num_pages: 256
description: The Red Army is pouring over the border, hitting NATO with its superiority in tanks, men, and conventional firepower.  How would the U.S. and its allies strike back?  The Allied Tactical Air Force is composed of American and European pilots strapped into the cockpits of the world's most lethal aircraft.  With F-14s, the long-range F-111F, Harriers, and missile-firing anti-tank helicopters, they are ready to strike behind enemy lines, neutralize the Soviet Air Force, and blunt the armor/infantry attack.  Written by a leading expert, drawing on the words of the men who would do the fighting and the commanding, here is a riveting look into the million-dollar killing machines, the high-tech weapons systems, the formations, the reconnaissance, and the split-second coordinating it will take to battle the enemy.  From defense suppression to knocking out bridges to high-altitude dogfights, Air Battle Central Europe shows what the battle would really be like — and who would win it.  “Pervaded with realism … an excellent contribution to the literature on tactical airpower.” — Benjamin S. Lambeth. The Rand Corporation  Alfred Price served as an aircrew officer in the Royal Air Force and, during a flying career spanning fifteen years, he logged some 4,000 flying hours. While in the service he specialized and instructed in air fighting tactics. Now working full time as an author, he has written more than thirty books on aviation subjects including Battle of Britain: Target Berlin and One Day in a Long War on the hardest-fought action over North Vietnam. He holds a PhD in history from Loughborough University, is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and compiles aviation questions for the popular BBC programme Mastermind. 
language: English
title: Air Battle Central Europe
publisher: Endeavour Media