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This top quality photo monograph features in six chapters the activities of the today's Croatian Air Force: Defenders, Firefighters, Transport Elements, Training Elements, Wings of Storm and Maintenance Elements.

After a brief introduction on the history of Croatia Air Force from 1991 until 2009, the book features in large format and rich detail pictures of the life, work and action of the men and women serving and protecting Croatia. It covers not only the different aircraft in service, but also the men ans women flying and maintaining it.

The world-famous Japanese aviation photographer Katsuhiko Tokunaga covers the activities of today's Croatian Air Force in his well known and destinctive, nearly artistic style.

Three appendices list the picture captions, the technical data of all aircraft in service with artworks by Ugo Crisponi and the current order of battle with all the unit's as well as cadet’s insignia.

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This book for the first time describes the military fighter jet aviation in Latin America. It covers the eventfull history of fighter jets in 17 countries ranging from Mexico in the north down to Argentina in the south.

Each country is covered type by type in chronological order. Information on each type is being provided related to purchase, squadron service, losses, upgrades and service history.

Each type ends with a table covering the number of delivered aircraft, different types and subtypes, delivery dates and known serial numbers.

Each of the over 100 aircraft types mentioned could be coverd with at least one picture.

An appendix lists the existing plastic scale model kits in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 scale as wells as decal sheets in regards to the 17 Latin American air forces featured in the book

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Starting in 1955, and for the following 20 years, MiG-15 and MiG-17 formed the backbone of several Arab air forces. They played a prominent role in four major wars and dozens of minor incidents.

Covering the first decade of this period, this study - Arab MiGs, Volume 1, the first in a series of publications - provides a unique and previously unavailable insight into the service history of both types with five Arab air forces.

Even more so, it tells the story of people that flew MiG-15s and MiG-17s in Algeria, Egypt, Iraq and Syria. Several of whom became dominant political figures in most recent history of these countries.

The reason why Arab countries began purchasing MiGs and thus became embroiled in the Cold War is approached and discussed from an entirely new and original - Arab - point of view.

Details about combat operations during three major wars between Arabs and Israel, as well as the war in Yemen of the 1960s, are reconstructed on basis of primary evidence, foremost in form of original documents and participants' recollections.

Aircraft colours, unit insignia, serial- and construction numbers are described in an unprecedented detail.

Over 200 photos, colour artworks, maps and tables illustrate the story of aircraft and their crews, but also many air combats that became highly influential for the future of aerial warfare and fates of several nations.

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This book provides an exclusive insight into service history of 13 fighter jet types - from Vampires and Hunters to MiG-29s and Su-24s - that served with Royal Iraqi Air Force (RIrAF) and Iraqi Air Force (IrAF) between 1953 and 2003.

Serious investigative research, including exclusive primary evidence gathered by both authors in- and outside Iraq, generated a level of detail and colour of unmatched degree in any previous publications about any Arab air force.

The result is a detailed history of RIrAF and IrAF markings, serial numbers and camouflage patterns,  the in-depth history of each Iraqi fighter squadron, their equipment over the time as well as unit and various special insignias.

Richly illustrated with photographs and artworks, the book provides details about a number of air-to-air and air-to-ground weapons, many put to the ultimate test only by the Iraqi Air Force. A list of original names for air bases used by IrAF is included as well.

An appendix lists the exisiting plastic scale model kits in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 scale as well as decals sheets in regards to Iraqi Air Force.

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African MiGs is a study of operational service of the MiG- and Sukhoi-fighters in no less but 19 African air forces.
 
From Guinea in the west, to Somalia in the East, and from Mali and Sudan in the north to Angola and Mozambique in the south, every African air force that ever used or is still using interceptors and fighter-bombers built by MiG, Sukhoi, Chengdu, Nanchan or Shenyang is mentioned and described to an extent never available before.
 
The background of this book was years-long research undertaken by a number of aviation historians, conducted with help of numerous eye-witnesses, but also quite a few previously secret documents from various archives. The result is a throughout analysis of 19 air forces, their history, equipment, units, bases, organisation and capabilities, serial numbers and markings.

In the many cases where "African MiGs" became involved in armed conflicts, also combat deployment and specific missions, weapons and tactics are described in great detail. Special attention is given to the wars in Angola, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Congo, Somalia and Sudan - with particular emphasis on air battles during the Badme War, between Ethiopian Su-27s and Eritrean MiG-29s.
 
This book contains 158 pages, and every chapter includes several tables providing all known details about aircraft delivered, units that flew them, as well as combat losses - where known. African MiGs is illustrated with more than 70 artworks and five maps. As such it represents a unique source of reference for every student of recent history of air wars, but also enthusiasts interested in MiG and Sukhoi fighters, and is an ideal source of inspiration for every dedicated scale aircraft model-fan.