{"product_id":"cold-war-jet-combat-martin-w-bowman-9781473837737","title":"Cold War Jet Combat: Air-To-Air Jet Fighter Operations 1950 - 1972","description":"Recounted here are nine of the earliest wars involving jet aircraft. From the Korean War and beyond, it comprises a wealth of gripping insight. Many of the jet-to-jet dogfights that spanned these jet-powered wars are enlivened to thrilling effect, including those engaged in during the two Indo-Pak Wars of 1965 and 1971.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOperation 'Musketeer' (1956), mounted when RAF and French Air Force bombers and fighter-bombers attacked airfields and other targets in Egypt (after President Nasser had nationalized the Suez Canal), is also covered in this gripping narrative. The Falklands Campaign is also covered, as is the Vietnam War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn another chapter, QRA operations around the British Isles are put under the microscope as RAF Phantoms, Lightnings, Tornadoes and Typhoon Eurofighters on Quick Reaction Alert are described, patrolling international air space and maintaining a constant vigil as Soviet 'Bears' continued to test NATO defenses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll in all, this is a compelling, well-researched and highly informative study of a particularly dynamic era in aviation history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin W. Bowman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1473837731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781473837737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pen and Sword Aviation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.10d","brand":"Martin W. Bowman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065620574463,"sku":"9781473837737","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e0d78ff4-1dfb-4f8c-ace7-02dd27ed87e0.jpg?v=1768676186","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cold-war-jet-combat-martin-w-bowman-9781473837737","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}