148 COALITION AIRCRAFT VS IRAQI SAMS: Operation Desert Storm 1991

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A detailed study of how Operation Desert Storm saw Coalition forces respond to Iraq's surface-to-air missile defenses with groundbreaking combat aircraft technology. Uses newly commissioned artwork to enhance its retelling of how aircraft and weapons, as well as crew training and command-and-control structures, proved decisive in the outcome of Desert Storm in 1991. Archive photos capture examples of the principal weapons involved, while firsthand accounts from Coalition aircrew and planners convey the realities of a conflict in which cutting-edge technology played an inestimable role. Contains color artwork plates and maps, as well as black and white and color photographs and illustrations.