Beyond the Wild Blue A History of the U.S. Air Force, 1947-1997 [Paperback]

From the most important leaders and the most courageous victories to the earliest machines of flight and the most advanced Stealth technology, this book presents a fascinating look at 50 turbulent years of Air Force history.

Walter J. Boyneis the former director of the National Air & Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Boyne's books have made both the fiction and the nonfiction bestseller lists ofThe New York Times. His novelsRoaring ThunderandSupersonic Thundercover the first forty-four years of jet aviation. His critically acclaimed nonfiction book,Dawn Over Kitty Hawk, recounts the story of the Wright Brothers. A retired Air Force Colonel, Boyne was enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame class of 2007.