Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat

Informationen zum Autor Born in 1970, Tom Cooper is a native of Vienna, Austria. His travels in Europe and the Middle East have enabled him to establish excellent contacts with many informed sources in Iran, whose experiences he has drawn upon in his books and articles. Farzad Bishop is a well-known Iranian-born aviation analyst and writer who has spent many years researching the airpower aspects of the recent Middle Eastern conflicts. His articles and observations have appeared in both Iranian and international military aviation journals. 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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Tom Cooper, Bishop Farzad, Farzad Bishop
• Con la collaborazione di: Chris Davey (Illustrazione), Farzad Bishop (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Osprey Publishers
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 23.09.2004
• Categoria: Saggistica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Politica e sua amministrazione
• EAN: 9781841767871
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-787-1
• Numero di pagine: 96
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 18.5 x 24.8 x 0.6 cm
• Serie: Combat Aircraft; Combat Aircraft
• Categorie: HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Middle East / Iran, Aviation, illustrated, Air forces & warfare, Conflict, Warfare & defence, Aeroplane, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Plane, Victory, Air forces and warfare, Engine, HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space, defeat, Gulf, airplanes, Aerial combat, iran-iraq war, first-hand account, 20th twentieth century, ground-to-air missile, Iraqi force