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American Combat Planes of the 20th Century is an incredible reference for anyone who is interested in any American Combat Plane History. There are 758 pages and 1700 b/w photos in this substantial labor of love by Ray Wagner, who has been passionately researching and writing about aircraft for over 50 years. Whether you are already familiar with his past works, or just discovering this accomplished author for the first time... This is the book that you've been waiting for!

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AMERICAN COMBAT PLANES
OF THE 20th CENTURY

INDEX 11

Indo-Pakistani wars, 538, 580
inflight refueling. See air refueling
Ingalls, David, 145, 156
Intruder. See A-6
Invader. See A-26
Iran
Curtiss (Curtiss-Wright) airplanes for, 289
Grumman airplanes for, 692, 692
Lockheed airplanes for, 599, 600
McDonnell airplanes for, 684–85
Northrop airplanes for, 687
Republic airplanes for, 331
Iraq Douglas airplanes for, 192
no-fly zones, 713
North American airplanes for, 340
Israel Boeing airplanes for, 244
Douglas airplanes for, 666, 666, 667
General Dynamics airplanes for, 699
McDonnell airplanes for, 685
McDonnell Douglas airplanes for, 694–95, 694, 696
Italian airplanes
World War I, 4
   ; bombers, 37, 39 World War II
   bombers, 228
   fighters, 280
Italy (including co-belligerent forces)
Bell airplanes for, 322
Curtiss airplanes for, 434
Grumman airplanes for, 645
Lockheed airplanes for, 580
Martin airplanes for, 210
McDonnell airplanes for, 677
North American airplanes for, 339, 537, 547
Republic airplanes for, 529, 530

J
J-1 engine, 14, 56, 146
J2F-2A (Duck), 399, 400
J-3 engine, 130
J-5 engine, 150
J9 (Swedish), 280, 281
J30 engine, 617, 621
J31 engine (I-16), 352, 475, 500
J33 engine (I-40), 500, 520, 522–23, 522, 544–45, 548, 592, 621
J34 engine, 476, 500, 538, 541, 590, 618, 619, 623, 624, 636
5 engine (formerly TG-180), 515, 525, 533, 549, 551, 552, 553–54, 559, 618, 619, 626, 627
J40 engine, 610, 627, 630, 635, 636
J42 engine, 621, 635
J46 engine, 624, 626, 636
J47 engine, 515, 533, 538, 543–44, 547, 551, 554, 556, 559, 632
J48 engine, 543, 548, 623
J52 engine, 613, 615
J57 engine, 499, 500, 561, 563–64, 571, 573, 575, 578, 581, 584, 610, 627, 638
J58 engine, 656–57
J60 engine, 561
J65 engine, 527, 578, 612, 632, 637, 667
J67 engine, 575, 576
J71 engine, 549, 562, 596, 630
J73 engine, 569
J75 engine, 499, 570, 581, 583, 586, 597, 657, 679
J79 engine, 569, 578, 613, 628, 637, 679, 698
J85 engine, 661, 685
J93 engine, 586, 703
J101 engine, 700
Jabara, Maj. James, 534
Jaguar. See F10F
Japan
Boeing airplanes for, 69, 154
Douglas airplanes for, 236
Convair (Consolidated) airplanes for, 114
General Motors airplanes for, 437
Lockheed airplanes for, 580, 580, 581, 591, 599
McDonnell airplanes for, 685
McDonnell Douglas airplanes for, 695
North American airplanes for, 537, 548
Northrop airplanes for, 189, 189, 425
Seversky airplanes for, 279, 280
Vought airplanes for, 138, 276

Japanese airplanes in World War II
bombers, 229, 232
fighters, 276
JATO (jet-assisted takeoff) rockets, 378, 379, 557
See also rocket engines
JD-1 (Navy), 492
JD-1D (Navy), 492
Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) glider bombs, 713, 715
jet-assisted takeoff, 378, 379
jet planes
1st to fly from U.S. carrier, 617
World War II
bombers, 220
fighters, 352–53, 475
Cold War, 515, 617
bombers, 551–70
Jezebel (submarine detection system), 591, 645
JF-30 engine, 690
JF-105B, 581
JL-6, 23
JL-12, 23, 23
JM-1, 265
JM-2, 267
JN-3, 3
JN-4, 3
Johnson, C. L. “Kelly”, 307, 384, 498, 520, 578, 654, 656
Johnson, Lyndon, 561, 685
Johnson, Robert, 329
Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) glider bombs, 713, 715
Joint Strike Fighter, 716
Jordan, Lockheed airplanes for, 579–80
JRM-1, 382
JSF119 engine, 716
Ju 88: 298
Julie (acoustic system), 591, 645
Junkers airplanes, 23, 228
Junkers-Larsen JL-6, 23
Junkers-Larsen JL-12, 23, 23
Jupiter VII engine, 156

K
K engine, 55
K-12 engine, 32
KA-3B, 611
KA-6D, 668, 668
Kaiser (Kaiser-Fleetwings) airplanes. See A-39; BTK-1
Kartveli, Alexander (1896-1974), 276, 323, 324, 525, 581
Kashmir War, 1965: 561
Kawasaki airplanes, P2V production, 592
KB-29, 508
KB-29M, 508, 511
KB-29P, 508, 509, 512, 527, 555
KB-47G, 558
KB-50J, 512
KB-50K, 512
KC-10A, 709
KC-97, 508, 557, 558, 565
KC-97E, 527
KC-135, 565, 568
KCA-135A, 583
Kelsey, 1st Lt. Benjamin, 284n. 291, 307
Kennedy, John F., 500, 703
Kenney, Gen. George C., 486–87, 514
Keystone airplanes (formerly Huff Daland)
biplanes, 570
bombers, 42, 44–45, 44, 45, 48–52, 222–23, 224
designations of, 106
OA-2 (O-10) production, 81, 82
See also B-1; B-5A; B-908; HB-1; HB-3; LB-1; LB-3; LB-5; LB-6; O-15; O-37; OK-1; OL-9
Keystone-Loening airplanes. See Loening airplanes
KF-16, 699
Kfir (Israeli), 698, 699
Ki-20, 229
Kingcobra. See P-63
Kingfisher. See OS2
Kirkham, Charles, 32, 145
Kittyhawk (British: H87A), 299, 299, 300, 301
Kittyhawk (British: P-40), 303, 305–6, 333, 468
Knaack, Marcelle, 703n
Korea. See South Korea

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