MCDONNELL F-101 VOODOO (OSPREY AIR COMBAT)
Written by Robert F. Dorr
Published by Osprey Publishing
in 1987
ISBN: 0850457521
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MCDONNELL F-101 VOODOO (OSPREY AIR COMBAT)
Written by Robert F. Dorr.
Stock no. 1826690
1st.
1987.
Softcover.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo was designed to escort American bombers into the Soviet Union, yet its most numerous variant became an interceptor guarding North America from other bombers. As a reconnaissance aircraft, the Voodoo went to war in Southeast Asia, flying the fastest combat missions ever flown. Red pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and a few colour. ISBN: 0850457521. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Contents clean.
Front cover
Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Trial of the Green Pythons - Flying the RF-101C in Combat
- 2. The Day of the Silver Orphans - Taking the XF-88 to Nowhere
- 3. The Case for the Escort Fighter - Bringing the F-101A Into Service
- 4. The Heyday of the Bentwaters Bombers - Perfecting the F-101C in Peacetime
- 5. The Fight by the Cotton Pickers - Introducing the RF-101A Into Service
- 6. The Defence of the American Continent - Manning the F-101B On Alert
- 7. The Watch on the Canadian Frontier - Flying the CF-101B Up North
- 8. The Mention of the Inflight Tankers - Flying the RF-101C in Combat
- Glossary
- Appendices
- Specifications
- Index