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    Jet Combat in the Nuclear Age: Jet Fighter Campaigns—1980s to the Present Day
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    Jet Combat in the Nuclear Age: Jet Fighter Campaigns—1980s to the Present Day

    By Martin W. Bowman

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    Follow the fighters of the strategic nuclear strike force.

    In this book, the roles of jet fighters and fighter bombers in the Nuclear Age are explored. Bowman consolidates a range of firsthand accounts from the pilots themselves with a well-researched history of military aviation from the 1980s to today.

    Jet Combat in the Nuclear Age pays tribute to the men and women of the USAF Strategic Air Command (SAC) and their role in maintaining peace by deterring any perceived Soviet threat with a retaliatory nuclear attack. The 1980s also brought a new enemy in air operations in the Middle East when US Navy F-14 Tomcats and other jet aircraft mounted retaliatory operations against Libya.

    The book spotlights military craft in action across the globe:
    US Navy A-6E Intruders bombed Benghazi in 1986 in retaliation for the bombing of a West Berlin disco
    F-111Fs and RAF Jaguars decimated Saddam Hussein’s forces in the opening rounds of Desert Storm
    Carrier-based craft deployed in support of military operations Joint Endeavor, Desert Strike, and Sharp Guard

    Today the war against terror continues to rely on air power, with small teams of Special Forces troops directing attack aircraft against enemy positions. Jet Combat in the Nuclear Age outlines an era when victory comes from above.

    Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSkyhorse Publishing
    Release dateSep 20, 2016
    ISBN9781510708730
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    Jet Combat in the Nuclear Age: Jet Fighter Campaigns—1980s to the Present Day
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    Martin W. Bowman

    MARTIN W. BOWMAN is the author of over 80 books on military and commercial aviation and a frequent contributor of photographs and articles for Flight International, Rolls-Royce Magazine, and Aeroplane Monthly. In 1999 he was appointed an official researcher for DERA. He lives in Norwich.

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