F-16 Fighting Falcon (Combat Legend) [Paperback]

Kev Darling (Author)

Book Description

Series: Combat Legend | Publication Date: April 9, 2005

The F-16 Fighting Falcon is the world's most popular, most sought after multi-role fighter. A revolutionary aircraft that has continuously evolved to meet global needs, the F-16 flew more sorties than any other aircraft during Operation Desert Storm.

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About the Author

Kev Darling spent more than twenty years in the Royal Air Force, engineering aircraft ranging in size from the Tiger Moth to the TriStar.  Medically discharged after the first Gulf War he strengthened his writing career, which he had begun in 1986.  Since then he has authored numerous magazine articles and more than twenty books and monographs.  He lives in Vale of Glamorgan.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: The Crowood Press (April 9, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1840373997
• ISBN-13: 978-1840373998
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,376,749 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A disapointment: short on details, February 26, 2004

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"seahorse2001" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: F-16 Fighting Falcon (Combat Legend) (Paperback)

I purchased this book expecting a detailed look at the workings of the F-16 and was disappointed.

The book provides little in terms of technical details on the F-16 and serves more as a general history of the aircraft. There isn't even a detailed listing of the aircraft's dimensions.

The book does cover a bit of the F-16s combat record with an account of an Israeli pilot's air-to-air combat kill in an F-16. The account itself however isn't very riveting.

If I had looked through this book at a a bookstore, I would have passed on it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book on the F-16, September 2, 2006

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D. Diederichs (Waite Park, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: F-16 Fighting Falcon (Combat Legend) (Paperback)

I own other books in this series by Combat Legends and this one is just as good as the others, which are all great.

The Combat Legends series covers the aircraft from conception to 2003 (when the book was published).

I like the book because it covers why the aircraft was conceived in the first place as a agile, light-weight, simple fighter (basically in the performance mold of a MIG-21) that was to complement the F-15 Eagle and takes the reader on a journey from it's beginnings through operational history, combat operations, accomplishments, variants, and so on. There are plenty on high-quality photos throughout but this is not the book to own if your looking for a picture book. Specs are almost non-existent which is only a tiny flaw in an otherwise excellent book but if you want specs you can always visit websites that contain that info such as F-16.net and FAS.org, both excellent military website.

To summarize, if your looking for a history book on the F-16 then this book is definitely for you and if you do purchase this book you will purchase others in the series, their that interesting.