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Luftstreitkräfte Profile 13: Die dt. Luftstreitkräfte im Einsatz – 1956 bis heute
13,50 €After the great success of the first issues of this series the 13th profile deals with the timespan 1956 until today. Further themes are the crash of two F-84 Thunderstreaks in the CSSR, the story of the Convair 440 Metropolitan, the German Barracuda, the end of the Breguet Atlantic and the East German Fighter Wing N°1.
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Luftstreitkräfte Profile 14: 19. Juni 1962, Pembroke, JG 3 NVA, MFG 2
13,50 €The history of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe – Heeresflieger – Marineflieger) has hardly been dealt in summary since its establishment in 1956. This new series aims to present the history and development of these own areas of the German armed forces.
In this issue, the F-104 Starfighter and the events of June 19, 1962, the Black Day of the Air Force, are the focus. In addition, the operation of the Huntington Percival Pembroke in the Air Force, Naval Aviation and Army Aviation is highlighted. Further topics are the chronicles of Jagdgeschwader 3 Vladimir Komarow of the LSK/NVA and the Marinefliegergeschwader 2 (MFG 2). -
Luftstreitkräfte Profile 15: Die dt. Luftstreitkräfte im Einsatz – 1956 bis heute
13,80 €In this issue, the trinational Hawker Kestrell test relay is the main topic. In addition, the testing of the Navy’s SATS (Short Airfield Tactical Support) and the history of the world-famous VIKINGS will be examined in more detail. Other topics include the stories of a flight instructor on the Bell 47, the touring aircraft De Havilland D.H. 114 Heron 2D, as well as for the friends of the LSK/NVA the history of the Fliegerausbildungsgeschwader 25 Leander Ratz.
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Luftwaffen Profile 15: Danske Flyvevabnet Danish Air Force
13,80 €This issue deals with extensive footage of the history of the Danish Air Force from its beginnings – the first flight of a military aircraft in 1910 – to the delivery of the first Lockheed F-35A Lightning II in March 2021.
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Schiff Profile, No. 25: Die Fregatten der Köln-Klasse
13,50 €The first large newbuilt ships of the young German Navy were the frigates and destroyers. In addition to the destroyers of the HAMBURG class, which are dealt with in the Schiff Profile 21, the German Navy issued from March 1957 the order for the construction of six ships of the COLOGNE class, or F-120 class, as it was later renamed.
This booklet accompanies the varied history of the frigates KÖLN, EMDEN, AUGSBURG, KALRSRUHE, LÜBECK and BRAUNSCHWEIG from the keel laying, through their mission trips to the end of their service. -
Schiff Profile, No. 26: Die Arleigh Burke-Klasse
13,80 €The Arleigh Burke class – often referred to by the US NAVY as the DDG-51 class – is a class of guided missile destroyers of the United States Navy, which have a variety of offensive and defensive capabilities. With currently 68 ships, she is in terms of the number of units one of the most numerically built ship classes of the US Navy since the Second World War and the most built since the end of the Cold War.
The best-known Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is the USS Cole, which was badly damaged in a terrorist attack in the Middle East in 2000.
You will gain a detailed insight into the development history, an overview of all 89 ships built and planned so far, as well as the technical equipment of the Arleigh Burke class.
84 colour pictures, 4 b/w pictures, 4 coloured graphics. -
The Fighting Colours of Richard J. Caruana, 3: EE/BAC Lightning 50th Anniversary Collection
22,95 €Richard J. Caruana describes and illustrates the Lightning in his inimitable way, a tribute to an aircraft whose retirement from service marked the end of a long tradition of single-seat interceptors in the Royal Air Force.