Arab MiGs Volume1: MiG15s and MiG17s in Service with Air Forces of Algeria, Egypt, Iraq and Syria 1955-1967  9780982553923

Arab MiGs Volume1: MiG15s and MiG17s in Service with Air Forces of Algeria, Egypt, Iraq and Syria 1955-1967

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Publisher/Brand Harpia Publishing

Author Tom Cooper and David Nicolle

Format a4

No. Pages 256

Version Soft cover

Language English

Category Books on aviation

Subcategory Military Aviation » Middle East

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Starting in 1955, and for the following 20 years, MiG-15 and MiG-17 formed the backbone of several Arab air forces. They played a prominent role in four major wars and dozens of minor incidents.
Covering the first decade of this period, this study - Arab MiGs, Volume 1, the first in a series of publications - provides a unique and previously unavailable insight into the service history of both types with five Arab air forces.
Even more so, it tells the story of people that flew MiG-15s and MiG-17s in Algeria, Egypt, Iraq and Syria. Several of whom became dominant political figures in most recent history of these countries.
The reason why Arab countries began purchasing MiGs and thus became embroiled in the Cold War is approached and discussed from an entirely new and original - Arab - point of view.
Details about combat operations during three major wars between Arabs and Israel, as well as the war in Yemen of the 1960s, are reconstructed on basis of primary evidence, foremost in form of original documents and participants' recollections.
Aircraft colours, unit insignia, serial- and construction numbers are described in an unprecedented detail.
Over 200 photos, colour artworks, maps and tables illustrate the story of aircraft and their crews, but also many air combats that became highly influential for the future of aerial warfare and fates of several nations.

With 161 black & white, 10 colour pictures, 7 maps and 32 artwork drawings



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