Air War over Vietnam - Two "Warbirds Illustrated" Books in One Volume

London: Arms and Armour Press, 1982. First Printing . Hard Back. Very Good. 7 1/2" X 10. 68 Pages. Tight clean pictorial book with no marks or stamps. Brown boards with dark brown lettering on the spine. Featuring more than 250 photographs, a few in color but most black and white, this exclusive hard cover edition includes two of the most popular volumes in the acclaimed "Warbirds Illustrated" series. Together, they offer some of the best photographs-including many rare and unusual ones-of the aircraft used in the Vietnam War. The author, a staff member of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, personally chose the photographs to be included. His selection covers all the major U.S. aircraft types used in the war and every phase of the air war. Included are shots that highlight fascinating technical details. There are in-the-heat-of-combat aerial shots of planes in action, special armament and weaponry, the men who flew them and the ground crews who serviced them. Here are all the aircraft of the war, from fighters, bombers and helicopters to Skyraiders, thought to be obsolete as far back as 1959, gunships and transports. This book covers them all, describing the roles they played in Vietnam, night interdiction, electronic intelligence gathering, counter-insurgency, and will continue to play as vital parts of America's nonnuclear air arm. Here is a volume air buffs, students of the Vietnam War and general historians will want to add to their personal home libraries.