Dragons And Jet Fighters

Amelia learns how to make magical origami dragons to battle Greg's jet fighters - and to win back a missing page from the magical sketch book.

As China continues its rise as a world power, there is growing interest in its military aviation. Very little has been published in the past on the subject because of the difficulty of obtaining information, but aviation authors Tony Buttler and Andreas Rupprecht have been researching this subject together for a number of years, both from the perspective of their interest in the Chinese aircraft and also through an interest in Chinese secret aviation projects. They have now amassed enough material to put together a book on Chinese fighter and bomber aircraft development since Mao’s Communist Party took control of the country in 1949. The book examines the design and development of the country’s major military combat aircraft (fighters, bombers, attack aircraft, antisubmarine) since the industry became established after the Second World War, plus a good number of design proposals which, for whatever reason, were rejected or abandoned. The text is supplemented with photographs, line drawings, and color artwork of the aircraft.

"CD-ROM containing these and 34 other such documents"--Introd.

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Battles are raging in both worlds and time is rapidly running out. With Ze'ev creating a massive army to invade the human world, and Uhila-Ruark hell-bent on destroying Onani once again; this is Emily's last chance. With her new weapon and new skills she is ready to take on evil, and end it once and for all. But with her dragon friends trapped in the human world, and her other friends spread throughout the land fighting their own battles, the odds are stacking up against her. and just to make matters worse, the military have found their way into the dragon world. Two evil dragons and an entire army against one fourteen year old girl isn't very fair-but everyone knows that Emily Sutton is not an ordinary fourteen year old girl. the fate of both worlds is on her shoulders.

Western historians have long speculated about Chinese military intervention in the Vietnam War. It was not until recently, however, that newly available international archival materials, as well as documents from China, have indicated the true extent and level of Chinese participation in the conflict of Vietnam. For the first time in the English language, this book offers an overview of the operations and combat experience of more than 430,000 Chinese troops in Indochina from 1968-73. The Chinese Communist story from the "other side of the hill" explores one of the missing pieces to the historiography of the Vietnam War. The book covers the chronological development and Chinese decision-making by examining Beijing's intentions, security concerns, and major reasons for entering Vietnam to fight against the U.S. armed forces. It explains why China launched a nationwide movement, in Mao Zedong's words, to "assist Vietnam and resist America" in 1965-72. It details PLA foreign war preparation, training, battle planning and execution, tactical decisions, combat problem solving, political indoctrination, and performance evaluations through the Vietnam War. International Communist forces, technology, and logistics proved to be the decisive edge that enabled North Vietnam to survive the U.S. Rolling Thunder bombing campaign and helped the Viet Cong defeat South Vietnam. Chinese and Russian support prolonged the war, making it impossible for the United States to win. With Russian technology and massive Chinese intervention, the NVA and NLF could function on both conventional and unconventional levels, which the American military was not fully prepared to face. Nevertheless, the Vietnam War seriously tested the limits of the communist alliance. Rather than improving Sino-Soviet relations, aid to North Vietnam created a new competition as each communist power attempted to control Southeast Asian communist movement. China shifted its defense and national security concerns from the U.S. to the Soviet Union.

What Wiz Zumalt could do with computers was magic on Earth. Then, one day the master computer hacker is called to a different world to help fight an evil known as the Black League. Suddenly, the Wiz finds himself in a place governed by magic--and in league with a red-headed witch who despises him.

After their entire fleet of F-14 Persian Tomcats had been destroyed by the United States, the Iranian government illegally purchases a squadron of F-16 "Dragon" fighter jets from Venezuela. Led by the remaining Tomcat pilot, Captain Abbas Ali, Iran deploys several fighter pilots to train in piloting its newest aircraft. The Iranians are committed to smuggling the aircraft back home to Iran via an ingenious method: deep inside the holds of enormous container ships. Will all of the aircraft make it to Iran before the United States discovers their plan? Meanwhile at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, the 55th Fighter Squadron "Shooters" is performing business as usual, flying sorties in their F-16 Fighting Falcons. Life on the flight line continues with the hijinks of the aircraft maintainers, as they work long hours to maintain the squadron's jets. A newcomer joins the Shooters and causes havoc between First Lieutenant Victoria "Crusher" MacMillan and her boyfriend, Staff Sergeant Christopher Gray. Will this signal the end of their relationship? The third novel in the Shooters Roll trilogy comes to an exciting, explosive conclusion as the Shooters are forced to confront the now Persian Dragons in a final fight to the end.