Author: Bill Sweetman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610606899
Category : B-2 bomber
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Inside the Stealth Bomber
Author: Bill Sweetman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610606899
Category : B-2 bomber
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610606899
Category : B-2 bomber
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Stealth Fighter
Author: William B. O'Connor
Publisher: Zenith Press
ISBN: 0760341354
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
A pilot recounts his experiences flying NATO missions in a F-117 stealth fighter over Kosovo in 1999.
Publisher: Zenith Press
ISBN: 0760341354
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
A pilot recounts his experiences flying NATO missions in a F-117 stealth fighter over Kosovo in 1999.
The B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber
Author: Ole Steen Hansen
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736852555
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
"An in-depth look at the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber, with detailed cross-section diagrams, action photos, and fascinating facts"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736852555
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
"An in-depth look at the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber, with detailed cross-section diagrams, action photos, and fascinating facts"--Provided by publisher.
B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber
Author: John Hamilton
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 1614784302
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
This title explores the development and use of the nearly undetectable B-2 Spirit heavy bomber. Readers will follow the history of its origins and the development of its stealth technology. Chapters detail the aircraft's military and performance specifications as well as its features and advantages in the field, such as its wing design, its concealed engines, its radar signature, and its powerful bombs. Readers will also learn about the Spirit's use in the Kosovo War, Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, and other significant combat and peacekeeping missions. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. A&D Xtreme is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 1614784302
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
This title explores the development and use of the nearly undetectable B-2 Spirit heavy bomber. Readers will follow the history of its origins and the development of its stealth technology. Chapters detail the aircraft's military and performance specifications as well as its features and advantages in the field, such as its wing design, its concealed engines, its radar signature, and its powerful bombs. Readers will also learn about the Spirit's use in the Kosovo War, Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, and other significant combat and peacekeeping missions. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. A&D Xtreme is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
A Pictorial History of the B-2A Spirit Stealth Bomber
Author: Jim Goodall
Publisher: Schiffer Military History
ISBN: 9780764350757
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is a pictorial history of Jack Northrop's dream, the B-2A Spirit, a low-observable, strategic, long-range, heavy bomber with the ability to penetrate sophisticated and dense enemy air-defense shields. It is capable of all-altitude attack missions up to 50,000 feet, with a range of more than 6,000 nautical miles (nm) unrefueled, and over 10,000 nm with one refueling, giving it the ability to fly to any point in the world within hours. Stealth technology has rendered radar systems ineffective by greatly reducing their detection ranges. After ten years of service, the B-2A finally achieved full operational capability in December 2003. An assessment published by the USAF showed that two B-2As armed with precision weaponry could do the job of seventy-five conventional aircraft.
Publisher: Schiffer Military History
ISBN: 9780764350757
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is a pictorial history of Jack Northrop's dream, the B-2A Spirit, a low-observable, strategic, long-range, heavy bomber with the ability to penetrate sophisticated and dense enemy air-defense shields. It is capable of all-altitude attack missions up to 50,000 feet, with a range of more than 6,000 nautical miles (nm) unrefueled, and over 10,000 nm with one refueling, giving it the ability to fly to any point in the world within hours. Stealth technology has rendered radar systems ineffective by greatly reducing their detection ranges. After ten years of service, the B-2A finally achieved full operational capability in December 2003. An assessment published by the USAF showed that two B-2As armed with precision weaponry could do the job of seventy-five conventional aircraft.
Stealth
Author: Peter J. Westwick
Publisher:
ISBN: 0190677449
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The story behind the technology that revolutionized both aeronautics, and the course of history On a moonless night in January 1991, a dozen airplanes appeared in the skies over Baghdad. Or, rather, didn't appear. They arrived in the dark, their black outlines cloaking them from sight. More importantly, their odd, angular shapes, which made them look like flying origami, rendered them undetectable to Iraq's formidable air defenses. Stealth technology, developed during the decades before Desert Storm, had arrived. To American planners and strategists at the outset of the Cold War, this seemingly ultimate way to gain ascendance over the USSR was only a question. What if the United States could defend its airspace while at the same time send a plane through Soviet skies undetected? A craft with such capacity would have to be essentially invisible to radar - an apparently miraculous feat of physics and engineering. In Stealth, Peter Westwick unveils the process by which the impossible was achieved. At heart, Stealth is a tale of two aerospace companies, Lockheed and Northrop, and their fierce competition - with each other and with themselves - to obtain what was estimated one of the largest procurement contracts in history. Westwick's book fully explores the individual and collective ingenuity and determination required to make these planes and in the process provides a fresh view of the period leading up to the end of the Soviet Union. Taking into account the role of technology, as well as the art and science of physics and engineering, Westwick offers an engaging narrative, one that immerses readers in the race to produce a weapon that some thought might save the world, and which certainly changed it.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0190677449
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The story behind the technology that revolutionized both aeronautics, and the course of history On a moonless night in January 1991, a dozen airplanes appeared in the skies over Baghdad. Or, rather, didn't appear. They arrived in the dark, their black outlines cloaking them from sight. More importantly, their odd, angular shapes, which made them look like flying origami, rendered them undetectable to Iraq's formidable air defenses. Stealth technology, developed during the decades before Desert Storm, had arrived. To American planners and strategists at the outset of the Cold War, this seemingly ultimate way to gain ascendance over the USSR was only a question. What if the United States could defend its airspace while at the same time send a plane through Soviet skies undetected? A craft with such capacity would have to be essentially invisible to radar - an apparently miraculous feat of physics and engineering. In Stealth, Peter Westwick unveils the process by which the impossible was achieved. At heart, Stealth is a tale of two aerospace companies, Lockheed and Northrop, and their fierce competition - with each other and with themselves - to obtain what was estimated one of the largest procurement contracts in history. Westwick's book fully explores the individual and collective ingenuity and determination required to make these planes and in the process provides a fresh view of the period leading up to the end of the Soviet Union. Taking into account the role of technology, as well as the art and science of physics and engineering, Westwick offers an engaging narrative, one that immerses readers in the race to produce a weapon that some thought might save the world, and which certainly changed it.
