Автор: John Styers
Издательство: Paladin Press
Год издания: 1974
isbn: 087364025X
Количество страниц: 136
Язык: english
Формат: PDF
Originally published by Leatherneck magazine. Emphasizing the practice aspect of bayonet, knife and stick fighting, this rare volume also provides short courses in unarmed combat and knife throwing. For academic study only.
Автор: Brad Elward
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2002
isbn: 1841762644
Количество страниц: 100
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The second of two books on the Navy's Phantom II MiG killers of the Vietnam War (1955-1975), this book covers the numerous actions fought out over North Vietnam during the Linebacker I and II operations of 1972-73. No fewer than 17 MiGs were downed during this period, five of them by the Navy's sole aces of the conflict, Lts Randy Cunningham and Willie Driscoll of VF-96. Drawing on primary sources such as surviving Phantom II aircrew and official navy documentation, the author has assembled the most precise appraisal of fighter operations involving US Navy Phantom II units and those elusive MiGs ever seen in print.
Автор: Brad Elward, Peter Davies
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2001
isbn: 184176163X
Количество страниц: 99
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
For every American fighter pilot involved in the Vietnam War (1955-1975), the ultimate goal was to 'kill a MiG'. In eight years of conflict 43 Vietnamese Peoples Air Force aircraft were claimed by US Navy and US Marine Corps Phantom II crews, and one single ace crew produced. Navy Phantom IIs scored the first kills of the Vietnam War, in April 1965, as well as scoring the last in January 1973. This volume charts the successes of the navy fighter crews as they encountered 'MiGs, Missiles and AAA' over the jungles of North Vietnam.
Автор: A. E. Marriott
Издательство: Macmillan Company
Год издания: 1918
Количество страниц: 85
Язык: english
Формат: DJVU
Contents: Foreword. Hand to Hand Fighting. Personal Defense. Definitions. Chief Points of Attack. Technique of Company Instruction - Preliminary. Combinations. Positions. Personal Defense Instruction at Camp Sevier.
Автор: Tony Holmes, Chris Davey
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2004
isbn: 1841768014
Количество страниц: 99
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
The first installment examining the US Hornet Units' participation in Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-present). The F/A-18 Hornet in its various guises was the 'universal soldier' of OIF, with around 250 seeing combat. Flown by various squadrons and groups, the Hornet attacked a range of targets including tanks of the various Iraqi Republican Guard units and government buildings housing elements of the Baath party regime. Apart from its ability to drop precision munitions such as laser-guided bombs, the Hornet was also capable of launching anti-radar missiles and acting as an aerial tanker and reconnaissance platform for other strike types. This book explores the Hornet's versatility which has enhanced its reputation as one of the world's leading strike-fighter aircraft.
Автор: Jonathan Bernstein, Jim Laurier
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2003
isbn: 1841766062
Количество страниц: 99
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Osprey's study of AH-1 helicopters and their participation in the Vietnam War (1955-1975). Bell’s AH-1 Cobra was the first dedicated helicopter gunship to reach frontline service anywhere in the world. Developed as a private venture by the manufacturer, and based on the mechanics of the ubiquitous UH-1 Huey, the Cobra proved a huge success once introduced into combat with the US Army in 1966. Built as a key weapon in the Advanced Aerial Fire Support System concept of 1965, the AH-1 was one of the few aircraft to reach the combat zone after actual combat experience went into its design. The AH-1 helped reduce the losses being suffered by vulnerable troop transport helicopters by providing effective fire suppression during airmobile operations. This book explores its history, technology and crew.
Автор: Peter Brown
Издательство: Royal Marine Corps
Год издания: 2008
Количество страниц: 53
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Prepare for action. Flooring the attacker. Defence against: front holds, wrist holds, holds from the rear, front chokes, strangles from the rear, chokes & strangles on the ground, knife attack without weapons, a pistol attacker, attacker with a cosh. Controlling the attacker on the ground. Arm locks and wristlocks. Facing two attackers. Defence against: double arm and strangle holds, armed attackers. Going to the rescue.
Автор: Tom Cooper, Chris Davey
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2004
isbn: 1841767875
Количество страниц: 100
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
So formidable an opponent did the Iraqi airforce consider the F-14 that during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), they ordered their pilots not to engage F-14s and the presence of one in an area was usually enough to empty it of Iraqi aircraft. Officially losses where tiny; only one F-14 was lost in aerial combat (to a MiG-21), one to a control problem and one downed by a ground-to-air missile. This book looks at the F-14’s Iranian combat history and includes first hand accounts from the pilots themselves. It will consider key engagements and the central figures involved, illustrating the realities, successes and failures of the Iranian air campaign.
Автор: Norman Birzer, Peter Mersky
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2004
isbn: 184176731X
Количество страниц: 100
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Osprey's examination of A-7 Corsair II Units of the Vietnam War (1955-1975). Arriving on station with the USS Ranger (CVA-61) in early December 1967, the first Corsair II squadron became operational immediatedly and sustained its first combat loss three weeks later. This book tells how the A-7 soon proved its worth supporting ground operations in South Vietnam. As it continued to serve in the ground support role, the navy swiftly introduced the A-7E which soon ran into difficulties with supply lines - perhaps on account of what many perceived to have been a rushed introduction to service. Once these teething problems were resolved, the A-7E became the primary air-to-ground aircraft of the fleet.
Автор: Tony Holmes, Chris Davey
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год издания: 2006
isbn: 1841768472
Количество страниц: 100
Язык: english
Формат: PDF (scan)
Some 84 of the 250 Hornets committed by Central Command to Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-present) proudly bore MARINE titling on their rear fuselages. A further 14 were marked with the distinctive kangaroo roundel of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The exploits achieved by the units that flew these jets into combat is detailed in this volume, the third of three titles published in the Combat Aircraft series on what has been dubbed by many TACAIR insiders the 'Hornet's War'. Although the bulk of this book deals with the major hostilities phase of OIF I, which ran from 20 March to 20 April 2003, the decade of pre-war OSW missions and ongoing post-war OIF II operations are also covered in significant detail from the Marine Corps perspective. Profusely illustrated with rare frontline photography and more than 30 specially commissioned colour artworks, this book also features the combat experiences of 24 pilots and Weapons Systems Officers.
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