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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 19

Russia
    Bell airplanes for, 319, 320, 321 – 22, 321, 354–55
    Boeing airplanes for, 244, 244, 508–9
    Convair (Consolidated) airplanes for, 253, 365, 365, 371
    Curtiss (Curtiss-Wright) airplanes for, 184, 298, 306
    De Havilland airplanes for, 21
    Douglas airplanes for, 97, 204, 206–7
    Fokker airplanes for, 57

    Martin airplanes for, 227, 227
    North American airplanes for, 260, 260, 333
    Northrop airplanes for, 189, 189
    Republic airplanes for, 331
    Seversky airplanes for, 279, 279, 280
    U.S. airplanes for, 170
    Vought airplanes for, 408
    Vultee airplanes for, 195
Russian airplanes
    in World War I
      bombers, 37, 207
    in World War II
      attack planes, 199
      bombers, 227, 229
      fighters, 174, 195, 207, 298
    Cold War, 490
RY-3 (British), 253
Ryan airplanes. See F2R; FR-1; O-51

S
S-1, 136
S-1 bombsight, 250
S-2 (S2F: Tracker), 643, 644–46, 647
S-2A (S2F-1: Tracker), 645, 645
S-2B (Tracker), 645, 646
S-2C (S2F-2: Tracker), 645, 646
S-2D (S2F-3: Tracker), 645, 645
S2C-1 (Navy), 187, 400–401, 400
S-2E (S2F-3S: Tracker), 645–46, 646
S2F (S-2: Tracker), 643, 644–46, 647
S2F-1 (S-2A: Tracker), 645, 645
S2F-2 (S-2C: Tracker), 645, 646
S2F-3 (S-2D: Tracker), 645, 645
S2F-3S (S-2E: Tracker), 645–46, 646
S2G (Tracker), 646, 646
S2L-1 (Navy), 398, 398
S2L-2 (Navy), 398
S2U-1, 645
S-3 (Curtiss), 26, 26
S-3 (Lockheed: Viking), 643, 646–48
S-3A (Viking), 646–47, 646
S-3B (Viking), 648, 648
S3C-1 (Navy: O3C-1: Seagull), 141, 141, 400, 401, 402
S-4, 26
S-4B, 26
S-4C, 26, 27
S4C-1 (Navy: F12C-1), 420, 220, 445, 445, 450
S-6, 26
S-37 (Guardian), 48
S-37B (RS-3), 47–48, 48, 109
S-38A (PS-2), 108, 110
S-44, 374
SA-2 missile (Guideline), 573, 665, 673
SA-7 missile, 665
SAAB B-5B, 192, 192
Sabre. See F-86 (P-86)
Sabre (British), 537, 537
Sabrejet. See F-86
Saddletree program, 507
SAGE data link system, 578, 583
Salmson airplanes, 4, 10, 17, 18
    2A2, 17, 17
SALT II, 708
SAM missiles. See missiles: surface-to-air

Saudi Arabia
   Douglas airplanes for, 492
   McDonnell Douglas airplanes for, 695, 696
   North American airplanes for, 538
Savage. See A-2
Savoia airplanes, 228
SB (Russian), 199, 227, 386, 457
SB2A (Buccaneer), 427, 428–31
SB2A-1, 428, 429–31, 429, 431
SB2A-2, 429–31, 430, 431
SB2A-3, 429, 431
SB2A-4, 430, 431
SB2A-5, 434
SB2C (Helldiver), 173, 431–34, 441
SB2C-1, 170, 212, 428, 431–32, 431
SB2C-1A, 212, 432
SB2C-1C, 432, 432, 433
SB2C-2, 432, 432
SB2C-3, 432, 432, 433
SB2C-4, 432, 433
SB2C-4E, 432, 434
SB2C-5, 432, 433, 442
SB2C-6, 432
SB2D-1, 438–39
SB2U, 422–25
SB2U-1, 422–23, 422, 423, 426, 447
SB2U-2, 423, 423, 426
SB2U-3 (Vindicator), 423–25, 424
SB3C-1, 220, 439
SB3U-1, 422, 422
SB-17G (B-17H), 243
SB-29, 507
SBA-1, 428, 428
SBC, 183, 420
SBC-1 (F12C-1), 420, 420, 445, 445, 450
SBC-2, 420, 420
SBC-3, 420, 420, 422, 422, 426
SBC-4, 421, 422, 426
SBD (Dauntless), 210, 408, 415, 419, 425, 426–28, 436, 438
SBD-1, 417, 426, 426, 428
SBD-2, 426, 426, 427, 428
SBD-2P, 427
SBD-3, 426–27, 427, 428
SBD-3P, 427
SBD-3A, 210, 426–27
SBD-3P, 427
SBD-4, 428, 435
SBD-4A, 210
SBD-4P, 427
SBD-5, 210, 212, 427, 427, 428, 431–32
SBD-6, 427, 427
SBF-1, 420, 420, 433
SBF-3, 433
SBF-4E, 433
SBN-1, 428, 429
Stout ST, 117, 118
Strategic Air Command, 490, 491, 500, 507–18, 530, 543, 559, 568, 570, 654, 657, 704, 707, 713
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, 708
Strategic Command, 713
Strategic Integrated Operating Plan (SIOP), 500
Stratofortress. See B-52
Stratojet. See B-47
SU-1 (Navy: Corsair), 393, 395
SU-2 (Navy: Corsair), 393–94, 394
SU-3 (Navy: Corsair), 393–94, 393, 395
SU-4 (Navy: Corsair), 394–95, 395, 397
Su-22 (Iraqi), 695, 696
Su-25 (Iraqi), 695
submarines
   World War I operations against, 99–102
   World War II operations against, 233, 240, 253, 368, 369, 370–71, 372, 373, 374, 384, 385, 386, 387, 390, 428,
   435–36
   Cold War detection and defense against, 587–88, 590–91, 593–94, 598, 599, 643–48
     Korean War operations against, 644
     Persian Gulf War operations against, 648

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