How to fly and fight in the F-117 Stealth Fighter (Jane’s At the Controls): v. 2 (Jane's at the Controls S.) - Softcover

Lake, Jon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0004721098 ISBN 13: 9780004721095

Publisher: Collins, 1998

Synopsis

‘At the Controls’ is a new series of military reference books. Based on the unrivalled technical resources of Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft, the second title in the‘At the Controls’ series uses specially- commissioned colour artwork, photographs and diagrams to take you on a mission in the F-117 Nighthawk, better known as ‘Stealth’.

The F-117 is a precision attack aircraft, designed to be ‘invisible’ to radar. At the Controls takes you on an actual combat mission with the F-117, spearheading the US air assault on Iraq in 1991. Undetected by the enemy air defense system, F-117s attacked vital installations in Baghdad itself, opening the way to future Allied attacks. At the Controls reveals how to navigate, refuel and approach the target in an F-117; how to attack enemy command bunkers with laser-guided bombs and survive in the face of modern anti-aircraft missile systems.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The F-117A Stealth Fighter is designed to be undetectable by radar. Developed in great secrecy during the Cold War, it spearheaded the air assault on Iraq in 1991

'At the controls ' investigates the secret origins of the Stealth program and how the F-117A is able to penetrate heavily defended airspace that no other airplane could venture near

'At the Controls' takes you on a combat mission with the F-117A, revealing how to attack enemy command bunkers with laser-guided bombs and how to defeat modern anti-aircraft defences.

Forthcoming titles in the ' At the Controls ' series will include:
· Mikoyan MIG-29
· McDonnell-Douglas AH-64 Apache
· EF2000 Eurofighter
· F-14 Tomcat

Synopsis:

Part of the "At the Controls" series of military reference books, this work uses artworks, diagrams and photographs to take the reader on an actual combat mission with the F-117 - spearheading the US air assault on Iraq in 1991. Undetected by the enemy air defense system, F-117s attacked vital installations in Baghdad itself, opening the way to future Allied attacks. This book reveals how to navigate, refuel and approach the target in an F-117, how to attack enemy command bunkers with laser-guided bombs and survive in the face of modern anti-aircraft missile systems.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0004721098
• ISBN 13: 9780004721095
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96