Lon Nordeen

AV-8b Harrier II Units of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm

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The AV-8B is the only tactical aircraft that can deploy with Marine forces on amphibious assault ships and provide air cover and close air support separate from large deck aircraft carriers. When Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990, a coalition of nations launched Operation Desert Shield in order to defend Saudi Arabia, and the Harrier II was among the first tactical air assets to be deployed to the region. During Operation Desert Storm, the five units flying the AV-8B in-theatre became some of the top tactical squadrons of choice by air mission planners because of the pilots' skill as well as the plane's vertical take-off ability. The previou… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Laurier, Jim (Illustr.)

ISBN: 978-1-84908-444-4
EAN: 9781849084444
Produktnummer: 10982201
Verlag: Osprey Pub Inc
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 96 S.
Masse: H24.9 cm x B18.4 cm x D1.2 cm 384 g
Reihenbandnummer: 90
Gewicht: 384

Über den Autor

Lon Nordeen has more than 35 years of aerospace industry and editorial experience. He has been employed on the staff of the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, McDonnell-Douglas and Boeing, where he worked in the areas of market research, communications and field marketing. He is also the author of six books and more than 150 articles, and has been highlighted as a historian on multiple History Channel television programmes covering air warfare such as the Dogfight series.