Brook, Henry.
Summary: Traces the history of fighter planes from the dogfights of World War I to the missions flown by modern stealth fighters.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 623 BROHansen, Grace
Summary: Bomber aircraft are important to militaries around the world that need to destroy large targets. Readers will learn what makes these aircraft bombers, their capabilities, crewmembers, and much more.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Kids 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 623.74 HANSummary: Where eagles dare: Commandos charged with freeing a U.S. general from an Alpine fortress should trust nothing -- including their own search-and-rescue orders.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE ESSSummary: They were expendable: Two PT-boat skippers defend the Philippines and give the U.S. war effort time to regroup after the crippling losses at Pearl Harbor. Flying Leathernecks: An embattled Marine fighter squadron VMF 247 at Guadalcanal is led by John Wayne and campaigning to coordinate ground combat with low-flying aerial sorties.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THESummary: A small fighter jet gets the chance of a lifetime to compete in an international airshow championship. Determined to win, the jet signs up with a demanding trainer, but the reigning champ wants to make sure the jet won't win the tournment--or even compete.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2013
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Wings 2013Summary: Presents photographs and detailed information about 101 great fighter planes, from the early twentieth-century biplanes to ultra-modern jet fighters.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Pub. 2010
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 623.7464 ONEHamilton, John
Summary: Explores the development and use of the popular F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. Co. 2012
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Motorbooks International 1995
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Summary: Discusses the design and weapons of the F/A-22 Raptor fighter jet (formerly called the F-22) and how it is used by the Air Force.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2004
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Summary: Discusses the design and weapons of three models of the F-14 Tomcat fighter jet and how they are used by the Navy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone High-Interest Books 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 623.7464 GRESummary: U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko is the only law-enforcement officer assigned to Antarctica. Carrie is on the verge of shipping out before the really bad weather hits, when she is confronted with a mysterious murder that sounds like a riddle: how'd a lone corpse find its way to the middle of an ice field, as though dropped from a great height? And what does this have to do with the prologue about a...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2010
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Specialty Press 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.7 HUGWinspear, Jacqueline
Summary: Late September, 1942. Jo Hardy, a 22-year-old ferry pilot, is delivering a Spitfire to Biggin Hill Aerodrome when she realizes someone is shooting at her aircraft. When she returns to the location on foot, she finds an American serviceman in a barn, tied up and gagged. Jo hurries away, but can't shake the image of the serviceman from her mind. Several days later, when Jo recounts the story to...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WINSummary: In the near future, the Navy develops a stealth fighter plane. On board piloting the jet is an artificial intelligence computer. The jet is placed on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific to learn combat maneuvers from the human pilots aboard. But when the computer develops a mind of its own, it's the humans who are charged with stopping it before it incites a war.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Stealth 2005Summary: Film footage of military aircraft in action. Among the aircraft included are the Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon, Saab Jas.39 Gripen Fighter, Eurofighter Typhoon, F/A-18E Super Hornet, Su-27, and the Russian S-37. No narration.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Video Ordnance 1999
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ULTChant, Christopher.
Summary: Drawings, photographs, and text describe a variety of fighter and bomber planes, both U.S. and foreign, including Japan's Kawasaki fighters, the Lockheed F-104, Russia's MiGs, Sweden's Saab fighters, German Junkers, and Britain's Harrier.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grange Books 2002
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 623.7463 CHAChant, Christopher.
Summary: Drawings, photographs, and text describe a variety of fighter planes, both U.S. and foreign, in use in World Wars I and II, including Britain's Sopwith Camel, the German Fokker and Messerschmitts, the American Curtiss series and the Lockheed Lightning.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grange Books 2002
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 623.7464 CHAHamilton, John
Summary: Presents information about F/A-18 Super Hornet jet fighter planes, covering how they are used, their history, and their specifications.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. Co. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 623.7463 HAMWhite, David Fairbank
Summary: "The incredible, untold story behind the rise of the P-51 Mustang, the World War II fighter plane that destroyed the Luftwaffe and made D-Day possible"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Caliber 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 WHIFowler, Will
Summary: Presents a history of weapons and examines how they have evolved into the weapons used today.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Central 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 623.4 FOWHamilton, John
Summary: Presents information about F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, covering how they may be used, the different versions that are being developed, and their specifications.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ABDO Pub. Co. 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The somber story of a world that needs war to survive is told with a combination of animated cut-scenes and voiced in-game sequences during battle. After decades of constant war and fighting, the world has finally come to a lasting peace.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: XSeed Games 2008