US Multi-Role Fighter Jets

Oxford, England: Osprey Publishing, 2011. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Steve Davies (photographer). The format is approximately 7.75 inches by 9.75 inches. 240 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Abbreviations. Footnotes. Illustrations (color). Tabular data. Selected Reading. Index. DJ has wear, tear at the back panel, soiling, and sticker residue at the back. Steve Davies is a military aviation photojournalist based in Cambridge, England. He has authored eleven critically acclaimed books and co-authored five more, and he's written for the world's leading monthly, quarterly and partwork aviation publications. He has worked both in front of and behind the camera as a subject matter expert on multiple military aviation television documentaries. Finally, his photography has been used not only by the aviation press, but also by leading defense contractors and aviation corporations. Steve Davies, military aviation photographer and critically acclaimed author of Red Eagles, is back with a new photo-essay on American's cutting-edge fighter fleet. Davies examines the F/A-18C/D/E/F Super Hornet, F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16CG/F-16CJ, F-22A Raptor, and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, taking readers on a complete behinds-the-scenes tour of these fearsome jets, from the hangers to the skies. In between, Davies explores the cutting edge technology that makes these birds fly and interviews the pilots and ground crews that make them sing. Join Davies for this all-access tour of the mighty jets that help keep America the world's only air superpower.