At the forefront of the carrier revolution has been the fighter, the premier asset parked on any flat-top deck. From the rather underpowered and ungainly designs of the late 1950s, three classic fighters emerged which have set the standard for modern combat aircraft of this genre. The F-8 Crusader, F-4 Phantom II and the Tomcat have had few peers over the last 30 years, and it is this trio of classic dogfighters which form the bulk of this book. From Phantom IIs and Crusaders flying combat patrols off the decks of the "Enterprise" and the "America", to Tomcats cruising over the Mediterranean on exercise from the "Eisenhower" and the "Nimitz", the most colourful of the navy's elite fighter units are illustrated in this book.
- ISBN10 1855322226
- ISBN13 9781855322226
- Publish Date 25 January 1992
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 April 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint Osprey Publishing
- Format Paperback
- Pages 128
- Language English