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Fighters Over the Falklands: Defending the Islanders´ Way of Life
David Gledhill
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Description for Fighters Over the Falklands: Defending the Islanders´ Way of Life
Hardcover. "Fighters Over The Falklands" looks at how the Falkland Islands are defended by RAF air defence fighter aircraft. Covering the period immediately after the Falklands war when the Phantom became the front line of the islands' defence, through to the departure of the Tornado F3s, it captures military life and concludes with why the Typhoon will be a Num Pages: 256 pages, 200. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1MTASF; JWK; JWMV3; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 462 x 19. Weight in Grams: 814.
"Fighters Over The Falklands" captures daily life using pictures taken during the author's tours of duty on the Islands. From the first detachments of Phantoms and Rapiers operating from a rapidly upgraded RAF Stanley airfield to life at RAF Mount Pleasant, see life from the author's perspective as the Commander of the Tornado F3 Flight defending the islands' airspace. Font-line fighter crews provided Quick Reaction Alert during day to day flying operations working with the Royal Navy, Army and other Air Force units to defend a remote, and sometimes forgotten, theatre of operations. It will also look at ... Read more
"Fighters Over The Falklands" captures daily life using pictures taken during the author's tours of duty on the Islands. From the first detachments of Phantoms and Rapiers operating from a rapidly upgraded RAF Stanley airfield to life at RAF Mount Pleasant, see life from the author's perspective as the Commander of the Tornado F3 Flight defending the islands' airspace. Font-line fighter crews provided Quick Reaction Alert during day to day flying operations working with the Royal Navy, Army and other Air Force units to defend a remote, and sometimes forgotten, theatre of operations. It will also look at ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fonthill Media Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Toadsmoor Road, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781552223
SKU
V9781781552223
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Ref
99-5
About David Gledhill
DAVE GLEDHILL is an aviation enthusiast and aviator. Having been awarded his pilot's licence at the age of 17, he was commissioned in the RAF in 1974 and trained as an air navigator, before converting to the F4 Phantom in the Air Defence role. After tours in the UK and Germany, he went on to be a radar tactics instructor ... Read more
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