When US President Bush ordered his forces into Iraq in March 2003, the F-16CJ was the second aircraft to enter Iraqi airspace-proper, sweeping the skies for electrons in a bid to find, identify and kill Iraq's comprehensive air defence system. With the mission fulfilled, hordes of other coalition fighters followed, including the F-16CG, which was used with great success to strike fixed and mobile-ground targets. The Viper was also employed in the more conventional strike role too, bombing targets ranging from Baath party HQ buildings in Baghdad to Republican Guard T-72 tanks of the Medina division around An Najaf.
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When US President Bush ordered his forces into Iraq in March 2003, the F-16CJ was the second aircraft to enter Iraqi airspace-proper, sweeping the skies for electrons in a bid to find, identify and kill Iraq's comprehensive air defence system. This book details all the other coalition fighters and The Viper.
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The F-16, called the Viper by its pilots, has been a prolific fighter in US and Coalition operations in the Middle East since the Gulf War.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781841769943
Publisert
2006-02-08
Utgiver
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Vekt
362 gr
Høyde
248 mm
Bredde
184 mm
Dybde
7 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
96

Illustratør

Biografisk notat

Steve Davies is a fulltime freelance military aviation writer and photographer. He has written several critically-acclaimed books and is a regular contributor to several leading international magazines and journals. Steve has appeared in or worked as a consultant, interviewer, script writer and editor for a series of military aviation documentaries.

Doug Dildy is a retired US Air Force (USAF) colonel who spent nine of his 26-year career in Western Europe and retired with approximately 3,200 hours of fast jet time, almost half of that as an F-15 Eagle pilot. As commander of the 32d Fighter Squadron, Soesterberg AB, NL, he enforced the No-Fly-Zone over Iraq acquiring over 100 hours of combat time in the F-15, making him an expert on F-15 employment, especially in operations over Iraq.

Based in Nottinghamshire, UK, Chris Davey has illustrated more than 20 titles for Osprey’s Aircraft of the Aces, Combat Aircraft and Aviation Elite Units series since 1994. He is one of the last traditional airbrush artists in the business and illustrates USAAF fighters and RAF subject matter with skill.