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Fighters Over the Falklands David Gledhill

Fighters Over the Falklands von David Gledhill

Fighters Over the Falklands David Gledhill


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Zusammenfassung

Fighters Over The Falklands looks at how the Falkland Islands are defended by RAF air defence fighter aircraft. Covering the period immediately after the Falklands war when the Phantom became the front line of the islands' defence, through to the departure of the Tornado F3s, it captures military life and concludes with why the Typhoon will be a

Fighters Over the Falklands Zusammenfassung

Fighters Over the Falklands: Defending the Islanders' Way of Life David Gledhill

Fighters Over The Falklands captures daily life using pictures taken during the author's tours of duty on the Islands. From the first detachments of Phantoms and Rapiers operating from a rapidly upgraded RAF Stanley airfield to life at RAF Mount Pleasant, see life from the author's perspective as the Commander of the Tornado F3 Flight defending the islands' airspace. Font-line fighter crews provided Quick Reaction Alert during day to day flying operations working with the Royal Navy, Army and other Air Force units to defend a remote, and sometimes forgotten, theatre of operations. It will also look at how the islanders interact with the forces based at Mount Pleasant and contrast high technology military operations with the lives of the original inhabitants; namely the wildlife.

Über David Gledhill

DAVE GLEDHILL is an aviation enthusiast and aviator. Having been awarded his pilot's licence at the age of 17, he was commissioned in the RAF in 1974 and trained as an air navigator, before converting to the F4 Phantom in the Air Defence role. After tours in the UK and Germany, he went on to be a radar tactics instructor on the Operational Conversion Unit. One of the first instructors on the new Tornado F2, he eventually became the Executive Officer on the OCU and OC1435 Flight flying the Tornado F3.

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GOR006876313
9781781552223
1781552223
Fighters Over the Falklands: Defending the Islanders' Way of Life David Gledhill
Gebraucht - Sehr Gut
Gebundene Ausgabe
Fonthill Media Ltd
2013-11-01
256
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