Age
11-14
Grade
4-6
Jim Corrigan
Fighter Jets
Library Binding
(Morgan Reynolds Pub Oct. 31, 2013)
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.
- Series
- Military Experience in the Air
- ISBN
- 1599353768 / 9781599353760
- Pages
- 64
- Weight
- 12.8 oz.
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 0.5
in.