Название: Arab MiG-19 & MiG-21 Units in Combat Автор: David Nicolle, Tom Cooper
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Серия: Combat Aircraft (Book 44)
ISBN: 0815345372
Год: 2004
Страниц: 96
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf
Размер: 50.4 MB
The MiG-21 provided the backbone of frontline Arab air combat strength for many years, the interceptor remaining the Arabs' only real hope of challenging Israeli air supremacy in the region. This book tells the story of the MiG-21 (and MiG-19) in Egyptian, Syrian and Iraqi service in far greater detail than has ever been published before, either in the West or even within the Arab world itself. It includes numerous photographs, a large proportion of which have never previously been published. A substantial part of the text consists of the recollections of Arab MiG pilots, none of which have ever appeared in print before.
The story that emerges sheds a new and often surprising light on the Arab-lsraeli air wars - conflicts which have in the past been presented from an almost entirely Israeli viewpoint. It is a tale of astonishing courage, persistence, dedication and of far greater technical competence than has been realised in the West. The book does not, however, attempt to suggest that 'the Arabs won', merely that they did better than is generally realised.
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