Books with title Military Aircraft: 2

In this engaging and informative approach to modern aircraft, readers take a look inside all the advances in military aircraft technology since World War II, including fighter planes from the United States, NATO, Russia, and more. With detailed diagrams of cockpits, engines, and weapons systems, this book gives readers an up-close and personal view of several impressive aircraft, including the F-15E Strike Eagle, which can travel at over 1,900 miles per hour (3,060 km/h) more than twice the speed of sound! Dynamic visuals and accessible text offer opportunities to explore both social studies and STEM concepts through this high-interest subject matter.

In this engaging and informative approach to modern aircraft, readers take a look inside all the advances in military aircraft technology since World War II, including fighter planes from the United States, NATO, Russia, and more. With detailed diagrams of cockpits, engines, and weapons systems, this book gives readers an up-close and personal view of several impressive aircraft, including the F-15E Strike Eagle, which can travel at over 1,900 miles per hour (3,060 km/h) more than twice the speed of sound! Dynamic visuals and accessible text offer opportunities to explore both social studies and STEM concepts through this high-interest subject matter.

Military aircraft is an important part of our countries arsenal. Learn more about these vehicles when you get behind the wheel of some of the most fascinating aircraft on the planet. This series looks at various types of exciting vehicles, examining how and where they are used, technology used, training involved and what feats can be performed in them. The emphasis is on large glossy photographs that grab the reader, with detailed captions and photo notes. There are interactive features such as checklists and feature spreads on equipment and emergency procedures.

Readers will marvel at these unbelievable and powerful machines that make militaries the forces they are today. Each title looks at 3 to 5 vehicles, what makes them so powerful, and the men and women who drive and fly them. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.

Dynamic, realistic artwork features the essential aircraft used in modern military conflicts, from cold-war spy planes, to Vietnam bombers and the recent Gulf War Stealth fighters. Fascinating information also includes planes from the Korean war, the nuclear threat, low level attack, search and rescue planes, and unmanned aircraft currently under development.

Almost from the beginning of flight, aircraft have been an important part of the military. There are many different types of aircraft in the military inventory with unique purposes and, in many cases, serving multiple purposes. In the pages of this book, children will learn about airplanes and helicopters used for jobs such as transporting and battlefield support. The striking photographs of military aircraft in this book introduce children to the many different types of aircraft that the military is using.