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Cheesman, E.F. (ed.) Fighter Aircraft of the 1914–1918 War. Letchworth, UK: Harleyford, 1960; The Great War, television documentary by the BBC. Gray, Peter & Thetford, Owen German Aircraft of the First World War. London, Putnam, 1962. Guttman, Jon. Pusher Aces of World War 1: Volume 88 of Osprey Aircraft of the Aces: Volume 88 of Aircraft of ...
American Aces of World War I. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-375-0. Franks, Norman & Bailey, Frank W. (1992). Over the Front: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918. London, UK: Grub Street. ISBN 978-0-948817-54-0
By late 1917, about one-third of Hicks Field, Texas, had been given over to the RFC School of Aerial Gunnery. There, Canadians supplied the planes and equipment to train both Americans and Canadians. [4] When the United States entered World War I, only the North Island field was a usable military airfield.
French Aircraft of the First World War. Mountain View California: Flying Machines Press. ISBN 0-9637110-4-0. Durkota, Alan; Darcey, Thomas; Kulikov, Victor (1995). The Imperial Russian Air Service — Famous Pilots and Aircraft of World War I. Mountain View, California: Flying Machines Press. ISBN 0-9637110-2-4. Lamberton, W.M. (1960).
Most articles about aircraft types that were used in World War I are in one of the 1910–1919 (first flight) categories listed below. Some aircraft (e.g. airship) types with earlier first flights were also used in WWI. Category:1910s Austro-Hungarian military aircraft; Category:1910s British military aircraft; Category:1910s French military ...
When aircraft began to shoot or force down other aircraft, systems to count "air victories" were subsequently developed. The American qualification of five victories eventually became the standard, even though other air services had previously used differing figures. [1] The Nieuport 17, a French biplane fighter aircraft of World War I
List of United States Air Force aircraft designations (1919–1962) List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962) List of United States Army aircraft designations (1956–1962) List of United States Tri-Service aircraft designations; List of U.S. DoD aircraft designations; List of undesignated military aircraft of the United States
McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II attack aircraft: n/a: abandoned 1983 project: 0: 2,300: McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft: 1978: operational: 323: 4,200: McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter-bomber: 1958: retired 2016: 5,195 [notes 2] 8,500: McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet fighter/attack aircraft: 1978: operational: 1,480 ...
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