Air War in the Gulf 1991 (Osprey Combat Aircraft 27)

Description: Air War in the Gulf 1991 Osprey Combat Aircraft 27 This exciting new series is brought to you by the same team that has established the Osprey Aircraft of the Aces volumes as indispensable works of reference on the elite fighter pilots of the 20th century. Like the latter, Combat Aircraft combines a technically accurate narrative by the world's leading aviation writers with first-hand accounts from the men who actually flew the types in action. Each volume contains up to 40 specially commissioned artworks, unit listings, all-new 1/72 scale plans and the best archival photography available. As with the Aces series, Combat Aircraft will build into the most comprehensive list of titles available, detailing the exploits of the men and machines that have shaped air warfare over the decades. In August 1990 Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces invaded and occupied the small Arab state of Kuwait. This book analyses the ensuing Gulf War (16 January - 28 February 1991) - a war fought to expel Iraq and restore Kuwaiti independence if not, as one British MP tartly observed, to defend democracy. The allies under General Schwarzkopf launched five weeks of air attacks, deploying 1,800 technologically highly advanced aircraft from the US, British, French and Saudi air forces. Many of these machines, including the British Tornadoes and US F-117A Stealth fighters, had never before engaged in combat, and their combined assault, watched by millions on TV, combined impressive accuracy with firepower to which the Iraqi forces had no answer. Author: Christopher Chant Paperback format, 96 pages, with many colour, b&w photos, colour profiles and scale drawings ISBN: 1 84176 295 4 Brand new, mint condition Other books in this series are available in my Ebay shop UK postage is £2.70. Overseas surface mail is £7.50.

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