Lockheed Sr-71 Operations in the Far East (PB) - Osprey Combat Aircraft no. 76
(Bog, Paperback, Engelsk)
- Type: Bog
- Format: Paperback
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Sprog:
Engelsk
- Udgivelsesår: 2008
- ISBN-13: 9781846033193
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Even before the first operational flight of the U-2 spy plane, aircraft designers began work on the type's replacement. The result was the SR-71. First deployed on March 9, 1968, this tri-sonic 'hotrod' flew its first operational sortie over North Vietnam just 12 days later. Thereafter, the SR-71 roamed freely, capturing photographic, radar and electronic intelligence. This book examines the impact this aircraft had, not only on North Vietnam but during the Cold War as a whole, gathering information about the Soviet nuclear submarine fleet based in Vladivostok as well as the port's defenses, monitoring the actions of North Korea and flying four 11-hour, non-stop sorties into the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq War in the late 1980s.
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| Forlag | Osprey Publishing |
| Forfatter | Crickmore Paul F. |
| Type | Bog |
| Format | Paperback |
| Sprog | Engelsk |
| Udgivelsesår | 2008 |
| Reference | 9781846033193 |