Harrier GR 7/9 Units in Combat
$39.41
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
3 April 2024
Summary
Former RAF Tornado pilot Michael Napier chronicles the action-packed history of the Harrier GR 7⁄9, and its missions in West Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East and Afghanistan over a 14-year period of ceaseless operations.
The Harrier GR 7⁄9 was at the ‘tip of the spear’ for the RAF when it came to employing weapons against well-equipped standing armies and irregular forces in the 1990s and during the first decade of the new millennium. Assigned to the Harrier GR 7⁄9 Force, the airc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472857613 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1472857615 |
| Author: | Michael Napier, Gareth Hector, Janusz Swiatlon |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Osprey Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 3 April 2024 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 4mm x 182mm x 248mm |
| Series: | Combat Aircraft |
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Critics Review
Using first-hand accounts from his extensive Service contacts, supported by both official and personal photographs and 30 artwork profiles illustrating the wide range of colours worn and ordnance employed by the ‘jump jet’, Michael Napier provides a rare insider’s look at the deployment of Harrier GR 7⁄9 up to its withdrawal from RAF service in 2010. * Aeroscale *
Harrier GR 7⁄9 Units provides a concise, detailed yet accessible account of the Harrier’s role
and contribution to the military campaigns of the 1990s and 2000s, up until the retirement of
the type in January 2011.
Michael Napier
Michael Napier is the author of 11 books on aspects of aviation and military history, including RAF Tornado Units of the Gulf War I and RAF Tornado Units in Combat 1992-2019 published by Osprey. Michael spent nearly ten years flying the Tornado GR 1 from RAF Bruggen in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was an airline pilot for 21 years before retiring in 2018 to concentrate on writing. He lives near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
The illustrators for this title are Gareth Hector (cover) and Janusz Swiatlon (profile artwork).
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