Retired US Navy officer Peter Mersky is a full time editor of the US Navy’s aircraft safety magazine, and author of Combat Aircraft 7 F-8 Crusader Units of the Vietnam War. Tom has illustrated a number of books in both the Aces and Combat Aircraft series. He was the first artist to produce material for Osprey Aviation electronically. Tom's most recent work can be found in Aces 26 and Combat Aircraft 16 and 20