AV-8B Harrier II Units of Operation Enduring Freedom, Combat Aircraft 104, Osprey
- Brand: Osprey
- Product Code: COM104 [23942]
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- Date added: 27/09/2022
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In the 1970s the USMC bought the AV-8A Harrier from the UK whose VTOL capabilities allowed it to serve as a tactical aircraft that could deploy with Marine forces on amphibious assault ships and provide air cover and close air support from large deck aircraft carriers. Third in a trilogy on US Marine Corps Harrier IIs in combat, it will be the first volume to cover the whole story of the AV-8B's service employment during peacekeeping operations and then in Afghanistan. With profile artwork for all frontline AV-8B units detailing the unique colours and markings applied by each squadron, this volume presents the widest variety of first-hand accounts of AV-8B air operations and missions by pilots and ground forces involved in Operation Enduring Freedom published to date.
Contents:
- Development, deployment and training
- Marine Air Ground Team
- Harrier IIs in support of NATO Peacekeeping
- Harrier IIs in support of relief and peacekeeping operations in Somalia, Rawanda, Liberia, Central African Republic, Zaire
- Congo and Sierra Leone
- Growth pains and Modernisation of the AV-8B Harrier II
- Operation Enduring Freedom 2001
- Ongoing Close Air Support Operations in Afghanistan 2002-10
- Appendices - listing of USMC squadrons and locations - listing of the major production types of Harrier IIs, which include four different types of aircraft, AV-8B day attack, TAV-8B trainers, AV-8B Night Attack and AV-8B Radar-equipped Harrier IIs. - listing of combat sorties per squadron for all operations - colour plates commentary
Author: Lon Nordeen
Illustrator: Jim Laurier
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Description: 96 pages, Paperback, 247 X 184 mm.
Condition: VERY GOOD+
Shipping weight: 470 gr.