Roy Braybrook Knihy

A guidebook with the history of aircraft technology and modern aircraft.

Select afterburner and crackle down the black top on a Viking departure from a frontline base in the USAF's premier interceptor, the F-15 Eagle. Combining stunning all-colour action images from some of the world's best aviation photographers with a concise, yet authoritative text, F-15 Eagle is a vivid look at the most impressive interceptor of the past 15 years. F-15 Eagle is a companion volume to F-4 Phantom II, F-14 Tomcat, F-16 Fighting Falcon and F/A-18 Hornet.

During the Falklands conflict of 1982, aircraft (both fixed and rotary-wing) were of crucial importance to both sides: in moving reinforcements quickly across the sea and over the islands, in attacking surface vessels, and in providing protection against attacks from both above and below the waves. The role of air power was thus to assist friendly surface forces in theirs. Consequently, the air arms of the two antagonists functioned in what was essentially a supporting role, but nevertheless a vital one.