Jane's World Combat Aircraft, Michael John Haddrick Taylor

According to Jane's All the World's Aircraft, there are currently about 70 combat aircraft under development and in production around the world.  The bible of aviation covers these types in great detail, and also refers to earlier variants no longer being built. 

But what if you need a full technical description of the McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle air-superiority fighter, which Jane's only mentions briefly before turning to the latest version, the F-15E?  Or if you would like to know more about the rotating bomb-bay door and boundary layer control of the Buccaneer strike aircraft, long since out of production but still serving in significant numbers with the RAF?  Or if you want the history of the best-selling Mirage III, which has now given way to the Mirage F.1 and 2000 on the assembly lines?  All this information and much more that has to be excluded from the annual Jane's for space reasons is here in World Combat Aircraft. 

Every major combat type in service with or planned for the world's air forces is to be found in this book. Each type is covered by a development history, technical description, performance data, photographs and a three view drawing.