Shlomo Aloni

Israeli Mirage III and Nesher Aces (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Styling, Mark; Postlethwaite, Mark

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Israeli delta fighters pilots have been credited with almost 300 kills between 1966 and 1974, and dozens of them became aces.

The Israeli aerial kill exchange rate and overall air-to-air performance was phenomenal. Although the Israeli pilots were flying Mach 2 fighters, they lacked any modern radar equipment and their MiG-21 flying opponents should have had a performance edge over them. This book details their most significant engagements, many of which were essentially World War 2-style dogfights fought with jet aircraft.

Because neither side had the combat edge to disengage at will most engagements were a life and death struggle and the introduction of air-to-air missiles and the Israeli Nesher was to prove decisive in this theatre.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782008514
• Artikelnr.: 44626396

Autorenporträt

Shlomo Aloni has authored dozens of books and hundreds of articles covering Israel Air Force heritage and Middle East air warfare history.

Inhaltsangabe

Mach One Warfare
Six Day War
Attrition
The Soviets Intervene
Yom Kippur War
Epilogue
Appendices
Colour plate commentary
Index