The first few pages of each issue (usually 4 or 5) were dedicated to the History of Aviation which also covered Commercial Aviation and current (as in early 1980s) air power (Air Power Today).
The History of Aviation began in issue 1 with a 7 part series on the Vietnam War. Most of the History of Aviation was taken up with warfare especially World War II starting with the Blitzkrieg in issue 8 and ending with defeat of Japan in issue 156. The coverage of World War 2 also included surveys of different combat roles and aircraft types.
World War I was also covered as was the Korean War, Spanish Civil War, Post-WW2 Colonial conflicts and the Arab-Israeli Wars. In later issues the Cold War was covered in depth.
Air Power Today covered the current (1980s) military situation with surveys of different types of military aircraft and combat roles and regional surveys of airpower around the world.
The history of Commercial Aviation was also covered in a multi-part series starting with the earliest commercial air flights and ending with general aviation and microlights near the very end of the Encyclopedia's run.
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