20031F-105 wild weasel VS SA-2 "Guideline" SAM : Vietnam 1965-73
During the Vietnam War, the appearance of Russian SA-2 missiles around Hanoi in 1965 alarmed US officials. Initially reluctant to attack the missile sites, the increasing toll of US aircraft and the ways in which the SA-2s inhibited bombing tactics meant that new methods of dealing with the sites had to be developed quickly. Electronic reconnaissance aircraft had some success with jamming of the missiles' guidance systems at long range, but the real solution lay with an aircraft that could detect the radars at closer range, offer itself as a target to the missile sites and attack them before missiles could be launched at US bombers. F-105Fs equipped with new technology quickly became an essential addition to all USAF strike missions over North Vietnam. Using new Shrike and Standard ARM anti-radiation missiles and radar detection equipment developed by the US Navy, the F-105F and its more sophisticated successor, the F-105G, continued their hair-raising battles with North Vietnamese missile batteries throughout the rest of the Vietnam War.
20032F-111 & EF-111 units in combat
Chapter one: Genesis of a heavy hitter; Chapter two:Vietnam ; Chapter three: El Dorado Canyon; Chapter four: Desert storm; Chapter five: Raaf and the F-111 legacy.
20033F-14 bombcat : the US Navy's ultimate precision bomber
Including: Early development; Bombcat blooded over Bosnia; Lantirn revolution; The lantirn demo; Bombcat CO; Air to ground training; Operation southern watch;...
20034F-4 phantom II vs MiG-21 : USAF & VPAF in the Vietnam war
This book will also reveal the technical specifications of each jet with an analysis of the weaponry, avionics and survival devices of the Phantom and MiG-21. The fighters' strengths and weaknesses will be compared also, including turn radius, performance at altitude, range and structural integrity. This was an intense and deadly duel between vastly different rivals.
20035F-4 Phantom II: The story of the war horse of the western air forces
Modern and historic footage tells the story of the "war horse" of the 12 Western air forces. The carrier-based Phanton II won its spurs in Vietnam where its extraordinary capabilities led to adaptation for land-based roled ranging from ground attack through battlefield reconnaissance to defence suppression...
20036F-8 crusader units of the Vietnam war
Osprey's study of the role played by F-8 Crusader Units in the Vietnam War (1955-1975). Known to its pilots as the 'last of the gunfighters' due to its quartet of Colt-Browning Mk 12 20 mm cannon, the F-8 Crusader was numerically the most populous fighter in the US Navy at the start of America's involvement in the Vietnam conflict in 1964 – some 482 F-8C/D/Es equipped 17 frontline units. It enjoyed great success against North Vietnamese Mig-17s and Mig-21s during the Rolling Thunder campaign of 1965-68, officially downing 18 jets, which represented 53 per cent of all Mig claims lodged by Navy squadrons during this period.
20037F-8 crusader vs MiG-17 : Vietnam 1965- 72
Chronology; Design and development; Technical specifications; The strategic situation; The combatants; Combat; Statistics and analysis; Aftermath; Further reading.
20038Fab labs : innovative user : volume 5
These digital fabrication laboratories offer workshops to members of the public where all sorts of tools are available (including 3D printers, laser cutters and sanders) for the design and creation of personalized objects. The bringing together of various users (amateurs, designers, artists, “dabblers”, etc.) and possibilities for collaboration lies at the heart of these open-access productive spaces. This book covers a range of advances in this new personal fabrication and various issues that it has raised, especially in terms of the alternatives to salaried work, intellectual property, ecological openings and the hitherto unseen structuring of societies.
20039Fables : compendium four
Explore Bill Willingham's acclaimed, Eisner Award-winning series Fables to the very end in this final compendium volume! With Castle Dark now back in the hands of the Fables and happily ever after seemingly just around the corner, mysteries both young and old begin to challenge the residents of Fabletown. While Bigsby Wolf sets off to track down his and Snow White's two missing cubs, Snow uncovers a long-forgotten secret that could threaten to destroy their marriage, and Rose Red assumes a destiny she never imagined. Ready or not, ever after is here.
20040Fables : compendium one
When Snow White's party-girl sister, Rose Red, is apparently murdered, it's up to Fabletown's sheriff -- the reformed Big Bad Wolf, Bigby -- to find the killer. Meanwhile, trouble of a different sort brews at the Fables' upstate farm, where non-human inhabitants are preaching revolution...and threatening the carefully nurtured secrecy of Fabletown.