Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat (Combat Aircraft) |
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Tom Cooper
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Pages: 96 (Paperback)
ISBN: 1841767875
Pub: Osprey
Pub date: 2004-09-24
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 40620
Reader Reviews:
Finally some serious information about Iranian F-14s (0/0 people found this helpful)
Being the Tomcat one of my favourites fighters of all times I had always wondered about those 79 Iranian F-14s and the real rol they played on the war, not satisfied with the classic "source of canibalized spares and sort-of-AWACS" in western explanation finally I found this book and got all the answers I wanted and more.
The book goes deep in details and facts and finally we have the whole history that proves the Tomcat was the total fighter jet, not only on the paper but also in the air. The irony is this plane reached the sumit of its career as a fighter in the hands of nowdays USA's enemy while the USNavy's F14s ended their days dropping bombs, far away from the fighter glamour they were born with, and without a real chance to prove it's qualities.
Ali Cats!! (0/1 people found this helpful)
I'm delighted someone has taken the trouble to tell the story
of the forgotten Tomcats of the IIAF.
A very well written account of the Tomcat's contribution in the
Iran-Iraq war. Much on the subject of the Iranian's success with
the Phoenix aswell.
For any Tomcat fan this is a must. For everyone else, it's a very interesting read
about a legendary aircraft which in it's homeland is about to hang up it's gloves
after more than 30 years of stirling service.
ANYTIME BABY!
TOMCATS FOREVER!
great read ! (0/0 people found this helpful)
A great book that reveals how an Airfoce which was slauthered by internal politics and international embargos deployed one of the most sophisticated combat planes in the world in 8 years of war with so much success with their pilots taken from death rows to go and fight the enemy ! with so much success with over 170 kills to their credit ,it is an amazing story that for so many years been brushed under the carpet.No doubt this is the best combat plane in the world which was maintained and operated in combat by skillful crew and technicians.
interesting to a point (1/1 people found this helpful)
while interesting i can't help but wonder whether the authors, Tom Cooper and Farzad Bishop, are biased in their repeated statements tht the Iraqi airforce was incompetent. there air defences did well in 1991 against far superior forces
Persian Cats ! (1/1 people found this helpful)
Another insightful book from Osprey. As usual lots of facts and figures on F-14 ops in Iranian service. A lot of new info was presented with great pics side profiles and stats on kills etc.
If you like the Tomcat or are interested in Middle East air arms I would highly recommend this one !
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