Monday, April 11, 2016

Iraqi Air Power Reborn: The Iraqi Air Arms Since 2004

After nearly a year of work with Harpia Publishing, my new book, "Iraqi Air Power Reborn" went to the printing house. In 2003, the Iraqi Air Force has been almost entirely decimated by coalition air strikes and during the insurgency that followed. Baghdad had to rebuild its air power from scratch. This book summarizes the history of the Iraqi Air Force and Iraqi Army Aviation until 2003 before detailing the acquiring of new training, reconnaissance, attack and fighter aircrafts and helicopters squadrons. The last part details the combats of the new Iraqi Air Force and Iraqi Army Aviation against local and foreign insurgents, including the so-called Islamic State. A map of all current Iraqi air bases complements the comprehensive photographic coverage and a detailed order of battle is included, together with squadron patches and artworks (drawn by Tom Cooper). A full list is provided of aircraft serial numbers and attrition to all causes since 2004.


Eight pages of the book are now available in preview on Harpia Publishing website. It should be available starting April 22nd and can be ordered in the following store :
- In Belgium, at the Librairie de l'Escadron
- In France, in Avions Bateaux and La Maison du Livre Aviation
- In the UK, at The Aviation Bookshop
- In the Netherlands, at Aviation Megastore
- In the US, at Casemate
(not before late May/early June)

8 comments :

  1. Il était attendu avec impatience, merci beaucoup pour cet ouvrage qui ne devrait plus tarder maintenant

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  2. Petite question. Le délai de 3 semaines de livraisons annoncé sur Livre Aviation pour la plupart de leurs articles est il normal ?

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    1. Aucune idée, mais certains distributeurs ne le recevront qu'en mai ou juin ...

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  3. How about a book about the iraqi air force from before 2003 and correcting all the erroneous information from tom coopers previous books where he reported that Iraq lost 300% more planes in the war with Iran than they actually did... And made fantasy "kill" claims for the f14 that even the iranian propagandists could not dream up.

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    1. We do not have read the same books from Tom ... ils there are erroneous information, this is a little part ...

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  4. Je signale cette article sur les F-1 irakiens livrés par la France paru le dernier ''Trait d'Union'' n° 286. Le bilan donné en 1984 est très précis :)

    http://www.bfab-tu.fr/wa_files/Convoyage_20F1_20irakiens_20TU286_2001.pdf

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    1. Merci, très intéressant à recouper avec ce qui existe déjà à ce sujet ! Je vais le transmettre à Tom ;-)

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  5. ... cet article...paru dans le ... Désolé, je suis toujours aussi nul en orthographe.

    Je ne sais pas combien de temps l'article restera en ligne. La description du ''baptême'' des avions à l'arrivée avec du sang de mouton m'a étonné. Cette tradition est toujours en cours ?

    Plus prosaïque, je suis tombé sur un article de 2012 indiquant qu'un F-100F Super Sabre turque à était abattu le 17 septembre 1983 par un F1 tirant un Matra R530 suite à une violation de frontière :

    https://theaviationist.com/2012/09/06/tuaf-incidents/

    Cela est confirmé ? La date m'étonne car j'avais lu que les F-100 turques sont retirés du service en 1982.

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