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Blue diamonds : the exploits of 14 Squadron RAF 1945-2015 / Michael Napier.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Napier, Michael, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military history.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 14--History.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 pages) : illustrations, photographs
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, England : Pen & Sword Aviation, 2015.
- Summary:
- "In the seven decades since the Second World War, 14 Squadron has operated a wide array of aircraft types (Mosquitoes, Vampires, Venoms, Hunters, Canberras, Phantoms, Jaguars and Tornados) in a fascinating variety of roles. For much of this time, the Squadron was based in Germany at the front line of the Cold War, but it also participated in the Gulf War in 1991, in operations over Iraq from 1991-2009, in the Kosovo conflict in 2000 and latterly during the war in Afghanistan, firstly with the Tornado GR4 and then with the Shadow R1. Today the Squadron operates in great secrecy in an Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance role"--From dust jacket.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 4, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9781473843066
- 1473843065
- 9781473843448
- 1473843448
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