Iranian F-4 Phantom II Units in Combat - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Iranian F-4 Phantom II Units in Combat write by Farzad Bishop. This book was released on 2012-11-20. Iranian F-4 Phantom II Units in Combat available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Different versions of the jet have provided the backbone of the frontline strength of the Iranian air force since the 1970s, and whole generations of Iranian pilots and ground personnel have been trained to fly and maintain them. Indeed, the type bore the brunt of active combat operations during the long war with Iraq. Iranian F-4 Phantom IIs were also some of best equipped examples ever exported by the USA. Some Iranian Phantom II pilots gathered immense experience on the type, flying it in combat for more than ten years. This book removes the veil of secrecy surrounding Iranian Phantom II operations since the war with Iraq.
Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat
Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat write by Tom Cooper. This book was released on 2012-11-20. Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 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.
US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War
US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War write by Peter E. Davies. This book was released on 2012-11-20. US Marine Corps F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Twenty-five US Marine Corps squadrons flew versions of the Phantom II and 11 of them used the aircraft in South-East Asia from May 1965 through to early 1973. Rather than the air-to-air missiles that were the main component in the original F-4 armament, these aircraft carried an ever-expanding range of weaponry. Some toted 24,500-lb bombs and others strafed with up to three 20 mm gun pods, while most flew daily sorties delivering napalm, Snakeye bombs and big Zuni rockets. Many US Marines holding small outpost positions in Laos and South Vietnam against heavy Viet Cong attack owed their lives to the Phantom II pilots who repeatedly drove off the enemy. The book will examine these missions in the context of US Marine Corps close-support doctrine, using the direct experience of a selection of the aircrew who flew and organised those missions.
From F-4 Phantom to A-10 Warthog
From F-4 Phantom to A-10 Warthog - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From F-4 Phantom to A-10 Warthog write by Steve Ladd. This book was released on 2020-09-30. From F-4 Phantom to A-10 Warthog available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This behind-the-scenes account of a USAF career is “an absorbing read, written with the classic humor fighter pilots seem to have” (Flight Line Book Review). From Baron von Richthofen to Robin Olds, the mystique of the fighter pilot endures. The skill, cunning, and bravery that characterizes this distinctive band of brothers is well known, but there are other dimensions to those who take to the skies to do battle that have not been given the emphasis they deserve—until now. You don’t have to be an aviation aficionado to enjoy Colonel Steve Ladd’s fascinating personal tale, woven around his twenty-eight-year career as a fighter pilot. This extremely engaging account follows a young man from basic pilot training to senior command through narratives that define a unique ethos. From the United States to Southeast Asia, Europe to the Middle East, the amusing and tongue-in-cheek to the deadly serious and poignant, this is the lifelong journey of a fighter pilot. The anecdotes are absorbing, providing an insight into life as an Air Force pilot, but, in this book, as Colonel Ladd stresses, the focus is not on fireworks or stirring tales of derring-do. Instead, this is an articulate and absorbing account of what life is really like among a rare breed of arrogant, cocky, boisterous, and fun-loving young men who readily transform into steely professionals at the controls of a fighter aircraft. “This book will appeal to a variety of readers with its Vietnam War combat stories and accounts of flying the Warthog in Cold War Europe. Fun, flying, international experiences—you won’t want to put it down.” —Aviation News
Israeli A-4 Skyhawk Units in Combat
Israeli A-4 Skyhawk Units in Combat - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Israeli A-4 Skyhawk Units in Combat write by Shlomo Aloni. This book was released on 2013-01-20. Israeli A-4 Skyhawk Units in Combat available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The light and agile A-4 Skyhawk was the first modern American jet to be offered to the Israeli Air Force, marking the point where the US took over from France as Israel's chief military supplier. Deliveries began too late for the A-4 to fight in the Six-Day War, but it soon formed the backbone of the IAF's ground-attack force. From 1969 to 1970 it flew endless sorties against Egyptian forces in the War of Attrition. Then, during the Yom Kippur War, five squadrons of A-4s saw combat and 50 planes were lost as they battled against the Arab armored onslaught. Using previously unpublished first-hand accounts and rare photography from the IAF archives and pilots' private collections, Shlomo Aloni tells the definitive history of the IAF's A-4 squadrons, including the story of Ezra “BABAN” Dotan who became an ace with an unique double-kill of MiG17s.
