Desert Storm air war : the aerial campaign against Saddam's Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War

Desert Storm air war : the aerial campaign against Saddam's Iraq in the 1991 Gulf War / Jim Corrigan.

Author/creator	Corrigan, Jim author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2017]
Copyright Notice	©2017
Description	xviii, 254 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	United States. Air Force--History --Persian Gulf War, 1991. Persian Gulf War, 1991--Aerial operations, American. Persian Gulf War, 1991--Campaigns.

Contents	Part I. Desert Shield -- Seeds of crisis -- Deployment -- Turbulence -- Instant thunder -- Black hole -- Part II. Desert Storm -- Leading edge -- First in -- Attack of the machines -- Bogeys and bandits -- Luck runs out -- Low level -- Basra raid -- Pain and suffering -- Package Q -- Eagles go hunting -- Great Scud hunt -- Search and rescue -- Desperation -- Bag of tricks -- Taking shelter -- Khafji -- Preparing the battlefield -- Kill box -- Missteps -- Close calls -- Part III. Airpower in the ground war -- Left hook -- Twenty-three tanks -- Missiles and misfortune -- Waning hours -- Vague victory.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-237) and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2017019816
ISBN	9780811717762 (hardback ; alk. paper)
ISBN	0811717763 (hardback ; alk. paper)
ISBN	(e-book)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	DS79.744 .A47 C67 2017	✔ Available	Place Hold