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B-1B LANCER UNITS IN COMBAT
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| By: |
Thomas Withington, Mark Styling (Illus) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£16.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1841769924 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781841769929 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
8 February, 2006 |
| Series: |
Combat Aircraft No. 60 |
| Pages: |
96 |
| Description: |
The Lancer began its duties with Strategic Air Command as a nuclear-armed bomber in the mid-1980s. The end of the Cold War intervened, and the aircraft was removed from its nuclear missions as a result of arms control legislation. |
| Synopsis: |
The Lancer began its duties with Strategic Air Command as a nuclear-armed bomber in the mid-1980s. The end of the Cold War intervened, and the aircraft was removed from its nuclear missions as a result of arms control legislation. In order to retain the B-1 as a viable frontline type, the USAF re-rolled the Lancer as a potent conventional weapons carrier. The wide-range of ordnance which the B-1B can carry has seen it participating in Operation Desert Fox over Iraq, Operation Allied Force over Kosovo and Serbia, Operation Enduring Freedom against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and most recently during Operation Iraqi Freedom, when the aircraft was used to personally target Saddam Hussein. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations (chiefly col.) |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Osprey Publishing |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |