Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat (Combat Aircraft, #49)

by Tom Cooper and Farzad Bishop

Chris Davey (Illustrator) and Mr Chris Davey (Illustrator)

0 ratings • 0 reviews • 0 shelved
Book cover for Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat
Shelve It

Bookhype may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases. Full disclosure.

So formidable an opponent did the Iraqi airforce consider the F-14 that during the Iran-Iraq war, they ordered their pilots not to engage F-14s and the presence of one in an area was usually enough to empty it of Iraqi aircraft. Officially losses where tiny; only one F-14 was lost in aerial combat (to a MiG-21), one to a control problem and one downed by a ground-to-air missile. This book looks at the F-14's Iranian combat history and includes first hand accounts from the pilots themselves. It will consider key engagements and the central figures involved, illustrating the realities, successes and failures of the Iranian air campaign.
  • ISBN10 178200761X
  • ISBN13 9781782007616
  • Publish Date 20 November 2012 (first published 24 September 2004)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Imprint Osprey Publishing