The World Airpower Compendium

<p>In today's rapidly changing world a current accurate and easily accessible data base of all the world's airpower assets is valuable to military students educators and war gaming professionals alike. The World Airpower Compendium provides a comprehensive picture of the airpower assets of all the world's nations as of April 1996. This unclassified database couples accurate up to date aircraft inventories with a description of how nations distribute organize and use their air assets. The resulting computer product developed using Assymetrix Corporation's Toolbook software rivals many of today's prominent air power references. The Toolbook uniquely integrates large volumes of dispersed and difficult to find information into a single easy to use product. It provides a wealth of information at the click of a mouse button.Initially this year's team collected data from leading unclassified sources and used various techniques to resolve data conflicts among these sources. The resulting compilation of aircraft inventories represents the most accurate estimates currently available. A narrative describing organization and distribution of a nation's air assets the fin flash/roundel found on its military aircraft and current trend information for each nation were combined with this inventory data to provide a complete picture of each nation's air power situation. All this information was then incorporated into a Toolbook application that is easy to use attractive and entertaining.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>