Beautiful "coffee table" book with color pictures and illustrations of Significant Aircraft in our Aviation History. This is a comprehensive history of the United States Air Force and its origins. With photographs of the extraordinary airplanes and materials at the Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, you'll gain insight into the designers, leaders, pilots, and other individuals who built the USAF from its humble beginnings as an adjunct to ground forces of the U.S. Army to its modern status as the preeminent air force in the world. 280 color and 240 b&w photos and illustrations. 12 x 9.3 x 1.6 inches Signed by: Ron Dick & Dan Patterson.