B-2 Stealth Bombers
Author: Denny Von Finn
Publisher: Epic Books
ISBN: 9781600148835
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An introduction to the B-2 stealth bomber, covering the aircraft's military and performance abilities, and use in combat missions.
Publisher: Epic Books
ISBN: 9781600148835
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An introduction to the B-2 stealth bomber, covering the aircraft's military and performance abilities, and use in combat missions.
Inside the Stealth Bomber
Author: Bill Scott
Publisher: Aero Pub Incorporated
ISBN: 9780830638222
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Traces the development and testing of the B-2 stealth bomber, discusses the origins of its revolutionary design, and assesses its performance
Publisher: Aero Pub Incorporated
ISBN: 9780830638222
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Traces the development and testing of the B-2 stealth bomber, discusses the origins of its revolutionary design, and assesses its performance
Jack Northrop and the Flying Wing
Author: Ted Coleman
Publisher: Paragon House Publishers
ISBN: 9781557780799
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Traces the development of the Stealth bomber for the original design for flying wing by Northrop and looks at the career of Jack Northrop, its founder
Publisher: Paragon House Publishers
ISBN: 9781557780799
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Traces the development of the Stealth bomber for the original design for flying wing by Northrop and looks at the career of Jack Northrop, its founder
Inside the Five-Sided Box
Author: Ash Carter
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1524743925
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of the Pentagon, its vital mission, and what it takes to lead it. The Pentagon is the headquarters of the single largest institution in America: the Department of Defense. The D.O.D. employs millions of Americans. It owns and operates more real estate, and spends more money, than any other entity. It manages the world’s largest and most complex information network and performs more R&D than Apple, Google, and Microsoft combined. Most important, the policies it carries out, in war and peace, impact the security and freedom of billions of people around the globe. Yet to most Americans, the dealings of the D.O.D. are a mystery, and the Pentagon nothing more than an opaque five-sided box that they regard with a mixture of awe and suspicion. In this new book, former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter demystifies the Pentagon and sheds light on all that happens inside one of the nation’s most iconic, and most closely guarded, buildings. Drawn from Carter’s thirty-six years of leadership experience in the D.O.D., this is the essential book for understanding the challenge of defending America in a dangerous world—and imparting a trove of incisive lessons that can guide leaders in any complex organization. In these times of great disruption and danger, the need for Ash Carter’s authoritative and pragmatic account is more urgent than ever.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1524743925
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of the Pentagon, its vital mission, and what it takes to lead it. The Pentagon is the headquarters of the single largest institution in America: the Department of Defense. The D.O.D. employs millions of Americans. It owns and operates more real estate, and spends more money, than any other entity. It manages the world’s largest and most complex information network and performs more R&D than Apple, Google, and Microsoft combined. Most important, the policies it carries out, in war and peace, impact the security and freedom of billions of people around the globe. Yet to most Americans, the dealings of the D.O.D. are a mystery, and the Pentagon nothing more than an opaque five-sided box that they regard with a mixture of awe and suspicion. In this new book, former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter demystifies the Pentagon and sheds light on all that happens inside one of the nation’s most iconic, and most closely guarded, buildings. Drawn from Carter’s thirty-six years of leadership experience in the D.O.D., this is the essential book for understanding the challenge of defending America in a dangerous world—and imparting a trove of incisive lessons that can guide leaders in any complex organization. In these times of great disruption and danger, the need for Ash Carter’s authoritative and pragmatic account is more urgent than ever.