Air Vanguard Books in Order

Air Vanguard contains 22 books, published between 1911 and 2016. The first book is Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird (1911) and the newest is USN McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
1911–2016
Pages on record
64 in 1 of 22 books

Air Vanguard is a military aviation line, with military airplanes, the Second World War, German aerial operations and the Stuka dive bomber among its subjects. All 22 catalogued volumes carry a credit other than a listed series author: Peter E. Davies on 4, Paul F. Crickmore and Martyn Chorlton on 3 each, James F. Miller, Alexander Mladenov and James D'Angina on 2 each, and Richard Chasemore on 1. Each title names an aircraft type, among them Sopwith Camel, Curtiss P-40, Hawker Hurricane Mk I-V, Albatros D.I-D.II and Republic F-105 Thunderchief, all dated 2012 or 2013. USN McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II (2016) is the most recent, and the median volume is 64 pages.

How many Air Vanguard books are there?

Air Vanguard has 22 books, released between 1911 and 2016.

Air Vanguard Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Air Vanguard books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird1911 · confirmed 1/4
    1911
  2. 2
    General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark1997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997
  3. 3
    Republic F-105 Thunderchief2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012
  4. 4
    Allison-Engined P-51 Mustang2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012
  5. 5
    Sopwith Camel2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012
  6. 6
    Hawker Hurricane Mk I–V2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  7. 72013
  8. 8
    Albatros D.I–D.II2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  9. 9
    Curtiss P-402013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  10. 10
    Martin B-26 Marauder2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  11. 11
    Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  12. 12
    Junkers Ju 87 Stuka2014 · 64 pages · confirmed 1/4
    201464
  13. 13
    Lockheed A-122014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014
  14. 14
    Albatros D.III2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014
  15. 15
    Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-212014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014
  16. 162014
  17. 17
    Vought F4U Corsair2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014
  18. 182015
  19. 19
    Mitsubishi A6M Zero2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015
  20. 20
    Avro Lancaster2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015
  21. 212015
  22. 222016

Where to start with Air Vanguard

Start with Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird (1911), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Air Vanguard book?

USN McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II (2016) is the newest Air Vanguard book released so far.

Is there a new Air Vanguard book coming?

No next Air Vanguard book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Air Vanguard at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Air Vanguard title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Air Vanguard books have appeared about one every 5 years on average.
Length
64 pages across the 1 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 64 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Air Vanguard books, 20 of 22, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 22 titles, 4 are credited to Peter E. Davies, 3 to Paul F. Crickmore, 3 to Martyn Chorlton and 2 to James F. Miller. A further 9 writers are credited.

What the Air Vanguard books are about

1 of the 22 Air Vanguard books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Airplanes, military 1 of 1 books
  • German Aerial operations 1 of 1 books
  • History 1 of 1 books
  • Stuka (bombers) 1 of 1 books
  • Stuka (Dive bomber) 1 of 1 books
  • World War, 1939-1945 1 of 1 books