B-52 Stratofortress Units 1980-1999

Informationen zum Autor Jon Lake is one of Britain's leading aviation journalists/historians, and secretary of the Freelance Aviation Journalists' Association. He has written a range of books for Osprey, including the well-received Combat Aircraft volumes on the Blenheim and the Halifax. Mark Styling is better known to readers of Osprey Publishing's Aircraft of the Aces and Combat Aircraft series as the profile artist for such books as Hellcat Aces of World War 2, Japanese Army Air Force Aces 1937–45 and P–61 Units of World War 2 . A full-time commercial artist, Mark works from his home in the East London suburb of Hackney. 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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Laka, Jon Lake, Lake Jon
• Con la collaborazione di: Mark Styling (Illustrazione), Styling Mark (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Osprey Publishers
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 11.11.2004
• EAN: 9781841767512
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-751-2
• Pagine: 96
• Dimensioni: 185 mm x 247 mm x 8 mm
• Serie: Combat Aircraft; Combat Aircraft
• Categorie: Saggistica; 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