Dirk Jan de Ridder, founder of Ridder Aero Media, is a photographer specialised in military aviation since 2008. He has worked for and flown with nearly 40 armed forces in 25 countries:

FLIGHT II is a visual tribute to military aviation in all its forms by Dutch aviation photographer Dirk Jan de Ridder. As the second coffee table book in the series, it presents a selection of his favourite images from 25 years in the business, taken of aircraft from five continents – Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America – as well as the Middle East.