Modern Bombers An illustrated guide to bomber aircraft from 1945 to the second Gulf war, with 300 identification photographs Featuring the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Panavia Tornado, Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, and many more

by Crosby, Francis

• ISBN13: 9781844762293
• ISBN10: 1844762297
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-07
• Publisher: Southwater

Summary

This wonderfully illustrated book begins with a history of modern bombers, from the U.S.A.'s Beoing B-47 Stratojet and the Soviets Unions Tupolevs of the Cold War through to the Lockheed Martin F-117 A Nighthawk.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(4)
The History of Modern Bombers
Bomber aircraft development since World War II	10	(2)
Cold War bombers	12	(2)
Strategic Air Command	14	(2)
Bomber aircraft defences from 1945	16	(2)
V-bombers	18	(2)
The Falklands Black Buck raids	20	(2)
Operation El Dorado Canyon	22	(2)
Gulf War bombers	24	(4)
A--Z of Modern Bombers: 1945 to the Present Day
Aermacchi MB-339	28	(1)
AMX International AMX	29	(1)
Avro Lincoln	30	(2)
Avro Shackleton	32	(2)
Avro Vulcan	34	(2)
BAC/BAE Strikemaster	36	(2)
British Aircraft Corporation TSR.2	38	(2)
BAE Systems Harrier	40	(2)
Blackburn Buccaneer	42	(2)
Boeing B-47 Stratojet	44	(2)
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress	46	(2)
Boeing/McDonnell Douglas/Northrop F/A-18 Hornet	48	(2)
Breguet Alize	50	(1)
Breguet/Dassault Atlantic	51	(1)
Convair B-36 Peacemaker	52	(2)
Convair B-58 Hustler	54	(2)
Dassault Mystere/Super Mystere	56	(2)
Dassault Etendard and Super Etendard	58	(2)
Dassault Mirage III family	60	(2)
Dassault Mirage IV	62	(2)
de Havilland Venom	64	(1)
Douglas A-3 Skywarrior	65	(1)
Douglas Skyraider	66	(2)
English Electric/BAC/Martin B-57 Canberra	68	(2)
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II	70	(2)
Fairey Gannet	72	(2)
General Dynamics F-111	74	(2)
Grumman A-6 Intruder/EA-6 Prowler	76	(2)
Handley Page Victor	78	(2)
Hawker Siddeley/British Aerospace Nimrod	80	(2)
Ilyushin II-28	82	(2)
Lockheed P2V Neptune	84	(2)
Lockheed P-3 Orion	86	(2)
Lockheed S-3 Viking	88	(2)
Lockheed Martin F-117A Nighthawk	90	(2)
McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk	92	(2)
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II	94	(2)
McDonnell Douglas/Boeing F-15	96	(2)
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27	98	(2)
Myasishchev M-4	100	(2)
North American A3J/A-5 Vigilante	102	(2)
North American F-100 Super Sabre	104	(2)
Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit	106	(2)
Panavia Tornado IDS	108	(2)
Republic F-105 Thunderchief	110	(2)
Rockwell B-1 Lancer	112	(2)
Sepecat Jaguar	114	(2)
Sukhoi Su-25	116	(2)
Tupolev Tu-22/Tu-22M	118	(2)
Tupolev Tu-95	120	(2)
Tupolev Tu-160	122	(2)
Vickers Valiant	124	(2)
Glossary	126	(1)
Index	127	(1)
Acknowledgements	128