A photographic history spanning a century of innovation in military aviation, this book features forty of America's greatest combat aircraft from World War I and World War II to the modern era--the true warbirds. This collection captures the "greatest generation" of warbirds--the restored B-17 Flying Fortresses, B-24 Liberators, P-38 Lightnings, P-47 Thunderbolts, P-51 Mustangs, transports, trainers, bombers, and fighters--close-up at rest or flashing...