F-15 Eagle versus MiG-23/25 : Iraq 1991
Dildy, Doug2016
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Designed following the relatively poor performance of America's multi-role fighters during the Vietnam War, the F-15 Eagle was conceived as a dedicated air superiority fighter. But, having trained for 15 years in the Eagle it wasn't Eastern Bloc operated MiGs that the F-15 eventually came up against, but pilots of Saddam Hussein's Iraqi airforce. This book analyses the combat between the American and Soviet 'Cold War fighters' in a balanced manner, examining how the technical abilities of the aircraft combined with the different levels of training available to opposing pilots and groundcrews allowed the F-15s to destroy the Iraqi offensive abilities within weeks of the First Gulf War starting.
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F-15 Eagle versus MiG-23/25 : Iraq 1991 / Doug Dildy, Tom Cooper ; illustrated by Jim Laurier.
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Imprint:
Oxford : Osprey Military, 2016.
Collation:
80 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series title:
Duel ; 72.
ISBN:
9781472812704 (pbk)
Dewey class:
623.7464
Language:
English
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BRN:
1845307
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