Description

In this Revised edition, 32 pages are added with more content including complementary text, information amendments, photographs and illustrations. The content of this book is a comprehensive account of more than 60 years of history of the Chilean Air Force Fighter Jets, supported by primary sources of information. The content ranges from the arrival of the Vampire in 1954 to the powerful F-16 in 2006, which has been reviewed by leading Chilean Aeronautical Researchers, fighter pilots, engineers, mechanics and retired specialists from the Chilean Air Force. This book includes more than 500 photographs that chart the evolution of Fighter Jets in the Chilean Air Force, provided by prominent aeronautical photographers, researchers, private collections and the National Aeronautical and Space Museum of Chile. The content is complemented by more than 280 digital illustrations drawn by Julio Arróspide, which show details of the different paint schemes used by the Fighter Jets both in the Chilean Air Force, as well as in the Air Forces of origin or their final destination.