Publications – Books by Subject

Military History

  • 21st Century U.S. Airpower (with Jim Dunn) ISBN 978-0760320143, April 2004

  • Air Force One: The Aircraft of the Modern U.S. Presidency (with Robert F. Dorr) ISBN: 978-0760357996, March 2018

  • Bloody Skies: U.S. Eighth Air Force Battle Damage ISBN: 978-0811714556, December 2014

  • Blue Angels: 50 Years of Precision Flight (with Marga B. Fritze) ISBN 978-0760301388, June 1996

  • Blue Angels: A Fly-by History: 60 Years of Aerial Excellence ISBN 978-07060322161, March 2008

  • Convair PB4Y-2/P4Y-2 Privateer (with Steve Ginter) ISBN 978-0984611461, September 2012

  • D-Day: The Air and Sea Invasion of Normandy in Photos ISBN: 978-0811738095, June 2019

  • Giant Cargo Planes (with Jim Dunn) ISBN 978-0760305102, January 1999

  • High Desert Deployment: Navy Colors on Display at NAS Fallon (with Jim Dunn) ISBN: 978-1802823653, March 2023

  • Pearl Harbor Air Raid: The Japanese Attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet, December 7, 1941 ISBN: 978-0811718387, November 2016

  • Spyplanes: The Illustrated Guide to Manned Reconnaissance and Surveillance Aircraft from World War I to Today (with Norman Polmar, et. al.) ISBN: 978-0760350317, December 2016

  • Vought F4U Corsair: The Combat, Development, and Racing History of the Corsair (with John M. and Donna Campbell) ISBN 978-0879388546, January 1994

Navy/Nautical

  • Battlestations! American Warships of World War II in Color (with Armand H. Veronico) ISBN 978-0076030968, Jan 2001

  • Hidden Warships: Finding World War II’s Abandoned, Sunk, and Preserved Warships ISBN: 978-0760347560, July 2015

  • World War II Shipyards by the Bay ISBN 978-0738547176, February 2007

Warbirds and Post-War Scrapping

  • AMARG: America’s Strategic Military Aircraft Reserve (with Jim Dunn) ISBN: 978-1913870614, June 2022

  • AMARG: America’s Military Aircraft Boneyard (with Ron Strong) ISBN 978-1580071390, February 2010

  • Boneyard Nose Art: U.S. Military Aircraft Markings and Artwork (with Jim Dunn and Ron Strong) ISBN 978-0811713083, November 2013

  • Hidden Warbirds: The Epic Stories of Finding, Recovering, and Restoring Lost Aircraft ISBN 978-07603344095, June 2013

  • Hidden Warbirds II: More Epic Stories of Finding, Recovering, and Rebuilding WWII’s Lost Aircraft ISBN 978-0760346013, June 2014

  • Military Aircraft Boneyards (with A. Kevin Grantham and Scott Thompson) ISBN 978-07060308202, November 2000

  • P-51 Mustang Warbirds (with Jim Dunn, David L. Leininger) ISBN: 978-1802823011, January 2023

Aviation History/Air Racing

  • 1001 Aviation Facts (with Hank Caruso, et. al.) ISBN: 978-1580072441, October 2017

  • Fly Past Fly Present: A Celebration of Preserved Aviation (with Walt Boyne, et. al.) ISBN 978-1854092267, June 1995

  • Images of Aviation: Moffett Field ISBN 978-0738531324, May 2006

  • Raceplanes Tech, Vol. 2: Racing Bearcats and Corsairs (with A. Kevin Grantham) ISBN 978-1580071857, August 2002

  • Raceplanes Tech, Vol. 1: Griffon-Powered Mustangs (with A. Kevin Grantham) ISBN 978-1580071848, October 2000

  • Castle Air Museum (A Guide to the aircraft of) Library of Congress catalog no. 85-61007, January 1985

  • Travis Air Force Museum (A Guide to the aircraft of) 1988

  • March Field Museum (A Guide to the aircraft of) Library of Congress catalog no. 87-60603, January 1987

Aircraft Crashes, Crash Sites & Wreckchasing

  • Wreckchasing 102: Exploring Military and Commercial Aircraft Crash Sites (with Ian Abbott, et. al.) ISBN 978-0963633231, October 2023

  • Wreckchasing 101: A Guide to Finding Aircraft Crashes and Crash Sites (with Ed Davies, et. al.) ISBN 978-0983060642, March 2011

  • Wreckchasing 2: Commercial Aircraft Crashes (with Ed Davies, et. al.) ISBN 978-0962673030, August 1998

  • Wreckchasing: A Guide To Finding Aircraft Crash Sites (with Ed Davies, et. al) ISBN 978-0-9636332-0-0, April 1993

Commercial Aviation

  • Airliner Tech, Vol. 12: Convair Twins (with William T. Larkins) ISBN 978-1580070737, November 2005

  • Airliner Tech, Vol. 9: Boeing 377 Stratocruiser ISBN 978-1580071796, August 2001

