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Magnum! The Wild Weasels in Desert Storm: The Elimination of Iraq´s Air Defence
Braxton R. Eisel
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Description for Magnum! The Wild Weasels in Desert Storm: The Elimination of Iraq´s Air Defence
Paperback. First-hand accounts of opening the air attack against dictator Saddam Num Pages: 288 pages, 80 black and white and 20 colour photos - Colour plate section. BIC Classification: HBWS; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 172. .
This book is based on a journal Jim Schreiner kept during his deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM. Building upon that record and the recollections of other F-4G Wild Weasel aircrew, the authors show a slice of what life and war were like during that time. The pawns in the game, the ones that had to actually do the fighting and dying, were the hundreds of thousands of men and women who left their homes and families to live for seemingly endless months in the vast, trackless desert while the world stage-play unfolded. ... Read more
This book is based on a journal Jim Schreiner kept during his deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operations DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM. Building upon that record and the recollections of other F-4G Wild Weasel aircrew, the authors show a slice of what life and war were like during that time. The pawns in the game, the ones that had to actually do the fighting and dying, were the hundreds of thousands of men and women who left their homes and families to live for seemingly endless months in the vast, trackless desert while the world stage-play unfolded. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473899001
SKU
V9781473899001
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About Braxton R. Eisel
Brick Eisel is a recently retired USAF officer with an extensive background in tactical aviation as well as having served as a military historian. He has written many articles for the international aviation press and Beaufighters in the Night for Pen & Sword. Jim Schreiner flew a Phantom F-4G Wild Weasel fighter throughout the desert campaign. He and many ... Read more
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