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Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat
Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat
Description
This book looks at the F-14's Iranian combat history and includes first hand accounts from the pilots themselves.
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 were 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.
Alongside stunning illustration, the authors consider key engagements and the central figures involved, illustrating the realities, successes and failures of the Iranian air campaign.
Table of Contents
The Requirement
The First Kills
Three-to-One!
Combat Continues
Crippling the Weasel
The Fog of Disinformation
Appendices
Product details
| Published | Nov 20 2012 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 96 |
| ISBN | 9781782007098 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 84 b/w; 45 col |
| Series | Combat Aircraft |
| Short code | COM 49 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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