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1840371633 pdf In many ways, the years covered by Martin Bowman's book were glory years for military fighters. Dozens of innovative, pioneering and downright awesome designs were put into service in air forces around the world. Then too those 'fast movers' were painted in colorful, exciting paint schemes, the like of which we will never see again. FAST JET FIGHTERS, 1948-1978 is a marvelous photographic tribute to those long-ago fighter aircraft. Within the book's pages, fighter buffs will find a smorgasbord of Free World fighters. Included in the fighters covered are: USAF P-80s, F-105s and F-15s ADC F-106s USN F9Fs and F-8s USMC Skyknights X-planes like the X-1E and Skystreak RAF Javelins and Hunters FAA Scimitars RNAF F-104s GAF F-86s German Navy Sea Hawks JASDF F-4s HAF RF-84s SAAF Mirages French Naval Air Service Venoms RCAF CF-101s and so on. Many of the photos are full page and are well-captioned.