US Navy F-14 Tomcat Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom

	Autor: Tony Holmes Data publikacji: 2005-07-10 ISBN: 9781841768038 (1841768030) Wydawca: OSPREY Wymiary: 248 x 184mm 59.00 zł
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Opis produktu:
"Since the limited Desert Fox campaign against Iraq in December 1998, the Tomcat has been integral to virtually all combat operations involving the US Navy in the Arabian Gulf as part of Operation Southern Watch (OSW) commitment. Indeed, on every carrier deployment to the Persian Gulf since Desert Fox, the F-14 unit(s) on station has ventured into ‘The Sand Box’ over southern Iraq and prosecuted targets such as radar, missile, AAA and communications sites operating in contravention to United Nations security council resolutions. This continued during Operation Iraqi Freedom, when the five carrier- deployed squadrons used both JDAMs and precision-guided munitions with deadly effect against battlefield targets and integrated air defence sites, command and control centres, regime leadership targets and military installations in Baghdad, Tikrit, Mosul and Kirkuk. The ‘old’ fighter-optimised Tomcat proved to be a great disappointment in Desert Storm some 12 years ago, but this time the multi-role ‘Bombcat’ was integral to most Coalition strike missions. The author is currently organising visits to Oceana, in Virginia, in late July in order to collect as many first-hand accounts from pilots involved in OIF as possible. "