Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat

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Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat

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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

Introduction
The Requirement
The First Kills
Three-to-One!
Combat Continues
Crippling the Weasel
The Fog of Disinformation
Appendices

Product details

Published 23 Sep 2004
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781841767871
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 84 b/w; 45 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Combat Aircraft
Short code COM 49
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Tom Cooper

Born in 1970, Tom Cooper is a native of Vienna,…

Author

Farzad Bishop

Farzad Bishop is a well-known Iranian-born aviatio…

Illustrator

Chris Davey

Chris Davey has illustrated more than 70 titles fo…

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