V etoi knige sobrana informatciia obo vsekh osnovnykh modeliakh sovremennykh voennykh samoletov i vertoletov, sostoiashchikh na vooruzhenii u armii mira, a takzhe o noveishikh razrabotkakh mashin, kotorye uvidiat svet lish v sleduiushchikh desiatiletiiakh. Takzhe zdes rasskazyvaetsia i o predshestvennikakh nyneshnei aviatcii, uchastvovavshikh v mirovykh voinakh i v Ð"«kholodnomÐ"» protivostoianii krupneishikh derzhav, davshikh moshchneishie tolchki v razvitii letnoi tekhniki.