Lockheed SR-71 Operations in the Far East EPUB
by Paul F. Crickmore
Illustrated by Mr Chris Davey, Jim Laurier
Part of the Combat Aircraft series
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Even before the first operational flight of the U-2 spy plane, aircraft designers began work on the type's replacement.
The result was the SR-71. First deployed on March 9, 1968, this tri-sonic 'hotrod' flew its first operational sortie over North Vietnam just 12 days later.
Thereafter, the SR-71 roamed freely, capturing photographic, radar and electronic intelligence.
This book examines the impact this aircraft had, not only on North Vietnam but during the Cold War as a whole, gathering information about the Soviet nuclear submarine fleet based in Vladivostok as well as the port's defenses, monitoring the actions of North Korea and flying four 11-hour, non-stop sorties into the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq War in the late 1980s.
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- Pages:96 pages, 90 b/w; 34 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:20/01/2013
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- ISBN:9781472800558
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- Pages:96 pages, 90 b/w; 34 col
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:20/01/2013
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- ISBN:9781472800558
