Today, modern military aircraft of the US armed forces are wearing perhaps the drabbest colour schemes ever seen in the history of the USAF and US Navy. However, during the height of the Cold War in the 1960s and 70s a riot of garish schemes adorned all manner of types, ranging from Century Series interceptors to mundane transport and utility aircraft.
Illustrated with 120 full-colour photographs of aircraft on the ground and in the air, this book takes a visual tour of the aircraft in service with the USAF and US Navy in the late '50s and early '60s. It is the period between the end of the Korean War and the first engagement in Vietnam, when more types of aircraft were in service than at any time since 1945. The book also describes the specifications and markings of a large number of fighters, bombers and other types of planes.