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  • Iraq 2003

    Precision warfare comes of age

    de Michael Napier ...
    Series Libro 60 - Air Campaign
    Fully illustrated, this study explores the technology, roles, and combat performance of Coalition airpower in the biggest air campaign of the early 21st century.In 2003, a US-led Coalition invaded Iraq with the aim of overthrowing Saddam Hussain's regime. Just as it had in the 1991 Gulf War, airpower played a vital role. However, this war was very different to its predecessor and represented a new ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • In Cold War Skies

    NATO and Soviet Air Power, 1949–89

    de Michael Napier ...
    From acclaimed aviation historian Michael Napier, this is a highly illustrated survey of the airpower deployed by NATO and Warsaw Pact countries throughout the Cold War.Throughout the second half of the 20th century, international relations across the globe were dominated by the Cold War. From 1949 until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, US and Soviet strategic forces were deployed across the ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • Tornado Over the Tigris

    Recollections of a Fast Jet Pilot

    de Michael Napier ...
    A Royal Air Force pilot recounts his service flying Tornados over Cold War-era Germany and post-Gulf War Iraq in this thrilling military memoir.After achieving a boyhood ambition to qualify as an RAF pilot, Michael Napier was posted to RAF Bruggen in Germany where he spent five years flying Tornado GR1s at the height of the Cold War. Always exhilarating and often dangerous, Michael Napier's ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Korean Air War

    Sabres, MiGs and Meteors, 1950–53

    de Michael Napier ...
    From acclaimed aviation historian Michael Napier, this is a highly illustrated survey of the air war over Korea.The Korean War holds a unique place in aviation history. It saw the first large-scale jet-versus-jet combat and it was the first military action of the Cold War, fought by both the newly independent United States Air Force and the recently formed Chinese People's Liberation Army Air ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • The Royal Air Force

    A Centenary of Operations

    de Michael Napier ...
    A fully illustrated history of the Royal Air Force while on operations, publishing to mark the centenary of its foundation in World War I.The world's first independent air force, the Royal Air Force celebrates its centenary in 2018. In the 100 years since the end of World War I, the service has been involved in almost continuous operations around the globe, giving the RAF the longest and most wide ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • Flashpoints

    Air Warfare in the Cold War

    de Michael Napier ...
    From acclaimed aviation historian Michael Napier, this is a highly illustrated survey of the aerial fighting in the flashpoints of the Cold War.The Cold War years were a period of unprecedented peace in Europe, yet they also saw a number of localised but nonetheless very intense wars throughout the wider world in which air power played a vital role. Flashpoints describes eight of these Cold War ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • Over Cold War Seas

    NATO and Soviet Naval Aviation, 1949–89

    de Michael Napier ...
    Michael Napier describes the naval air power deployed by NATO, Warsaw Pact and neutral countries throughout the Cold War.In 1949, an Iron Curtain was drawn across Europe, and the Cold War that ensued between the Western North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries and the Soviet-dominated Warsaw Pact lasted through to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. NATO and Warsaw Pact naval forces ... Leer más

    $32.99 USD

  • Gloster Javelin

    An Operation History

    de Michael Napier ...
    The RAFs only delta-winged fighter the Gloster Javelin was also Britains first true All-Weather Fighter. Based in the UK and in Germany, the RAFs Javelin squadrons formed the front line of Britains air defences in the late 1950s and early 1960s. During this time Javelin crews pioneered the operational use of guided missiles and air-to-air refuelling by fighter aircraft. In the Far East, Javelins ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Tornado GR1

    An Operational History

    de Michael Napier ...
    Replacing the Vulcan, Buccaneer and Jaguar in the front line of the Cold War, the remarkable swing-winged Tornado GR1 provided Britains strike capability in the last years of the Cold War in the 1980s, equipping some 10 RAF squadrons. During the Gulf War, Tornado GR1 crews led Britains contribution to Coalition operations against Iraq, and in the subsequent years Tornado GR1s were involved almost ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • RAF Jaguar Units in Combat

    de Michael Napier ...
    Series Libro 156 - Combat Aircraft
    An illustrated account of the development and action-packed service history of the Jaguar attack jet, featuring first-hand accounts from the pilots that flew it into combat.Developed as a joint venture between Britain and France, the SEPECAT Jaguar was originally intended to be a jet trainer aircraft, but quickly evolved to fulfil a need for a supersonic attack jet with close air support, ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Harrier GR 7/9 Units in Combat

    de Michael Napier ...
    Series Libro 151 - Combat Aircraft
    Former RAF Tornado pilot Michael Napier chronicles the action-packed history of the Harrier GR 7/9, and its missions in West Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East and Afghanistan over a 14-year period of ceaseless operations.The Harrier GR 7/9 was at the 'tip of the spear' for the RAF when it came to employing weapons against well-equipped standing armies and irregular forces in the 1990s and ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Vickers Wellington Units of Bomber Command

    de Michael Napier ...
    Series Libro 133 - Combat Aircraft
    The Vickers Wellington was one of very few aircraft types to have been in production and frontline service throughout World War II, and more than 10,000 Wellingtons were built in the period.They took part in the first RAF bombing mission of the conflict when, on 4 September 1939, 14 examples from Nos 9 and 149 Sqns undertook a daring daylight attack on the Kiel Canal. However, after suffering high ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD