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Title Index
- Active Air Force Wings as of 1 October 1995 [Book]
- Aeroemblem Collector Reference Series [Lithographs]
- Air Force Bases Volume I: Active Air Force Bases Within the United States on 17 September 1982 [Book]
- Air Force Bases Volume II: Air Bases Outside the United States of America [Book]
- Air Force Collecting [Book]
- Air Force Colors [Book]
- Air Force Combat Units of World War II [Book]
- Air Force Combat Wings: Lineage & Honors Histories, 1947-1977 [Book]
- Air Force Heritage [Pamphlet]
- Air Force Magazine Almanac Issue [Periodical]
- Air Force Missile Patches [Book]
- Air Force Radar Patches [Book]
- Air Heraldry [Book]
- Air National Guard Pocket Patches [Book]
- Air Training Command Organization: A 30 Year View 1943-1974 [Book]
- Air Weather Service: Our Heritage 1937-1987 [Book]
- Airborne Patches of the 55th Wing & Attached Aircrews [Book]
- Airman Magazine Almanac Issue [Periodical]
- American Flight Jackets: A History of U.S. Flyers Jackets from World War II to Desert Storm [Book]
- Battle Colors: Insignia and Aircraft Markings of the U.S. Army Air Forces in WWII [Book]
- Cold War Legacy: A Tribute to the Strategic Air Command, 1946-1992 [Book]
- Combat Squadrons of the Air Force in World War II: History & Insignia [Book]
- Combatant Wings of the Tactical Air Forces [Book]
- The Comprehensive Guide to United States Air Force Pocket/Shoulder Insignia Motto Series [Book]
- The Comprehensive Illustrated Guide to United States Air Force Pocket/Shoulder Insignia Series [Book]
- Decorations, Medals, Ribbons, Badges & Insignia of the United States Air Force [Book]
- Defender: An Illustrated Guide to United States Air Force, Security Police and Security Forces Patch Insignia [Book]
- Defenders of Freedoms [Posters]
- Desert Uniforms, Patches, and Insignia of the US Armed Forces [Book]
- Disney Don’s Dogtags [Book]
- Disney During World War II: How the Walt Disney Studio Contributed to Victory in the War [Book]
- Distinctive Insignia of the U.S. Army Air Forces, 1924-1947 [Book]
- Fakes & Reproductions of the Vietnam War: A Guidebook for Collectors and Historians [Book]
- A Guide to Air Force Heraldry [Book]
- A Guide to Air Force Lineage & Honors [Book]
- A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organizations: 1946-1980 [Book]
- Historical Highlights: The United States Air Forces in Europe 1942-1997, 55th Anniversary Edition [Book]
- History & Lineage Of the F-117A Stealth Fighter Organizations [Book]
- History of Air Education & Training Command, 1943-2002 [Book]
- History of Air Training Command, 1943-1993 [Book]
- The Insignia Detective [Periodical]
- Lineage & Honors of the Operational Weather Squadrons [Book]
- I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to be Destroyed by Me [Book]
- Insignia and Decorations of the U.S. Armed Forces [Book]
- Into the Blue: Uniforms of the United States Air Force 1947 to the Present [Book]
- An Introduction to Insignia Collecting [Book]
- Lineage & Honors of the Operational Weather Squadrons [Book]
- The Mighty Eighth: Warpaint & Heraldry [Book]
- Military Patches [Book]
- More Silver Wings, Pinks & Greens: An Expanded Study of USAS, USAAC and USAAF Uniforms, Wings and Insignia, 1913-1945 [Book]
- The Newsletter of the American Society of Military Insignia Collectors [Periodical]
- Nighthawks: Insider’s Guide to the Heraldry and Insignia of the Lockheed F-117A Stealth Fighter [Book]
- Organization and Insignia of the American Expeditionary Force: 1917-1923 [Book]
- Organization & Lineage of the United States Air Force [Book]
- Pacific Air Forces, 1944-1994: Fifty Years in Defense of the Nation [Book]
- Poised for the New Millennium: The Global Reach of the Air Mobility Command A Chronology [Book]
- Republic’s A-10 Thunderbolt II [Book]
- A Salute to Air Force Communications Command Leaders & Lineage [Book]
- Service with Character: The Disney Studios & World War II [Book]
- Silver Wings, Pinks and Greens [Book]
- Squadron Insignia of the United States Air Force Academy [Book]
- Strategic Air Command Bomb Wings [Posters]
- Strategic Air Command Unit Mission & History Summaries [Book]
- Toons at War [Book]
- The Trading Post [Periodical]
- United States Air Force in Korea: Campaigns, Units & Stations, 1950-1953 [Book]
- United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978 [Book]
- The United States Air National Guard [Book]
- The United States Military Aviation Directory [Book]
- US Air Force Air Power Directory [Book]
- US Air Force: The New Century [Book]
- USAF Active Flying, Space and Missile Squadrons as of 1 October 1995 [Book]
- USAF F-15 Eagles: Units, Colors & Markings [Book]
- USAF Fighter Squadrons Before 1958 [Book]
- USAF Fighter-Interceptor Squadrons & Wings [Book]
- USAF Tactical Fighter Wings & Squadrons [Book]
- United States Army Air Service: Wing Badges – Uniforms and Insignia, 1913-1918 [Book]
- Walt Disney Treasures: Walt Disney on the Front Lines [DVD]
- World War II US Made, Fully Machine-Embroidered, Cut Edge, Shoulder Sleeve Insignia and How They Were Manufactured: A Collector’s Guide [Book]
- Yankee Air Pirates: U.S. Air Force Uniforms and Memorabilia of the Vietnam War [Book]