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The book, Fighters Of The United States Air Force, represents an illustrated survey of every fighter used by the Army Air Corps and later the United States Air Force, from the early World War I pursuit aero planes up to modern, multi-role warplanes and the Stealth Fighter. "Fighter Of The United States" recounts the history of the planes of the United States Air Force, fighter by fighter, from its beginning in the skies of World War I Europe, to the same skies in World War II along with the Pacific and North Africa combat theaters to the skies over war-torn Korea and later Vietnam. In all, over 170 aircraft types are reviewed with major types receiving additional large-scale, three-view diagrams and detailed cut-away drawings. The major sections of this book are as follows: 1) Baptism of Fire; 2) Political Struggle; 3) Hawks High; 4) Enter the Monoplane; 5) Build-up to War; 6) The Whirlwind Strikes; 7) War in Europe; 8) Wartime Developments; 9) Enter the Jet Age; 10) Korea - Jet Age War; 11) The Century Series; 12) The Century Series Goes to War; 13) Vietnam to Tomorrow and 14) Index. In addition to the an informative narrative, "Fighters Of The United States Air Force" includes the following features: 1) Approximately 155 black and white photographs; 2) About 100 color photographs; 3) About 149 color illustrations and 4) 17 cut-away three dimension illustrations. This book is 224 pages and is in excellent condition. The authors are Robert F. Dorr and David Donald. Edition published in 1990.