B-1B Lancer Units in Combat

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

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The Lancer began its duties with Strategic Air Command as a nuclear-armed bomber in the mid-1980s. The end of the Cold War intervened, and the aircraft was removed from its nuclear missions as a result of arms control legislation. In order to retain the B-1 as a viable frontline type, the USAF re-rolled the Lancer as a potent conventional weapons carrier. The wide-range of ordnance which the B-1B can carry has seen it participating in Operation Desert Fox over Iraq, Operation Allied Force over Kosovo and Serbia, Operation Enduring Freedom against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and most recently during Operation Iraqi Freedom, when the aircraft was used to personally target Saddam Hussein.

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Utgivningsdatum:2006-02-08
Mått:184 x 248 x 7 mm
Vikt:282 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Combat Aircraft
Antal sidor:96
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustratör:Styling, Mark
ISBN:9781841769929

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Thomas Withington is an independent defence and aviation historian based in London. His work has appeared in ‘The Financial Times’, ‘The Observer’, and ‘The Guardian’ newspapers, along with specialist publications. He is a consultant historian to the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and a military history editor for Summertime publishing. He has written several video documentaries examining air power and he is a regular contributor to BBC radio and television, CNN and Channel Four news.Mark Styling has illustrated several books in both the Aircraft of the Aces and Combat Aircraft series. He has produced some of the best profiles Osprey has used to date in Combat Aircraft 18: 'B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force' (part 1) and Combat Aircraft 22: 'Mitsubishi Type 1 Rikko Betty Units of World War 2'. He is based in Dorset, UK.