Iraq 2003
Precision warfare comes of age
$31.20
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
4 August 2026
Summary
Fully illustrated, this study explores the technology, roles, and combat performance of Coalition airpower in the biggest air campaign of the early 21st century.
In 2003, a US-led Coalition invaded Iraq with the aim of overthrowing Saddam Hussain’s regime. Just as it had in the 1991 Gulf War, airpower played a vital role. However, this war was very different to its predecessor and represented a new style of warfare: focused targeting with precision-guided munitions an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472868053 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472868056 |
| Author: | Michael Napier, Gareth Hector |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Osprey Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 4 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 303g |
| Dimensions: | 8mm x 182mm x 246mm |
| Series: | Air Campaign |
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Critics Review
The book is copiously illustrated with photos, maps and original artwork as is usual for Osprey publications and is recommended. * Aviation World *
Michael Napier
Michael Napier qualified as an RAF strike/attack pilot in 1985 and was based in Germany during the Cold War. He flew operations over Iraq after the first Gulf War and left the RAF in 1997 for a second career as an airline pilot. He has written for various aviation magazines including Flypast and The Aviation Historian as well as numerous books for Osprey on modern airpower. Michael lives near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
Gareth Hector is an internationally renowned aviation illustrator.
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