Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat

Informationen zum Autor Tom Cooper, Farzad Bishop Klappentext So formidable an opponent did the Iraqi airforce consider the F-14 that during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), they ordered their pilots not to engage F-14s and the presence of one in an area was usually enough to empty it of Iraqi aircraft. Officially losses where tiny; only one F-14 was lost in aerial combat (to a MiG-21), one to a control problem and one downed by a ground-to-air missile. This book looks at the F-14's Iranian combat history and includes first hand accounts from the pilots themselves. It will consider key engagements and the central figures involved, illustrating the realities, successes and failures of the Iranian air campaign. Zusammenfassung So formidable an opponent did the Iraqi airforce consider the F-14 that during the Iran-Iraq war, they ordered their pilots not to engage F-14s and the presence of one was usually enough to empty an area of Iraqi aircraft. This combat history of the F-14 includes first hand accounts from the pilots themselves. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The Requirement The First Kills Three-to-One! Combat Continues Crippling the Weasel The Fog of Disinformation Appendices

Product details

• Authors: Farzad Bishop, Bishop Farzad, Tom Cooper
• Assisted by: Farzad Bishop (Illustration), Chris Davey (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.09.2004
• EAN: 9781841767871
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-787-1
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 185 mm x 248 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Combat Aircraft; Combat Aircraft
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Middle East / Iran, Aviation, Air forces & warfare, Warfare & defence, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Air forces and warfare, HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space