  • Airliners in Flight: A Gallery of Air-to-Air Photography (with George Hall) ISBN 978-0760302156, January 1997

  • Douglas DC-3: Sixty Years and Counting (with Ed Davies and Scott Thompson) ISBN 978-0963754349, January 1995

  • Junkyard Jets (with J. Douglas Scroggins III) ISBN 978-0983060611, June 2011

Art History

  • Depression-era Murals of the Bay Area (with Brett Casadonte, et. al) ISBN 978-1467131445, April 2014

  • Depression-Era Sculpture of the Bay Area (with Betty S. Veronico) ISBN: 978-1467125741, August 2017

Local History

  • Images of America: Menlo Park (with Janet McGovern, et. al.) ISBN: 978-1467133722, July 2015

  •  Images of America: Redwood City (with B. S. Veronico and Reg and Janet McGovern) ISBN 978-0738559247, October 2008

  • Images of America: San Carlos (with Betty S. Veronico)

    ISBN 978-0738547930, September 2007

  • Redwood City: Then and Now (with Betty S. Veronico and Reg and Janet McGovern) ISBN 978-1531638221, October 2010

  • Images of America: Lost Gas Stations of San Mateo County (with Bruce C. Cumming) ISBN: 978-1-4671-0000-7

Cited in other works

According to the website Academia.com, my books have been cited in more than 25 peer-reviewed journal papers.

Invited Talks

  • “Searching for Lost Aircraft in the San Francisco Bay Area” Moffett Field Museum, Mountain View, California,  June 26, 2024

  • 10th Wreckchasing Symposium Symposium Moderator, Yanks Air Museum, Chino, California, March 18,2024

  • “Wreckchasing: Aircraft Lost and Found” Experimental Aircraft Association, Chapter 1541 Lincoln, California, April 2023

  • “AMARG: America’s Strategic Aircraft Reserve” Experimental Aircraft Association, Chapter 168 Dallas, Texas, June 2022

  • “Evolution of the B-17’s Tail Guns” Hiller Aviation Museum, San Carlos, California, April 28, 2021

  • “Evolution of the B-17’s Tail Guns” 390th Bomb Group Memorial Museum, Tucson, Arizona, January 2021

  • Scholarly Saturdays – Hidden Warships  Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum, Everett, WA, May 5, 2018

  • “Accounting for the Aircraft Losses at Pearl Harbor” 7th International Wreckchasing Symposium, Pueblo, Colorado Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, September 25, 2016

  • “Searching for Hidden Warbirds” Aviation Archaeology Symposium, The Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA, March 2015

  • “Hidden Warbirds: Recent Recoveries of World War II Aircraft” Society for Aviation History, Pleasant Hill, California, October 2014

  • “Wreckchasing: Searching for Lost World War II Aircraft” Aviation Archaeology Symposium, The Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA, March 2014

  • “How Much Did They Make: Scrapping the World War II Aircraft at Altus, Cal-Aero, Clinton, Kingman, and Walnut Ridge” Conference of Historic Aviation Writers XIV, St. Louis, Missouri, October 2009

TV and Radio Appearances

  • The Steven Spierer Show, Talk Radio One, Jan. 18, 2025. “Steve talks with Nick Veronico, Author of Air Force One: The Aircraft of the Modern Presidency.” https://www.talkradioone.com/next-steven-spierer-live-saturday-10am-pst-1pm-est-47/

  • Moffett Field: The Legacy of Hangar 3. Produced by NASA Ames Research Center and Planetary Ventures. Self – Aviation Author and Historian The Moffett Field Hangar 3 website and film have been prepared as mitigation for the Hangar 3 Hazard Remediation Project. Removal of the hangar was completed in December 2024. https://historicproperties.arc.nasa.gov/h3historysite/index

  • “Les Secrets D’Air Force One: L’Avion Présidentiel Américain” Or “The Secrets of Air Force One: The American Presidential Plane.” Self – Aviation Author and Historian A two-hour documentary for the French TV network RMC Découverte (French Discovery Channel). Veronico was on-camera giving information and stories about America’s Air Force One. Aired November 2024. Short clip here: https://www.facebook.com/reel/917161296431181

  • Blue Angel Phantoms Podcast  “What Really Happened: Blue Angels’ F7U Cutlass” January 20, 2024 Nicholas A. Veronico interviewed Adm. Feightner about flying the F7U Cutlass with the team. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwyk18aow70

  • UFO’s Declassified, S1, Ep 3, “Battle of Los Angeles,” Aired 2015. Self – Aviation Author and HistorianDiscussing the Japanese attacks on the U.S. West Coast in 1941/1942.

  •  Life After People, S2, Ep 10, “Take Me to Your Leader,” Aired 2010. Self – Naval Historian. Insight into the fate of the Hunter’s Point Naval Shipyard and its nuclear legacy.

  • Scrapping Aircraft Giants, documentary for The Discovery Channel, released 2004. Lead Script Writer. Showcasing commercial aircraft dismantling and recycling.