A-10s over Kosovo
Автор:
Haave ChristopherЖанр:
Жанр неопределен;Серия:
3Дата добавления:
2013-11-26Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
83
There are certain dates in the history of warfare that mark real turning points…. Now there is a new date on the calendar: June 3, 1999, when the capitulation of President Milosevic proved that a war can be won by airpower alone. —John Keegan, London’s Daily Telegraph Colonels Haave and Haun organized the firsthand accounts of members of the 40th Expeditionary Operations Group into this book. Their descriptions of the application of airpower—a new wingman’s first combat sortie, a support officer’s view of an FS relocation during combat, and Sandy pilot’s efforts to find and rescue a downed F-177 pilot—provide the reader with a legitimate insight into an air war at the tactical level and the airpower that helped convince Milosevic to capitulate. ...
