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All-Weather Fighters|Gordon B. Greer

All-Weather Fighters : The Second Team of the United States Air Force for Much of the Cold War

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Mr. Greer outlines the not well-known aircraft and activities of the United States Air Force's all-weather fighters during the first part of the Cold War. He covers the organization, development and decline of the all-weather force in response to the Soviet Union's long-range strategic bomber force equipped with atomic weapons. The author describes not only the individual aircraft from the early night fighters of World War II through the F-106A of the seventies and beyond but also the control organization that directed them until the whole operation was made superfluous by the ballistic missile standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union in the latter half of the Cold War.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780595406562
  • ISBN-10: 0595406564
  • Publisher: iUniverse
  • Publish Date: September 2006
  • Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.36 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.52 pounds
  • Page Count: 156

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