B-52 Stratofortress Units In Operation Desert Storm (Osprey Combat Aircraft 50) (Repost)
Jon Lake, Mark Styling - B-52 Stratofortress Units In Operation Desert Storm
Osprey Publishing | 2004 | ISBN: 1841767514 | English | 100 pages | PDF | 43.21 MB
Combat Aircraft 50
Osprey Publishing | 2004 | ISBN: 1841767514 | English | 100 pages | PDF | 43.21 MB
Combat Aircraft 50
With the ending of the Cold War (1946-1991), the B-52's traditional combat role became redundant, and the USAF looked for new ways to use the machine. The invasion of Kuwait by Iraq in August 1990 gave the B-52 the chance to prove its worth in the new world order, and Stratofortress crews flying the B-52G seized the opportunity with both hands. This book explains how, flying from bases in the Indian Ocean, Britain, Spain and Saudi Arabia, the B-52G was at the forefront of the campaign to free Kuwait of Saddam's forces and dropped the first bombs of Operation Desert Storm (1990-1991).