Modern air combat : the aircraft, tactics and weapons employed in aerial warfare today - Gunston, Bill.; Spick, Mike. (New York : Crescent Books : distributed by Crown Publishers, 1983)
The technology of air combat: Aircraft design; aerodynamics; structure; propulsion; weapons; electronic warfare; displays -- The aircraft and their weapons: Aeritalia AM-X -- BAe Buccaneer -- BAe harrier -- BAe Hawk -- BAe Lightning -- BAe Sea Harrier -- Dassault Breguet/Dornier Alpha Jet -- Dassault Breguet Mirage III, 50 -- Dassault Breguet Mirage F1 -- Dassault Breguet Mirage 2000 -- Dassault Breguet Super Etendard -- Fairchaild A-10 Thunderbolt II -- FMA IA Pucara -- General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon -- General Dynamics F-111 -- Grumman A-6 Intruder -- Grumman F-14 Tomcat -- IAI Kfir C2 -- Lockheed F-104 Starfighter -- McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk -- McDonnell Douglas AV-8B/Harrier II -- McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II -- McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle -- McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet -- Mikoyan/Gurevich MiG-21 -- Mikoyan/Gurevich MiG-23 -- Mikoyan/Gurevich MiG-25 -- Mikoyan/Gurevich MiG-27 -- Mitsubishi F-1 -- Nanzhang Q5 -- Northrop F-5 -- Panavia Tornado ADV -- Panavia Tornado IDS -- Saab Scania Draken -- Saab Scania Viggen -- Sepecat Jaguar -- SOKO/CNIAR Orao/IAR-93 -- Sukhoi Su-7 -- Sukhoi Su-11 --Sukhoi Su-15 -- Sukhoi Su-17/22 -- Sukhoi Su-24 -- Tupolev Tu-128 -- Vought A-7 Crusader -- Yakovlev Yak-28P -- Yakovlev Yak-36MP -- Air combat tactics: Basic aerodynamics -- Threats and tasks -- Fighting effectiveness -- Air combat methods -- Manoeuvres (Maneuvers) -- Training.
Includes index.
Keywords: Air warfare; Fighter planes