Fighter jets / by Jim Corrigan.
TITLE:
Fighter jets / by Jim Corrigan.
Alternate Title:
Military experience, in the air : fighter jets
In the air : fighter jets
By:
Publication Date:
2014
Publication Information:
Greensboro, N.C. : Morgan Reynolds Publishing,
Physical Description:
64 p. : col. ill.
Summary:
Five chapters describe the history, present uses, and future of fighter jets, begining with the use of F-16s on 9/11 and then going back 1944 and the introduction of the German Me 262, the world's first fighter jet. The role of fighter jets in wars in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq is briefly discussed. Also mentions the Soviet MIG and the new Chinese Chengdu J-20.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781599353760
