US Navy F-14 Tomcat Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom

by Tony Holmes, Jim Laurier (Illustrator)

Overview

Since the limited Desert Fox campaign against Iraq in December 1998, the Tomcat has been integral to virtually all combat operations involving the US Navy in the Arabian Gulf. Indeed, on every carrier deployment to the Persian Gulf since Desert Fox, the F-14 unit(s) on station has ventured into 'The Sand Box' over southern Iraq and prosecuted targets operating in contravention to United Nations security council resolutions. This book covers the F-14 Operation Iraqi Freedom actions against battlefield targets and integrated air defence sites, command and control centres, regime leadership targets and military installations in Baghdad, Tikrit, Mosul and Kirkuk.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782006701
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	11/20/2012
Series:	Combat Aircraft , #52
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	9 MB

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.

Jim Laurier is a native of New Hampshire. He graduated with honours from the Paiers School of Art, Connecticut, in 1978 and has worked as a freelance illustrator ever since, completing assignments in a wide variety of fields. Jim has a keen interest in military subjects, both aviation and armour, and is a Fellow member of the American Society of Aviation Artists, the New York Society of Illustrators and the American Fighter Aces Association.
Jim Laurier is a native of New England and lives in New Hampshire. He attended Paier School of Art in Hamden, Connecticut, from 1974–78, and since graduating with Honours, he has been working professionally in the field of Fine Art and Illustration. He has been commissioned to paint for the US Air Force and has aviation paintings on permanent display at the Pentagon.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	6
Chapter 1	OSW	7
Chapter 2	'Shock and Awe'	32
Chapter 3	Shaping the Battlefield	50
Chapter 4	'Black Knights'	68
Chapter 5	Northern War	76
Chapter 6	Ongoing Operations	86
	Appendices	93
	Colour Plates Commentary	94
	Index	96