Front cover image for Experimental & prototype U.S. Air Force jet fighters

Experimental & prototype U.S. Air Force jet fighters

Print Book, English, ©2008
Specialty Press, North Branch, MN, ©2008
History
xv, 260 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
9781580071116, 1580071112
184982545
Authors' preface: A long, hard road
Introduction: Enter, the jet fighter
Innovative dead ends
The first jets
All-weather fighters
Point-defense interceptors
Penetration fighters
Missiles?
Century Series fighters
Century Series interceptors
Long-range interceptors
The end of an era
Another revolution
The stealth generation
Appendix A: Company histories