231D772.jpg
231D772.jpg

50 YEARS OF THE U-2

The Complete Illustrated History of Lockheed’s Legendary “Dragon Lady”

Autore: Chris Pocock

Codice: 231772

€ 77,50

La storia completa del leggendario U-2 dal primo volo nel 1955 al suo attuale impiego. In grande dettaglio la sua lunga storia dai voli sopra l’Unione Sovietica e la Cina, la crisi missilistica di Cuba, la guerra nel Vietnam. Tutte le modifiche e gli sviluppi che hanno consentito l’impiego anche durante la Tempesta nel Deserto, in Bosnia, in Afghanistan e recentemente anche in Iraq. Oltre 450 foto a colori e in bianco e nero.

When the U-2 first took off in 1955, no one involved in its top-secret project dreamt that this unique reconnaissance aircraft would still be flying today. The long story of the Dragon Lady is amazing, and complex; this book tells it all, in unprecedented detail, from the early days overflying the Soviet Union under CIA sponsorship, to the Cuban Missile Crisis, and on to the Vietnam War. The epic missions over Communist China were flown by nationalist pilots from Taiwan. How the U-2 was improved, enlarged and put back into production – twice. It led the real-time recce revolution with data links and high-tech sensors. Then it played a key role in Desert Storm, over Bosnia and Kosovo, and most recently over Afghanistan and Iraq. According to the CIA’s own historian, Chris Pocock is the foremost authority on the U-2. To write this book, he flew in the aircraft, conducted 250 interviews, and analysed more than 1,000 declassified documents.

Lingua

INGLESE

Illustrazioni

450 foto in bianco e nero

Pagine

272

Rilegato

si

ISBN
9780764323461