COLD WAR BOYS OVERSEAS: True Tales by Those Who Served with the Royal Air Force Abroad

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RAF pilots stationed worldwide recall their time at foreign destinations, including Hunters, Javelins, and Canberras being replaced by a new generation of combat aircraft such as the Buccaneer, Harrier, Jaguar, Phantom, and Vulcan. Starts in Germany with tales of monitoring the Soviet threat, then examines missions in the warmer climates of the Near East and Far East. Innovation of missile defense and the expansion of the role of helicopters were also critical at this time.