US Navy Hornet Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Part Two. Osprey Combat Aircraft 58

Holmes, Tony

ISBN 10: 1841768855 / ISBN 13: 9781841768854

Published by Osprey Publishing, Oxford., 2005

About this Item

96pp, index, appendices, num bw & col ills. As new. Tells the story of the five US Navy Hornet units that waged war in northern Iraq from the carrier decks of CVN-71 and CVN-75, stationed off the coast of Turkey. Size: 4to.

Seller Inventory # 010387

Bibliographic Details

• Title: US Navy Hornet Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Part Two. Osprey Combat Aircraft 58
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing, Oxford.
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841768855
• ISBN 13: 9781841768854
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Illustrator: Davey, Chris
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Militaria

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Synopsis

The second installment examining the US Navy Hornet Units' participation in Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-present). These units were the first Navy Reserve unit to be mobilized since the Korean War, and their attacks were launched from carriers off the coast of Turkey. The conflict for these squadrons was very different from the campaign fought in southern Iraq: they worked almost exclusively with clandestine Special Forces teams from the US Army, Marine Corps, Navy SEALs, British and Australian SAS and Kurdish guerrillas. First-hand accounts accompany the indispensable role these units had in the battle to liberate Iraq.

About the Authors

Having initially worked for Osprey as an author in the 1980s, Tony Holmes became the company's aviation editor in 1989 after he moved to England from Western Australia. Responsible for devising the Aircraft of the Aces, Combat Aircraft, Aviation Elite Units, Duel and X-Planes series, Tony has also written more than 30 books for Osprey over the past 35 years.

Chris Davey has illustrated more than 70 titles for Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces and Combat Aircraft series since 1994. Based in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, as one of the very last traditional airbrush artists in the business, he has become the company's illustrator of choice for both USAAF fighters and RAF subject matter, proving his undoubted skill when dealing with large aircraft subjects such as the Halifax, Sunderland, Lancaster, and Stirling.