Osprey Publishing have announced two incoming titles scheduled for November.

Ki-27 ‘Nate’ Aces
Series: "Aircraft of the Aces 103”
Author: Nicholas Millman
Illustrator: Ronnie Olsthoorn
Paperback
Release date: November 2012
Pages: 96
ISBN: 9781849086622

About this book
The Ki-27 achieved its first successes during the so-called ‘China Incident’. These were the glory days for the JAAF and many of the successful 97 Sen pilots went on to become the outstanding leaders and veteran aces of the Pacific War. Initially facing more modern Allied types of fighter, the 97 Sen was more than able to hold its own by exploiting its outstanding aerobatic qualities. But the writing was on the wall for unarmoured aircraft as the Allies consolidated and began their fight back. By 1943 it was considered obsolete but was still being encountered in combat by Allied pilots, especially in the air defence role. The Ki-27 also found an important secondary role as an armed fighter trainer, equipping an important number of training units and flying schools, but was essentially retired from combat. This book tells the complete story of this special aircraft and its part in Japanese military history.

Contents:

• Action Over China 1938-41
  
• Above the Khalkin Gol
  
• Offensive Against the West – Hong Kong, Malaya and Burma
  
• The Offensive Against the West – The Philippines and the East Indies
  
• Consolidation and Defence – The Belligerent Trainer
  
• In Foreign Lands
  
• Appendices (-Ace Listing -Colour Plates Commentary)

US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War
Combat Aircraft 94
Author: Peter Davies
Illustrator: Jim Laurier
Paperback
Relese date: November 2012
Pages: 96
ISBN: 9781849087513

About this book
Twenty-five US Marine Corps squadrons flew versions of the Phantom II and 11 of them used the aircraft in South-East Asia from May 1965 through to early 1973. Rather than the air-to-air missiles that were the main component in the original F-4 armament, these aircraft carried an ever-expanding range of weaponry. Some toted 24,500-lb bombs and others strafed with up to three 20 mm gun pods, while most flew daily sorties delivering napalm, Snakeye bombs and big Zuni rockets. Many US Marines holding small outpost positions in Laos and South Vietnam against heavy Viet Cong attack owed their lives to the Phantom II pilots who repeatedly drove off the enemy. The book will examine these missions in the context of US Marine Corps close-support doctrine, using the direct experience of a selection of the aircrew who flew and organised those missions.

Contents

• Origins
  
• Early Days
  
• Heavy Fighting
  
• Hard Slog
  
• Recce Jets
  
• Appendices: USMC F-4 wartime squadron deployments; dates and bases; F-4
  
• RF-4 basic specifications and performance data.

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