Latin American Mirages

Author: Santiago Rivas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780982553947
Category : Air forces
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
For more than four decades, different versions of the classic Dassault Mirage fighter have served as some of the most potent combat aircraft in Latin America. Equipping the air forces of seven South American nations in significant quantities, the delta-winged jets have seen action in various different wars and internal conflicts, and they continue to fulfill their mission with a number of operators. This book tells the story of all the members of the Mirage family in service with Latin American air arms, with individual histories of the air arms and their constituent units that have operated the Dassault-designed fighter, as well as its Israeli and South African derivatives. The volume provides a comprehensive collection of color photographs and profile artworks that cover all the variants, plus maps, and tables that illustrate the individual stories of all the aircraft, their units and their various weapons.

Dassault Mirage 2000

Author: Robert Pied
Publisher:
ISBN: 9782960248821
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
A close up at the Dassault Mirage 2000, in service with the Armée de L'Air and many other Air Forces. Includes details of all versions, from 2000 B/C to 2000-5 and 2000-9

Mirage III

Author: Dominique Breffort
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 9782352500339
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The first French operational Mach-2 fighter has served in an impressive number of air forces from the Sixties to the present day, in numerous versions of Mirage III and 5 delta combat aircraft. Every variant and every livery - 20 different cockades or so - are included in this new book on the ubiquitous French fighter which gained worldwide fame.

French Secret Projects 1: Post War Fighters

Author: Jean-Christophe Carbonel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910809006
Category : Airplanes, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Based on pre-war research and captured German wartime technology, a number of French jet, ramjet and rocket-powered aircraft reached at least prototype form. Vertical take-off, variable geometry wings and even flying boat concepts were among some of the most radical aircraft designs, studies and projects ever produced anywhere in the world. Driven by the need to equip its air forces, compete in export markets and catch-up with its international competitors, French companies gave free reign to their designers to come up with radical and unconventional airctaft."--Jacket.

Dassault Mirage III & Mirage 5

Author: J. P. Vieira
Publisher: Spotlight on
ISBN: 9788365958365
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
40 color profiles of the famous Mirage III & Mirage 5, a French Cold-War era jet aircraft. French and foreign users are shown in variety of camouflages.

Vulcan 607

Author: Rowland White
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0593071263
Category : Falkland Islands War, 1982
Languages : en
Pages : 580

Book Description
It was to be one of the most ambitious operations since 617 Squadron bounced their revolutionary bombs into the dams of the Ruhr Valley in 1943... When Argentine forces invaded the Falklands in the early hours of 2 April 1982, Britain's military chiefs were faced with a real-life Mission Impossible.

How To Build Brick Airplanes

Author: Peter Blackert
Publisher: Motorbooks
ISBN: 0760361657
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
How to Build Brick Airplanes puts the power of the world's most fearsome jets in your hands—learn how to build the SR-71, the P38 Lightning, the B2 bomber, and more, from LEGO bricks. Grab some bricks, because it's time to get building! How to Build Brick Airplanes is loaded with clear, easy-to-follow designs for creating contemporary and classic jets, warbirds, bombers, and more using nothing more than bricks found in many common LEGO sets. More than just simple, generic recreations, the planes here are all scale models of their real-world counterparts. How to Build Brick Airplanes opens with simpler designs, before working up to more detailed builds. This vivid, user-friendly, and fun title is sure to bring hours of joy and airborne wonder to LEGO fans across the globe, whether you're an aviation enthusiast, LEGO lover, or looking for a project to share with little ones of your own. LEGO is the world's #1 toy company. The adults who grew up building LEGO City and Spaceports are now passing their old sets on to their children—and a new generation of LEGO builders has emerged, along with a rabid online community and celebrated custom builders.

The RAAF Mirage Story

Author: M. R. Susans
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780642148353
Category : Fighter planes
Languages : en
Pages : 168

Book Description

Iraqi Mirages

Author: Tom Cooper
Publisher: Middle East@War
ISBN: 9781912390311
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Originally envisaged and acquired as a 'pure' interceptor, before long the Mirage F.1 in Iraqi service proved a highly capable multi-role platform aircraft, and was widely deployed not only for ground attack but also anti-shipping purposes, as an aerial tanker, and for delivering long-range pin-point attacks.

Dassault Rafale

Author: Hugh Harkins
Publisher: Centurion Publishing
ISBN: 9781903630921
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
The Dassault Rafale, designed to replace a number of legacy aircraft types in French Air Force and Naval aviation service, is a 4th+/4th++ generation omnirole combat aircraft, which emerged from the French ACX (Avion de Combat Experimental) program of the early 1980's. This progressed after France withdrew from the consortium of European partner nations, which went on to develop the Eurofighter Typhoon.The Rafale design is centred on a comprehensive multi-sensor avionics suite, embracing the concept of sensor fusion to enhance overall mission effectiveness. The integral internal and external sensors and comprehensive array of precision guided weapons enable Rafale to conduct a plethora of operational missions, ranging from air defence, air to surface strike, including nuclear stand-off strike and maritime surface strike, to reconnaissance intelligence gathering.The volume covers the evolution of the Rafale concept from the early AXC studies that led to the Rafale A technology demonstrator through the succession of serial produced Rafale Standards built or planned - F1to F5. All technical and historical information regarding the aircraft, systems and weapons, have been furnished by the respective designers/developers, as has much of the graphic material, with technical and graphic input from other entities, such as the French Délégué Général pour l'armament and respective operators. Certain segments of updated text, where pertinent, are taken from the volumes 'Dassault Rafale, the Gallic Squall' (Harkins, 2004) and 'Eurofighter Typhoon, Storm over Europe' (Harkins, 2013).