Jet Combat in the Nuclear Age: Jet Fighter Campaigns: 1980s to the Present Day

An acclaimed historian of military aviation examines the role jet fighters and fighter bombers in modern conflicts across the globe. In this book, Martin Bowman combines extensive research into the operations of the USAF Strategic Air Command (SAC) with a range of firsthand accounts from the pilots themselves. The result is a vivid and authoritative account of peacekeeping campaigns during the Cold War and the War on Terror. Jet Combat in the Nuclear Age pays tribute to the men and women of the SAC and their role in deterring perceived Soviet threats with a retaliatory nuclear attack. The 1980s also brought a new enemy in air operations in the Middle East when US Navy F-14 Tomcats and other jet aircraft mounted retaliatory operations against Libya. Today, small teams of Special Forces troops are responsible for directing attack aircraft against enemy positions in the ongoing war on terror. The book spotlights military craft in actions across the globe, such as: US Navy A-6E Intruders bombed Benghazi in 1986 in retaliation for the bombing of a West Berlin disco F-111Fs and RAF Jaguars decimated Saddam Hussein’s forces in the opening rounds of Desert Storm Carrier-based craft deployed in support of military operations Joint Endeavor, Desert Strike, and Sharp Guard And others