From the Duke Hawkins series of books from HMH Publications come two new books on two of the slickest jets in the USAF, the B-1B & F-15E. We look at a bunch of information & images from these two books to show us what's inside in our preview...
A brace of the B-1B & F-15E titles coming in hot from Duke Hawkins....
Available for shipment by the end of November 2022 are two huge books of some of the hottest jets currently flying with the USAF from Duke Hawkins.
DH-026 is a 196 page book giving you a unique portrait of the F-15E Strike Eagle. Filled with every detail of the aircraft, including the cockpit, landing gear, wings and fuselage, as well as spectacular action photos!
DH-027 is a 180 page book on the B-1B, the huge 4-engine supersonic bomber of the USAF. This is an awesome aircraft in many ways and this shows in this book, both in action and in detail.
F-15E Strike Eagle
By Dave Chng
HMH Publications
DH-026
Over 450 photos
196 pages
This book is in the English language.
Softcover,
Size: 240 mm x 240 mm, high quality paper.
Available for 32,50 Euro
Available by the end of November 2022
Ever since the F-15E Strike Eagle was introduced into the US Air Force, the aircraft proved to be a highly reliable fighter jet, capable of taking a huge load of weapons on missions. No less than 19 weapons stations are available, not even counting the stations for the sniper and electronics pods underneath the air intakes. This book includes detail photos of every part of the aircraft, from the tip of the radome to the very end of the vertical tails.
The action photos in this book show just how agile, manoeuvrable and fast the Strike Eagle actually is. Photos taken of F-15Es passing fast and low through the Mach Loop are combined with action from all Strike Eagle units active today.
A huge chapter of over 20 pages shows both cockpits of the Strike Eagle in every detail. No detail is overlooked, from the huge Head-Up Display to the Aces II Ejection Seat.This book shows the details of the entire fuselage, wings, vertical and horizontal tails, landing gear and arrestor hook. The interior of the speed brake is not forgotten and we even take you into the maintenance hangar! Included in this book are the F-15K (Korea), F-15I (Israel), F-15SG (Singapore) and even F-15QA (Qatar)
B-1B Lancer
By Dave Chng
HMH Publications
DH-027
180 pages
This book is in the English language.
Softcover,
Size: 240 mm x 240 mm, high quality paper.
Available for 31 Euro
Available by the end of November 2022
This huge book - 180 pages !! - brings a complete portrait of the Rockwell - now Boeing - B-1B Lancer, the USAF’s large swing-wing bomber, equipped with 4 high performance engines, allowing it to fly supersonic. It is the only bomber of this size capable of flying at this speed. The aircraft is designed to fly at very low altitudes into enemy territory.
There isn’t a detail that is overlooked in this book; every part of the fuselage, wings, landing gear, vertical and horizontal tails are mixed with spectacular action photographs from aircraft based at Dyess Air Force Base or Ellsworth Air Force Base.Flying at low level through the mountains; this is what the aircraft is made for and at which the crews train a lot. Spectacular action photos show the aircraft as never before! A huge chapter in this book is dedicated to the cockpit of the B-1B. We show every detail of the front and the back cockpit of the 4 crew members. As with every one of the Duke Hawkins books, an extensive maintenance chapter is included, showing some rarely seen details! These photos were taken at Ellsworth AFB by Dave Chng.
