Air Combat

Author : J. Steve Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781903223987
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Air Combat Manoeuvres written by J. Steve Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computer flight simulation is one of the fastest growing modern hobbies, with thousands of 'pilots' or 'simmers' going online everyday to pit their flying skills against their computers or opponents from all over the world, in many different scenarios, both current and historical. 'Flight simmers', in terms of interest, can be placed into three categories - general aviation, airliners and combat simulation. The one common theme is the desire to be able to improve their flying skills. This is the definitive guide for flight simmers interested in combat simulation with easily accessible information and colourful illustrations that can be used as a guide to the methods of air combat from World War One to the modern day. Using state of the art digital illustration techniques the book shows how and when to employ the best manoeuvres to beat both the computer and other players. Diagrams show both the manoeuvre itself and the actual methods used on the joystick. Further sections deal with ground attack, mission planning and the historical perspective. It will be relevant to those at an entry level and those who have been in online gaming communities for years and will be ideal for both the expert gamer and the more casual player. Eminent author Steve Thompson wrote one of the original guides to air manoeuvres for flight simmers twenty five years ago, and has now updated his original best selling book to give the flight simmer the complete guide to flight simulation combat manoeuvres in the most modern context. To help bring the book to life the text and diagrams are supported by historical narratives derived from real combat pilots, design histories on key aircraft, and enviable full colour profile artworks.

Author : Robert L. Shaw
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 9780870210594
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighter Combat written by Robert L. Shaw and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a detailed discussion of one-on-one dog-fights and multi-fighter team work tactics. Full discussions of fighter aircraft and weapons systems performance are provided along with an explanation of radar intercept tactics and an analysis of the elements involved in the performance of fighter missions.

Author : Dan Hampton
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062246305
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Viper Pilot (Enhanced Edition) written by Dan Hampton and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get inside the cockpit with Dan Hampton, the military’s most decorated F-16 pilot, in this enhanced e-book edition of Viper Pilot. Exclusive to this edition are 11 video interviews, where Hampton talks candidly about his time as a Wild Weasel and about the fighter jet that kept him alive through so many dangerous skirmishes. In addition, an interactive “first-person” cockpit diagram lets you get deeper into the action, providing a visual companion to the book that leaves you feeling like you’re sitting in the iconic F-16 itself. 151 combat missions 21 hard kills on surface-to-air-missile sites 4 Distinguished Flying Crosses with Valor 1 Purple Heart Sure to rank as one of the greatest aviation memoirs ever written, Viper Pilot is an Air Force legend's thrilling eyewitness account of modern air warfare. From 1986 to 2006, Lt. Col. Dan Hampton was a leading member of the Wild Weasels, the elite Air Force fighter squadrons whose mission is recognized as the most dangerous job in modern air combat. Weasels are the first planes sent into a war zone, flying deep behind enemy lines purposely seeking to draw fire from surface-to-air missiles and artillery. They must skillfully evade being shot down—and then return to destroy the threats, thereby making the skies safe for everyone else to follow. Today these vital missions are more hazardous than direct air-to-air engagement with enemy aircraft. Hampton's record number of strikes on high-value targets make him the most lethal F-16 Wild Weasel pilot in American history. This is his remarkable story. Taught to fly at an early age by his father, Hampton logged twenty years and 608 combat hours in the world's most iconic fighter jet: the F-16 "Fighting Falcon," or "Viper" as its pilots call it. Hampton spearheaded the 2003 invasion of Iraq, leading the first flight of fighters over the border en route to strike Baghdad. In the war that followed, he engaged in a series of brilliantly executed missions that earned him three Distinguished Flying Crosses with Valor; he notably saved a U.S. Marine unit from certain death by taking out the surrounding enemy forces near Nasiriyah. Two years earlier, on 9/11, Hampton's father was inside the Pentagon when it was attacked; with his dad's fate unknown, Hampton was scrambled into American skies and given the unprecedented orders to shoot down any unidentified aircraft. Hampton also flew critical missions in the first Gulf War, served on the Air Combat Command staff during the Kosovo War, and was injured in the 1996 Khobar Towers terrorist attack. With manned missions rapidly giving way to remote-controlled UAV drones, Viper Pilot may be the last memoir by a true hero of the skies. Gripping and irreverently humorous, it is an unforgettable look into the closed world of fighter pilots and modern air combat. Please note that due to the large file size of these special features this enhanced e-book may take longer to download then a standard e-book.

Author : Tyson V. Rininger
Publisher : Zenith Press
ISBN 13 : 9780760325308
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Red Flag written by Tyson V. Rininger and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Red Flag takes the reader behind the scenes of the biggest, most complex, high-tech military exercise conducted anywhere in the world. The Red Flag exercises, which take place at Nellis Air Force Base just outside of Las Vegas, brings together the U.S. Air Force and aircraft and crews from its allies around the world for two weeks of training that is as intense and demanding as actual combat. Red Flag: Air Combat for the 21st Century offers a complete history and an unprecedented insider’s view of the fully integrated, war-conditions exercise that uses the largest combat range on the planet—the size of Connecticut—and involves every kind of military aircraft and asset, from fighters, tankers, and bombers to helicopters, satellites, and unmanned aircraft. With dynamic photos and firsthand description, the book also gives readers a close-up look at the modern and upgraded version of Red Flag—Joint Red Flag, an all-new exercise integrating live and virtual elements in a seamless campaign that challenges warfighters and tests command and control procedures, processes, and architecture.

Author : Alfred Price
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Air Battle Central Europe written by Alfred Price and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen NATO officers reveal the awesome strength and secret shortcomings of our most advanced aircraft, including the Linz helicopter, the Harrier jet, the F-4 Phantom, and others. Photographs, illustrations.

Author : Mike Spick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighter Pilot Tactics written by Mike Spick and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John A. Warden, III
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788108093
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Air Campaign written by John A. Warden, III and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1994-05 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the first analyses of the pure art of planning the aerial dimensions of war. Explores the complicated connection between air superiority and victory in war. Focuses on the use of air forces at the operational level in a theater of war. Presents fascinating historical examples, stressing that the mastery of operational-level strategy can be the key to winning future wars. 20 photos. Bibliography.

Author : Michael Skinner
Publisher : Presidio Press
ISBN 13 : 9780891413516
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Air written by Michael Skinner and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following an Iranian nuclear attack on Iraq and a subsequent Soviet invasion of the malevolent Moslem state, U.S. soldiers are trapped on the ground in Iran, and the pilots of First Air come to the rescue

Author : Books Compute
Publisher : Compute Publications International
ISBN 13 : 9780874550924
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jet Fighter School written by Books Compute and published by Compute Publications International. This book was released on 1987-02 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ray Whitford
Publisher : Ihs Global Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Design for Air Combat written by Ray Whitford and published by Ihs Global Incorporated. This book was released on 1987 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beskriver de aerodynamiske og flyvemæssige hensyn, der skal tages i f.m. konstruktionen af et moderne kampfly