Modern Air Combat - Bill Gunston and Mike Spick
Modern Air Combat - Bill Gunston and Mike Spick
Hardcover, ISBN 0861011627
Publication date 1983
Topics Fighter planes, Air warfare, Fighter planes -- Pictorial works
Publisher New York : Crescent Books : Distributed by Crown Publishers
This book is the most exciting volume on fighting aircraft. It will take you into the modern warfare and advances, reflecting the computer, technology, materials and so forth of warfare in todays modern world
Includes index
The technology of air combat: Aircraft design; aerodynamics; structure; propulsion; weapons; electronic warfare; displays -- The aircraft and their weapons: Aeritalia AM-X -- BAe Buccaneer -- BAe harrier -- BAe Hawk -- BAe Lightning -- BAe Sea Harrier -- Dassault Breguet/Dornier Alpha Jet -- Dassault Breguet Mirage III, 50 -- Dassault Breguet Mirage F1 -- Dassault Breguet Mirage 2000 -- Dassault Breguet Super Etendard -- Fairchaild A-10 Thunderbolt II -- FMA IA Pucara -- General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon -- General Dynamics F-111 -- Grumman A-6 Intruder -- Grumman F-14 Tomcat -- IAI Kfir C2 -- Lockheed F-104 Starfighter -- McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk -- McDonnell Douglas AV-8B/Harrier II -- McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II -- McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle -- McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet -- Mikoyan/Gurevich MiG-21 -- Mikoyan/Gurevich MiG-23 -- Mikoyan/Gurevich MiG-25 -- Mikoyan/Gurevich MiG-27 -- Mitsubishi F-1 -- Nanzhang Q5 -- Northrop F-5 -- Panavia Tornado ADV -- Panavia Tornado IDS -- Saab Scania Draken -- Saab Scania Viggen -- Sepecat Jaguar -- SOKO/CNIAR Orao/IAR-93 -- Sukhoi Su-7 -- Sukhoi Su-11 --Sukhoi Su-15 -- Sukhoi Su-17/22 -- Sukhoi Su-24 -- Tupolev Tu-128 -- Vought A-7 Crusader -- Yakovlev Yak-28P -- Yakovlev Yak-36MP -- Air combat tactics: Basic aerodynamics -- Threats and tasks -- Fighting effectiveness -- Air combat methods -- Manoeuvres (Maneuvers) -- Training
The aircraft, tactics and weapons employed in aerial warfare today--1983 is a long time ago in terms of aircraft design and technology. This book is still great though, it goes into a level of detail that is rarely seen without getting bogged down in equations. Highly recommended.
