US Air Force

From the authors of the best-selling The Finest Hours comes the riveting, deeply human story of President John F. Kennedy and two U-2 pilots, Rudy Anderson and Chuck Maultsby, who risked their lives to save America during the Cuban Missile Crisis....

In Inside the Secret Space Program: Valiant Thor and the U.S. Air Force, former Air Force pilot Mel Noel, in a transcript from one of his rare public talks, describes his interactions with a shadowy Air Force Colonel, who provided him with many insights....

Phantom in the Sky is the story of a Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) in the back seat of the supersonic Phantom jet during the Vietnam War - a unique, tactical perspective of the “guy in back”, or GIB, absent from other published aviation accounts....

Outside of their own combat, militaries have studied foreign wars as a valuable source of battlefield information. Through a series of in-depth case studies of the US armed forces, Brent L. Sterling creates a better understanding of the dynamics of learning from "other people's wars"....

Robert Foley had only been in Vietnam for six months when he was promoted to captain and given command of a rifle company. In November 1966, Foley led his men on a mission to rescue another company that had been pinned down by Viet Cong forces....

The far more disturbing picture of what really happened near Roswell was cloaked for years. In fact, for decades. Until now....

When Cheryl Dietrich joined the US Air Force, she began a transformation from overweight introvert and military neophyte into one of the key personnel redesigning the Air Force....

The third book in the series tells the amazing story of the most renowned bombers of World War II: America's B-17 - the "Flying Fortress" - and Britain's Lancaster Bomber....

Dogfight over Tokyo is written in the same riveting, edge-of-your-seat style that has made Wukovits's previous books so successful. This is a stirring, one-of-a-kind tale of naval encounters and the last dogfight of the war—a story that is both inspirational and tragic....

Many weapons and inventions were credited with winning World War II, most famously in the assertion that the atomic bomb "ended the war, but radar won the war." What is less well known is that both airborne radar and the atomic bomb were invented in Britain, but built by Americans....

This audiobook brings the history of the U.S.S. Intrepid to life in a tribute complete with personal recollections from sailors and vivid descriptions of the deadly conflicts she endured....

This fascinating account of the development of aviation in Alaska examines the daring missions of pilots who initially opened up the territory for military positioning and later for trade and tourism....

On October 19, 1940, the Hawaiian Air Force, later known as the Seventh Air Force, was established to provide air defense of the Hawaiian Island and to engage with threats in the Pacific. Just over a year later, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor devastated this force....

It's 1994, and a downed navy pilot is held captive by a ruthless Serbian colonel. The White House will not authorize a rescue mission....

The Yalu River Boys is the true story of the forgotten men from the forgotten war. Follow a B-29 bomber crew as it battles Russian MiG-15 fighters in the heart of MiG Alley during the Korean War. Learn the heartbreaking truth of the communist prison camp gulags....

In 1993, U.S. women earned the right to fly in combat, but the full story of how it happened is largely unknown. The Fly Girls Revolt chronicles the actions of a band of women who overcame decades of discrimination and prevailed....

While this audiobook details thrilling flight missions and the grueling training sessions the Tuskegee Airmen underwent, it also shines a light on the lives of these brave men who helped pave the way for the integration of the US armed forces. Listen to learn more....

The risks of not returning from flying missions in WWII were extremely high, so the stories are uniquely heroic, almost unbelievable....

This is the thrilling saga of war in the air in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II told from the Japanese point of view. It is ...

Joint Force Leadership brings together Jim "Boots" Demarest and Mark McGinnis' combined 50 years of military and business experience and presents battlefield- and boardroom-tested tools and skills that will resonate with business people, travelers, and military enthusiasts alike....