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  • Winged Crusaders

    The Exploits of 14 Squadron RFC & RAF, 1915–45

    by Michael Napier ...
    Formed in 1915, and still operational today, 14 Squadron is one of the RAF's longest serving and most senior Squadrons. Spending the first thirty years of its operational life in the Middle East, the history of this Squadron is a rich one, but one which, until now, has gone largely unrecorded. Napier effectively brings together all the historical scraps and shreds of stories which make up the ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Flashpoints

    Air Warfare in the Cold War

    by Michael Napier ...
    From acclaimed aviation historian Michael Napier, this is a highly illustrated survey of the aerial fighting in the flashpoints of the Cold War.The Cold War years were a period of unprecedented peace in Europe, yet they also saw a number of localised but nonetheless very intense wars throughout the wider world in which air power played a vital role. Flashpoints describes eight of these Cold War ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Tornado Over the Tigris

    Recollections of a Fast Jet Pilot

    by Michael Napier ...
    A Royal Air Force pilot recounts his service flying Tornados over Cold War-era Germany and post-Gulf War Iraq in this thrilling military memoir.After achieving a boyhood ambition to qualify as an RAF pilot, Michael Napier was posted to RAF Bruggen in Germany where he spent five years flying Tornado GR1s at the height of the Cold War. Always exhilarating and often dangerous, Michael Napier's ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Over Cold War Seas

    NATO and Soviet Naval Aviation, 1949–89

    by Michael Napier ...
    Michael Napier describes the naval air power deployed by NATO, Warsaw Pact and neutral countries throughout the Cold War.In 1949, an Iron Curtain was drawn across Europe, and the Cold War that ensued between the Western North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries and the Soviet-dominated Warsaw Pact lasted through to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. NATO and Warsaw Pact naval forces ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Afghan Air Wars

    Soviet, US and NATO operations, 1979–2021

    by Michael Napier ...
    Michael Napier details the critical role of air power in the skies over Afghanistan, from the ten-year occupation by the USSR in the 1980s through to the US and NATO campaign from 2001 to 2021.US and British forces, strongly supported by air power, invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 in response to the Al Qaida attacks on 9/11. What began as a small-scale operation of 2,500 troops with the limited ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • RAF Lightning Units of the Cold War

    by Michael Napier ...
    Series Book 165 - Combat Aircraft
    An illustrated study of the Lightning Jet Fighter and its eventful operational history as the RAF's star aircraft of the Cold War era.The Mach 2-capable English Electric Lightning is perhaps the most iconic RAF aeroplane of the Cold War. Boasting a massive increase in performance and improved radar and weapons systems over its predecessors, the Lightning brought new capabilities to the RAF's air ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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  • Iraq 2003

    Precision warfare comes of age

    by Michael Napier ...
    Series Book 60 - Air Campaign
    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 ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • In Cold War Skies

    NATO and Soviet Air Power, 1949–89

    by Michael Napier ...
    From acclaimed aviation historian Michael Napier, this is a highly illustrated survey of the airpower deployed by NATO and Warsaw Pact countries throughout the Cold War.Throughout the second half of the 20th century, international relations across the globe were dominated by the Cold War. From 1949 until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, US and Soviet strategic forces were deployed across the ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • Korean Air War

    Sabres, MiGs and Meteors, 1950–53

    by Michael Napier ...
    From acclaimed aviation historian Michael Napier, this is a highly illustrated survey of the air war over Korea.The Korean War holds a unique place in aviation history. It saw the first large-scale jet-versus-jet combat and it was the first military action of the Cold War, fought by both the newly independent United States Air Force and the recently formed Chinese People's Liberation Army Air ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • The Royal Air Force

    A Centenary of Operations

    by Michael Napier ...
    A fully illustrated history of the Royal Air Force while on operations, publishing to mark the centenary of its foundation in World War I.The world's first independent air force, the Royal Air Force celebrates its centenary in 2018. In the 100 years since the end of World War I, the service has been involved in almost continuous operations around the globe, giving the RAF the longest and most wide ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • RAF Jaguar Units in Combat

    by Michael Napier ...
    Series Book 156 - Combat Aircraft
    An illustrated account of the development and action-packed service history of the Jaguar attack jet, featuring first-hand accounts from the pilots that flew it into combat.Developed as a joint venture between Britain and France, the SEPECAT Jaguar was originally intended to be a jet trainer aircraft, but quickly evolved to fulfil a need for a supersonic attack jet with close air support, ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Korea 1950–53

    B-29s, Thunderjets and Skyraiders fight the strategic bombing campaign

    by Michael Napier ...
    Series Book 39 - Air Campaign
    A spectacularly illustrated new history and analysis of the strategic bombing campaign in the Korean War, which saw the last combat of America's legendary B-29s.Just five years after they defeated Japan, at the dawn of the jet age, the most advanced bomber of World War II was already obsolescent. But the legendary war-winning Superfortresses had one more war to fight, in the strategic air campaign ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD