GREAT PLANES OF THE COLD WAR VOLUME 1 Great Planes of the Cold War profiles in detail - the most important American warplanes of the era. Each profile features a full technical tour of the aircraft, personal recollections by veterans, and exciting archival film footage. SR-71 Black Bird Breaking records for speed and sustained altitude, the SR-71 spy plane was one of the United States Air Force s best-kept secrets of the 1960s. Its technology and achievements astounded even the experts of the day. F-84 Thunderjet The Thunderjet was USAF s main strike aircraft during the Korean War and the first fighter aircraft capable of delivering a nuclear bomb. F-100 Super Sabre In 1953, supersonic flight came of age when the U.S. Air Force received its fleet of F-100 Super Sabres. After four years of development, the F-100 ushered in a new era, breaking both the subsonic and the supersonic world speed records. F-104 Starfighter The F-104 Starfighter was a mainstay of the U.S. Air Force fighter arsenal for nearly three decades. Its design was innovative and controversial - but influenced all the fighters that followed. Bell UH-1 Huey One sight and one sound personified the Vietnam War more than any other. The Bell UH-1 Iroquois Helicopter, universally known as the Huey, remains the definitive icon of American involvement in Vietnam.