mountains, and Hiroshima in World War II; the 15-month Berlin Airlift in 1948; and missions in Korea and Vietnam. Gilbert offers a wealth of detail: the types of planes, their speeds, the number of flights, the number of bombs and amount of gasoline they carried, and the routes taken. He also offers historic background on… Read More