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American Combat Planes of the 20th Century is an incredible reference for anyone who is interested in any American Combat Plane History. There are 758 pages and 1700 b/w photos in this substantial labor of love by Ray Wagner, who has been passionately researching and writing about aircraft for over 50 years. Whether you are already familiar with his past works, or just discovering this accomplished author for the first time... This is the book that you've been waiting for!

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The following Table of Contents is from the book
"American Combat Planes of the 20th Century"
by Ray Wagner..
Table of Contents

introduction ix

1. The Role of the Combat Plane: The First Generation 2
2. Close Support for the Army, 1917-1923 17
3. The First Fighters, 1915-1920 25
4. Multi-Engine Bombers, 1917-1932 37
5. Army Pursuits; The Biplane Period, 1920-1932 53
6. Army Observation and Attack Aircraft, 1922-1933 77
7. Flying Boats for Navy Patrols, 1917-1934 99
8. New Weapons for the Navy, 1918-1933 115
9. Navy Observation Aircraft, 1917-1932 129
10. Adapting Fighters to Flight Decks 145

PART TWO:
Monoplanes and World War II, 1932-1945 163
11. Background of World War II Development 164
12. Army Observation Aircraft,1930-1942 175
13. Army Attack Monoplanes from A-7 to A-41 185
14. Bomber Monoplanes, 1931-1939 221
15. Bombers for World War II, 1939-1945 237
16. Fighter Monoplanes, from the P-24 to the P-37 269
17. Warhawks to Mustangs 295
18. Crisis-Born Fighter Projects, XP-48 to XP-77 341
19. Navy Patrol Bombers, 1935-1945 361
20. Navy Scout and Observation Aircraft, 1932-46 393
21. Navy Attack Planes, 1931-1945 415
22. Navy Fighters, 1931-1939 443
23. Navy Fighters Against Japan 455
24. Very Heavy Bombers End the War 479

PART THREE:
Cold War Warriors, 1946-1962 489
25. Air Weapons for the Cold War 490
26. Strategic Command’s First Bombers 507
27. Air Force Fighters, from XP-79 to XF-96 519
28. Jet Bombers, 1946-1962 551
29. Supersonic fighters, F-100 to F-108 571
30. Navy Patrol Planes, from Neptune to Orion 587
31. Navy Attack planes from A-1 to A-6 601
32. Navy fighters, from the Phantom I to the Crusader 617
33. ASW: Search and Attack 643

PART FOUR:
An Awesome Generation since 1963 649
34. The Cold War, 1963-1991 650
35. Tactical Attack Planes for Small Wars, 1963-1991 661
36. Fighters for the Missile Era 679
37. Bombers from the B-70 to Stealth 703
38. From Iraq to Afghanistan 713

Bibliography and readers’ guide 719
Including notes on sources and photo credits

INDEX 737

LIST OF TABLES
1. Comparison of Allied and Enemy Airplane Strengths, November 11, 1918 4
2. Army Air Corps/Force Combat Type Designations 14
3.Code letters assigned to combat type manufacturers 16
4. American Aircraft Guns 174
5. AAF Bombers in the European War, 1942-1945 243
6. B-24 Liberator Production from 1940 to 1945 249
7. AAF Fighters in the European War, 1942-1945 337
8. USAF Combat Wings, 1951-1957 494
9. Major Nuclear Air Weapons of 1945-1962 501
10. American Aircraft Guns After 1945 503
11. Air-to-Air Guided Missiles Deployed in 1956-1962 503
12. F-5 International Deliveries to 1986 688
13. F-16s for 18 Foreign Nations 700
14. USAF Active Combat Type Inventory, 1991–2000