Book Review of
RAF Aircraft of the Cold War, 1970-90
Air-to-air-images
Author: Tony Paxton
Forward by:
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach GBE, KCB, DI
Key Books
ICBN: 978-1-913295-84-4
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 2020
MSRP: $29.95
ICBN: 978-1-913295-84-4
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 2020
MSRP: $29.95
HISTORY:
The Cold War saw the once allies of WWII pitted against each other in a power play that was to last more than three decades. With Russia and her Warsaw Pact allies in the East and the UK with the US and their NATO allies in the west.
Both sides were in constant readiness to fend off an attack from opposing forces. Though the feared attacks never came, those decades saw tension and posturing on both sides until the war finally ended in 1991 after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
THE BOOK:
Key Books is located in the UK.
This book is soft-cover of 128 pages in 6 ½” x 9 ½” page format.
The cover art shows a color photo of F4 Phantom flying above the clouds.
The back cover shows a F3 Tornado.
The book contains 151 color photos (counting the covers).
Aircraft shown are:
Ten of the F4 Tornado, a Bae Hawk, a Pan Am Boeing 737, a Jet Provost, five of a Harrier GR-3, three of a Lightning F.Mk. 3, a Victor K2, three of a Vulcan, eleven of a F4 Phantom, nine of a Tornado GR-1, eight of a Lightning F. Mk. 6, nine of a Lightning F. Mk. 2a, the British destroyer HMS Kent, two of a Russian Bear D, two of a Shackleton AEW, a F-16, nine of Buccaneer 52s, a Nimrod AEW-2, MR-1 and three of the MR-2, three of a Victor K2, four of a VC10 tanker, two of a Tristar tanker, two of a VC10 transport, three of a Jaguar GR, two of a Lightning T. Mk. 5, two of a Boeing KC-135 tanker, three of a Lightning F. Mk. 6, fourteen of a Tornado GR. F1, a Vulcan Tanker, fourteen of a Tornado F3, a Hawker Siddeley, five of a Lightning F. Mk. 2A, a Wessex 5 helicopter, three of an F3, four of a Canberra T-17, a Harrier GR6, a Meteor F. Mk. 8, two of a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, a French Mirage 2000, three of a Turkish F4 and a Russian Mig-29 Fulcrum.
This book will be of interest to modelers and aviation historians alike.
I wish to sincerely thank Casemate Publishers for this review sample. Casemate is the N. American distributor of Key Books and all their titles can be viewed on Casemate’s website at:
The Cold War saw the once allies of WWII pitted against each other in a power play that was to last more than three decades. With Russia and her Warsaw Pact allies in the East and the UK with the US and their NATO allies in the west.
Both sides were in constant readiness to fend off an attack from opposing forces. Though the feared attacks never came, those decades saw tension and posturing on both sides until the war finally ended in 1991 after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
THE BOOK:
Key Books is located in the UK.
This book is soft-cover of 128 pages in 6 ½” x 9 ½” page format.
The cover art shows a color photo of F4 Phantom flying above the clouds.
The back cover shows a F3 Tornado.
The book contains 151 color photos (counting the covers).
Aircraft shown are:
Ten of the F4 Tornado, a Bae Hawk, a Pan Am Boeing 737, a Jet Provost, five of a Harrier GR-3, three of a Lightning F.Mk. 3, a Victor K2, three of a Vulcan, eleven of a F4 Phantom, nine of a Tornado GR-1, eight of a Lightning F. Mk. 6, nine of a Lightning F. Mk. 2a, the British destroyer HMS Kent, two of a Russian Bear D, two of a Shackleton AEW, a F-16, nine of Buccaneer 52s, a Nimrod AEW-2, MR-1 and three of the MR-2, three of a Victor K2, four of a VC10 tanker, two of a Tristar tanker, two of a VC10 transport, three of a Jaguar GR, two of a Lightning T. Mk. 5, two of a Boeing KC-135 tanker, three of a Lightning F. Mk. 6, fourteen of a Tornado GR. F1, a Vulcan Tanker, fourteen of a Tornado F3, a Hawker Siddeley, five of a Lightning F. Mk. 2A, a Wessex 5 helicopter, three of an F3, four of a Canberra T-17, a Harrier GR6, a Meteor F. Mk. 8, two of a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, a French Mirage 2000, three of a Turkish F4 and a Russian Mig-29 Fulcrum.
This book will be of interest to modelers and aviation historians alike.
I wish to sincerely thank Casemate Publishers for this review sample. Casemate is the N. American distributor of Key Books and all their titles can be viewed on Casemate’s website at:
Highly recommended.