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COLORS &MARKINGS OF THE
THE COLORS & MARKINGS SERIES
The Colors & Markings Series has been designed to ciflc format of the book. In some cases the book may
provide an ongoing affordable series of pUblications cover a specific time frame or a given numbered air
covering the paint schemes, squadron markings, force. The active Air Force units that operated the
special insignias, and nose art carried by many of the aircraft may be the focus of one book, while Air
most important aircraft in aviation history. National Guard units will be featured in another. In
short, the format and scope of each book will be
Most books in this series will have sixty-four pages, narrowed so that good coverage can be presented.
and approximately one-quarter of the pictures will However, it must be noted that it is impossible to
usually be in color. When older aircraft are presented, provide definitive, much plete, coverage of a
and extensive color coverage is not available, there given aircraft in a sixty-four page book. To do so is
will be less color, but more black and white photo• not our goal, but we do intend to provide as extensive
graphs. Except for the front cover, no artist paintings coverage as possible in a continuing softbound ser•
will be used to show color, since these are notorious ies, and offered at a price even the reader on a budget
for having errors. When color photographs are not can afford. In order to include as many photographs
available, captions for the black and white photos will as possible, no extensive narrative will be included to
extensively describe the colors involved. We believe cover the developmental or operational history of the
this will provide more accurate information than aircraft. This is usually better provided in books
artists' renditions. But in most cases, there will be designed primarily to present such information. This
approximately 50 color photographs for a price under series will have only a