F-111 & EF-111 Units in Combat Paperback – Illustrated, 20 February 2014

Tengo bastantes obras de la editorial Osprey, varias de la serie Osprey Combat Aircraft. Nunca he visto arruinar una obra de la calidad de esta por culpa de tan deficiente impresión. La calidad de las imágenes es de lo peor que visto en una publicación Los colores de las fotografías son apagados y sin contraste y los preciosos perfiles a color de Rolando Ugolini quedan desvirtuados. La impresión que producen al verlos es la de imágenes impresas en casa, en papel de pobre calidad y con los cartuchos de tinta casi agotados. Si desea tener esta obra con la calidad a la que nos tenía acostumbrados Osprey, recomiendo la versión digital. Le daría 5 estrellas si tuviera la antigua calidad de impresión de Osprey.

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"F-111 & EF-111 Units in Combat" is an Osprey Combat Aircraft series entry on the controversial but remarkable service life of the U.S. Air Force's groundbreaking fighter bomber. Author Peter Davies passes lightly over the F-111's troubled birth as a plane intended for use by the U.S. Air Force and Navy. His narrative properly begins as the F-111, still working through the teething pains of its unique swept-wing design and complicated electronics, is rushed into combat in Vietnam.The text methodically follows the F-111 through its participation in various Vietnam War operations, the El Dorado Canyon air strike on Libya, the air campaign against Iraq in Operation Desert Storm, and the F-111's afterlife as a highly effective electronic countermeasures aircraft. It is built around details on missions flown, changes in tactics, and upgrades in capabilities. The narrative is nicely braced up with lots of first person testimony from the pilots who flew the F-111. The author does not shy away from discussing the hazards of flying a complicated aircraft. The almost minute by minute breakdown of the Libya airstrike is revealing of the aircraft's performance under the extremely difficult conditions of a groundbreaking mission.The author wrote for an aviation-oriented audience; the general reader may find it a bit dense with jargon. The narrative is much enhanced by an excellent collection of photographs, illustrations, and maps. The result is a fascinating and evenhanded treatment of an exceptional aircraft that never quite got its due from its critics or the general public. Highly recommended.

Ich bin großer Osprey Combat Aircraft Fan und habe praktisch alles was es aus dieser Serie über die "Moderne" (sagen wir ab einschließlich dem Vietnam-Krieg) gibt. Dieser hat mich, als erster moderner Luftkrieg, im Übrigen schon immer interessiert. das passt dieses Buch natürlich prima rein. Vietnam, insbesondere die OP Linebacker 1972, der Angriff auf Libyen 1986 und natürlich Desert Storm 1991, alles wir prima nachvollziehbar und anschaulich beschrieben. Den Englisch-Kenntnissen kommt das natürlich auch zugute. Prima und in jeder Hinsicht empfehlenswert!

This is a good book, if not a little biased. However my major beef is that Amzon do not clearly advertise this as a print on demand book which is a little lower quality. Really Amazon is it so hard?