US Navy Hornet Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Part Two. Osprey Combat Aircraft 58

Holmes, Tony

ISBN 10: 1841768855 / ISBN 13: 9781841768854

Published by Osprey Publishing, Oxford., 2005

About this Item

96pp, index, appendices, num bw & col ills. As new. Tells the story of the five US Navy Hornet units that waged war in northern Iraq from the carrier decks of CVN-71 and CVN-75, stationed off the coast of Turkey. Size: 4to.

Seller Inventory # 010387

Bibliographic Details

• Title: US Navy Hornet Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Part Two. Osprey Combat Aircraft 58
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing, Oxford.
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841768855
• ISBN 13: 9781841768854
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Illustrator: Davey, Chris
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Transport - Planes, Trains, Cars, Boats, Carriages
  • Militaria

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Synopsis

This book explores the role of the US Navy Hornet units in the northern Iraqi campaign. These units were the first Navy Reserve unit to be mobilized since the Korean War, and their attacks were launched from carriers off the coast of Turkey. The conflict for these squadrons was very different from the campaign fought in southern Iraq: they worked almost exclusively with clandestine Special Forces teams from the US Army, Marine Corps, Navy SEALs, British and Australian SAS and Kurdish guerrillas. First-hand accounts accompany the indispensable role these units had in the battle to liberate Iraq.

About the Author

Osprey Aviation Editor since 1989, Tony Holmes is a native of Fremantle, Western Australia. Responsible for devising the Aircraft of the Aces, Combat Aircraft and Aviation Elite Units series, Tony has also written more than 20 books for Osprey in the past 17 years. He was the only foreign journalist granted access to returning Operation Iraqi Freedom Hornet and Tomcat crews in the aftermath of the campaign. Based in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, Chris Davey has illustrated more than 20 titles for Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces, Combat Aircraft and Aviation Elite Units series since 1994. He is one of the last traditional airbrush artists in the business and has become Osprey's artist of choice for both USAAF fighters and RAF subject matter, proving his undoubted skill when dealing with large aircraft subjects such as the Halifax and Sunderland.