Warren Thompson

F-117 Stealth Fighter Units of Operation Desert Storm (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Styling, Mark

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The history and combat experience of the most secretive plane ever built, illustrated with stunning colour photographs of the plane as it stalked the skies above Iraq.

During the final years of the 20th century, the most significant break-through in military weaponry was the concept of Stealth technology, and the first mass-produced weapon to utilize this to perfection was the F-117 Nighthawk. Originally delivered in 1982, its existence was officially denied until the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, when it entered the public spotlight over the skies of Baghdad.

Illustrated with stunning color photographs of the F-117 above Iraq, and complemented by numerous personal accounts from the pilots themselves, this book explores the most classified aircraft ever constructed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782006794
• Artikelnr.: 44626982

Autorenporträt

Warren Thompson has been an avid military aviation historian and editor for over 40 years and his personal reference collection includes thousands of photos and detailed interviews with over 2,000 pilots and aircrew members. He has had 25 books published including three books on the Korean War for Osprey. His book Korean War Aces in the Aircraft of the Aces series was a bestseller.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
The Build Up (Desert Shield)
The First Night Over Baghdad
Memorable Missions
Stealth Targets Become Scarce
Appendices

Rezensionen

."..[this is an] excellent book, full of color and black and white photographs of machines and the people who helped maintain it [sic]. As with other Osprey titles in this series, it is one I can recommend to you with confidence." -Scott Van Aken, "modelingmadness.com "(May 2007)