Modern Battlefield Warplanes [Hardcover]

David Donald (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2005

Attack aircraft have always played a vital role in supporting the troups on the ground and neutralizing ground-to-air threats. Modern Battlefield Warplanes profiles six aircraft/helicopters currently in service designed to fight over the battlefield -- America's A-10 Thunderbolt II, AH-64 Apache and AH-1 Cobra; the British/American AV-8B Harrier; and Russia's Ka-50 'Hokum', Mil-24 'Hind' and Su-25 'Frogfoot'. Packed with in-depth information and superbly illustrated throughout, this volume is the most complete work of its kind and an important battlefield warfare reference. Includes full development histories, mission data, descriptions of each type's avionics and weapon loads, current and past operators, and detailed specifications.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: AIRtime (January 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1880588765
• ISBN-13: 978-1880588765
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,867,050 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The main American and Russian Close Air Support (CAS) Aircraft, January 16, 2006

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This book is an enjoyable review of seven of the main CAS aircraft in use on the battlefield today. The book reviews the A/OA-10 Warthog (Thunderbolt II), AV-8 Harrier "jump jet," AH-64 Apache and Longbow Apache, AH-1 Cobra and Supercobra, SU-25 Frogfoot, Kamov Ka-50 series helicopters, and MI-24 Hind. This book summarizes the development, operational histories, and improvements on each type over time. There are lots of pictures - both static and in action for all types. Each type has cutaways and/or large, two page pictures of the aircraft. The book also presents units and order of battle for the countries that produce the aircraft types and allies who use them. It's not surprising that much of the combat information for the Western aircraft comes from Persian Gulf, Bosnia, and Middle East conflicts (Falklands for the Harrier), where as much of the Russian combat information comes from Afghanistan and Chechnya.

I really like this book because it has interesting summaries of the aircraft from protoype development to combat involvement to present status. I am a huge fan of attack aircraft and am pleased to see the latest pictures and information on the AH-1Z, four-bladed, Supercobra. This is a nice reference for an attack aircraft buff.

I do have two small criticisms of the book. First, much of the information presented here has been printed in other publications such as World Airpower Journal, Combat Aircraft, Air Forces International, and Air Forces Monthly. So, if you regularly read those publications many of the pictures and reviews will be familiar. However, this is the only single publication where you will find all of this information inside of one cover. The second criticism is that I can't believe that the Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter was omitted. EU pride should be rankled.

Anyway, this is a nice book to have and I will enjoy it for a long time to come.