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2) Jets
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Series
Publisher
DK PUb
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Takes a look at the construction and inner workings of ten jet warplanes.
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Series
Publisher
Capstone Books
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explains how jet planes operate and some of the uses that the military makes of them, describing the design and functioning of such examples as the F-15, the AV-8B Harrier, and the F-22 stealth plane.
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Language
English
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Description
A Covert-One team led by Lieutenant Colonel Jon Smith is dispatched to a site in the Canadian arctic where a Soviet bomber crashed more than fifty years ago, but they must deal with a vicious arms dealer who got there first as well as a weapon more deadly than the anthrax admittedly on board.
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Language
English
Description
"After a CIA covert mission goes badly awry, U.S. Air Force intelligence officer Nicholas Flynn is exiled to guard a remote radar post along Alaska's Arctic frontier. This dead-end assignment is designed to put his career permanently on ice, but Flynn's not the type to fade quietly into obscurity... As winter storms pound Alaska and northern Canada, Russian aircraft begin penetrating deep into friendly airspace. Are these rehearsals for a possible...
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English
Description
"In this sequel to Dale Brown's New York Times bestselling Arctic Storm Rising, former U.S. Air Force officer Nick Flynn is caught up in a shadow war against allied Russia and Iran--a duo wielding a terrifying new weapon. Nick Flynn is back in action, and he has a new employer--a shadowy intelligence outfit whose roots go back to the very beginning of the Cold War. But his first mission for them almost becomes his last. While meeting with a high-ranking...
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English
Description
"World War II encompassed some of America's greatest triumphs and most bitter defeats. This is a comprehensive and intimate survey of this epic war. Featuring nearly 30 of its greatest World War II documentaries, each packed with original archival footage, interviews with military experts and historians, and gripping reenactments." --
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Drawings, photographs, and text describe a variety of fighter and bomber planes, both U.S. and foreign, including Japan's Kawasaki fighters, the Lockheed F-104, Russia's MiGs, Sweden's Saab fighters, German Junkers, and Britain's Harrier.