Название: B-52 Stratofortress Units In Operation Desert Storm (Osprey Combat Aircraft 50)
Автор: Jon Lake
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
ISBN: 1841767514
Год: 2004
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 100
Размер: 43,2 МБ
Язык: Английский
With the ending of the Cold War, the B-52's traditional combat role became redundant, and the USAF looked for new ways to use the machine. The invasion of Kuwait by Iraq in August 1990 gave the B-52 the chance to prove its worth in the new world order, and Stratofortress crews flying the B-52G seized the opportunity with both hands. This book explains how, flying from bases in the Indian Ocean, Britain, Spain and Saudi Arabia, the B-52G was at the forefront of the campaign to free Kuwait of Saddam's forces and dropped the first bombs of Operation Desert Storm.