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In the claws of the Tomcat : US Navy F-14 Tomcat in air combat against Iran and Iraq, 1987-2000

Title
In the claws of the Tomcat : US Navy F-14 Tomcat in air combat against Iran and Iraq, 1987-2000 / Tom Cooper.
Author
Cooper, Tom, 1970-
Publication
  • Warwick, England : Helion & Company Limited, 2021.
  • ©2020

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Description
72 pages, viii pages of color plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 30 cm.
Summary
"Equipped with well-balanced air wings, huge aircraft carriers have formed the backbone of the United States Navy's doctrine and strategy since the Second World War. Packing an enormous punch, their purpose is to exercise control over enormous portions of airspace--in the offence or defence. From the mid-1970s until the mid-2000s, the spear tip of the USN air wings was the famous Grumman F-14 Tomcat--widely considered one of the finest air superiority systems in the world. Originally designed as a fast, manoeuverable and well-armed fighter, the Tomcat entered a service as the ultimate long-range fleet defender and became the biggest, most complex and most expensive naval aircraft of its time. Including a unique and exceptional combination of flight characteristics, detection systems and weapons, it earned itself the status of a legend by the mid-1980s. The F-14 Tomcats of the US Navy achieved their first aerial victories during freedom of navigation exercises off Libya in 1981. However, the period during which they saw most combat followed several years later, during Operations Earnest Will and then Desert Storm, from 1987 until 1991 and the latter period is the focus of In the Claws of the Tomcat."--Back cover.
Series Statement
Middle East@war ; no. 29
Uniform Title
Middle East@war ; no. 29.
Subject
  • Tomcat (Jet fighter plane) > History
  • Tomcat (Jet fighter plane) > History > Pictorial works
  • Tomcat (Avion de chasse à réaction) > Histoire
  • Tomcat (Avion de chasse à réaction) > Histoire > Ouvrages illustrés
  • Tomcat (Jet fighter plane)
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Pictorial works.
Note
  • Cover title.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
  • 1913118754
  • 9781913118754
OCLC
  • on1112257877
  • SCSB-14069422
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library