AV-8B Harrier II Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom I-VI

Informationen zum Autor Lon Nordeen has more than 35 years of aerospace industry and editorial experience. He has been employed on the staff of the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, McDonnell-Douglas and Boeing, where he worked in the areas of market research, communications and field marketing. He is also the author of eight books (including COM 90 - AV-8B Units of Desert Storm) and more than 150 articles, and has been highlighted as a historian on multiple History Channel television programmes covering air warfare such as the Dogfight series. Jim Laurier is a native of New England, growing up in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He has been drawing since he could hold a pencil and throughout his life he has worked in many mediums creating artwork on a variety of subjects. He has worked on the Osprey Aviation list since 2000, and in that time he has produced some of the finest artwork seen in these volumes. He has specialised in aircraft of the Vietnam War period. Zusammenfassung An illustrated history of the Harrier II, from the Gulf War to its status as a multi-role platform through the addition of night vision systems, radar, an external targeting pod and new laser-guided weapons. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction /USMC and AV-8B Air Support / Operation Southernwatch /OIF-I - VMA-214 /OIF I - VMA-311 and VMA-211 /OIF I - VMA-542! VMA-233 and VMA-231 / OIF II/III /OIF IV /OIF V/VI /Appendices

Product details

• Authors: Lon Nordeen, Lon O. Nordeen
• Assisted by: Jim Laurier (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.10.2013
• EAN: 9781780963105
• ISBN: 978-1-78096-310-5
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 218 mm x 246 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Combat Aircraft; Combat Aircraft
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, military history, HISTORY / Military / Iraq War (2003-2011), Military vehicles, Air forces & warfare, Warfare & defence, c 2000 to c 2009, United States of America, USA, Middle Eastern history, Iraq, Air forces and warfare, Modern warfare, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Specific wars and campaigns, Military aircraft