B-52 Stratofortress Units in Operation Desert Storm

Jon Lake author Mark Styling illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:11th Nov '04

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

B-52 Stratofortress Units in Operation Desert Storm cover

This book explains the B-52G's role at the forefront of the campaign to free Kuwait of Saddam's forces.

With the ending of the Cold War, the B-52's traditional combat role became redundant, and the USAF looked for new ways to use the machine.

The invasion of Kuwait by Iraq in August 1990 gave the B-52 the chance to prove its worth in the new world order, and Stratofortress crews flying the B-52G seized the opportunity with both hands. This book explains how, flying from bases in the Indian Ocean, Britain, Spain and Saudi Arabia, the B-52G was at the forefront of the campaign to free Kuwait of Saddam's forces and dropped the first bombs of Operation Desert Storm.

ISBN: 9781841767512

Dimensions: 244mm x 180mm x 8mm

Weight: 340g

96 pages