Reviews
"...an interesting read and anyone who likes the AV-8B or this period of history should pick this one up." --Scott van Aken, www.modelingmadness.com (August 2014), "Recommended. OEF was a long war, but there wasn't much coverage of the aircraft used. This book fills in a gap in the USMC air history. And it's got a great update on how CAS has evolved in the digital age." -- IPMS/USA "...offers the final book in a trilogy covering the Harrier IIs, and offers a fine survey of the plane's use in air assaults and modern efforts up to 2013. With artwork for all the Harrier II units and photos from pilots who flew the jets, this covers the Afghanistan campaigns and offers the latest insights and tactics." -- James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review (October 2014) "...an interesting read and anyone who likes the AV-8B or this period of history should pick this one up." -- Scott van Aken, www.modelingmadness.com (August 2014), "Recommended. OEF was a long war, but there wasn't much coverage of the aircraft used. This book fills in a gap in the USMC air history. And it's got a great update on how CAS has evolved in the digital age." -- IPMS/USA "...offers the final book in a trilogy covering the Harrier IIs, and offers a fine survey of the plane's use in air assaults and modern efforts up to 2013. With artwork for all the Harrier II units and photos from pilots who flew the jets, this covers the Afghanistan campaigns and offers the latest insights and tactics." -- James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review (October 2014) "...an interesting read and anyone who likes the AV-8B or this period of history should pick this one up." -- Scott van Aken, www.modelingmadness.com (August 2014)
Table of Content
Development, deployment and training/Marine Air Ground Team/Harrier IIs in support of NATO Peacekeeping/Harrier IIs in support of relief and peacekeeping operations in Somalia, Rawanda, Liberia, Central African Republic, Zaire/Congo and Sierra Leone/Growth pains and Modernisation of the AV-8B Harrier II/Operation Enduring Freedom 2001/Ongoing Close Air Support Operations in Afghanistan 2002-10/Appendices - listing of USMC squadrons and locations - listing of the major production types of Harrier IIs, which include four different types of aircraft, AV-8B day attack, TAV-8B trainers, AV-8B Night Attack and AV-8B Radar-equipped Harrier IIs. - listing of combat sorties per squadron for all operations - colour plates commentary