War in the Air: True Accounts of the 20th Century's Most Dramamtic Air Battles by the Men Who Fought Them

Stephen Coonts, America’s foremost writer of aviation fiction, presents the most dramatic true stories ever told of men in aeriel combat. From World War I to Vietnam, here are full-throttle accounts of war at its worst—and men at their best.

American, British, German, Japanese—join their aces to skim the clouds in wood-and-fabric biplanes; shave the treetops in adrenaline-fueled helicopter battles; and scream off an aircraft carrier’s swaying decks into dogfights conducted at the speed of so...