B-52 Stratofortress Units 1980-1999

Informationen zum Autor Jon Lake is the author of several books for Osprey, including volumes on wartime aircraft like the Avro Lancaster and Bristol Blenheim, as well as modern combat aircraft like the MiG-29. One of the founding editors of World Air Power Journal, Lake is a regular contributor to a number of aviation magazines and newspapers. An RAF-trained private pilot Lake has written extensively about post war and contemporary military aviation. Klappentext With the ending of the Cold War (1946-1991), the B-52's traditional combat role became redundant, and the USAF looked for new ways to use the machine. The invasion of Kuwait by Iraq in August 1990 gave the B-52 the chance to prove its worth in the new world order, and Stratofortress crews flying the B-52G seized the opportunity with both hands. This book explains how, flying from bases in the Indian Ocean, Britain, Spain and Saudi Arabia, the B-52G was at the forefront of the campaign to free Kuwait of Saddam's forces and dropped the first bombs of Operation Desert Storm (1990-1991). Zusammenfassung As the Cold War drew to an end the B-52's role began to change. Inhaltsverzeichnis Back to War The G-Model · Prelude to Desert Storm Fire from the Island 1708th BW(P)'s War Moron & Fairford B-52H in Desert Storm Conclusions Appendices

Product details

• Authors: John Laka, Jon Lake, Lake Jon
• Assisted by: Mark Styling (Illustration), Styling Mark (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.11.2004
• EAN: 9781841767512
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-751-2
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 247 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Combat Aircraft; Combat Aircraft
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / General, HISTORY / Military / United States, Aviation, Air forces & warfare, Warfare & defence, United States of America, USA, Air forces and warfare, Aircraft and aviation, Aircraft: general interest, HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space