Michael Napier is the author of 11 books on aspects of aviation and military history, including the Royal Air Force: A Centenary of Operations, Cold War Skies, Combat Aircraft – RAF Tornado Units of the Gulf War and Combat Aircraft – Wellington Units of World War 2 published by Osprey. Michael, who spent nearly ten years flying the Tornado GR1 from RAF Bruggen in the late 1980s and early 1990s, has been an airline pilot for the last 21 years. He lives near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.ARTIST: Based in Poland, Janusz Swiatlon has produced artwork for a variety of British and European publications for many years. This will be his fifth commission for Osprey.

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• IntroductionChapter 1Iraq 1992–99Chapter 2Air Defence Operation 1992–2011Chapter 3Kosovo 1999Chapter 4Iraq 2000–09Chapter 5Afghanistan and Libya 2009–14Chapter 6Iraq and Syria 2014–19AppendicesColour Plates CommentaryIndex

Michael Napier is the author of 11 books on aspects of aviation and military history, including the Royal Air Force: A Centenary of Operations, Cold War Skies, Combat Aircraft – RAF Tornado Units of the Gulf War and Combat Aircraft – Wellington Units of World War 2 published by Osprey. Michael, who spent nearly ten years flying the Tornado GR1 from RAF Bruggen in the late 1980s and early 1990s, has been an airline pilot for the last 21 years. He lives near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.ARTIST: Based in Poland, Janusz Swiatlon has produced artwork for a variety of British and European publications for many years. This will be his fifth commission for Osprey.

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• IntroductionChapter 1Iraq 1992–99Chapter 2Air Defence Operation 1992–2011Chapter 3Kosovo 1999Chapter 4Iraq 2000–09Chapter 5Afghanistan and Libya 2009–14Chapter 6Iraq and Syria 2014–19AppendicesColour Plates CommentaryIndex

Michael Napier is the author of 11 books on aspects of aviation and military history, including the Royal Air Force: A Centenary of Operations, Cold War Skies, Combat Aircraft – RAF Tornado Units of the Gulf War and Combat Aircraft – Wellington Units of World War 2 published by Osprey. Michael, who spent nearly ten years flying the Tornado GR1 from RAF Bruggen in the late 1980s and early 1990s, has been an airline pilot for the last 21 years. He lives near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.ARTIST: Based in Poland, Janusz Swiatlon has produced artwork for a variety of British and European publications for many years. This will be his fifth commission for Osprey.

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• IntroductionChapter 1Iraq 1992–99Chapter 2Air Defence Operation 1992–2011Chapter 3Kosovo 1999Chapter 4Iraq 2000–09Chapter 5Afghanistan and Libya 2009–14Chapter 6Iraq and Syria 2014–19AppendicesColour Plates CommentaryIndex