Description
Barely recovered from the Second World War, Western Europe organized itself along what would become the Iron Curtain and quickly sought to assess the strength of its new adversary. Initially, its air forces received surplus equipment, then fighters and bombers specially modified for mapping and identifying enemy assets.
The RF-80 Shooting Star, RT-33 Thunderbird, F-84E/G Thunderjet, F2H-2P Banshee, RB-45 Tornado, RB-66 Destroyer, RB-26 Invader, RF-84F Thunderflash, Canberra PR3/7, RF-8A/G Crusader, Mirage IIIR, and Étendard IV P formed the photographic spearhead of the Alliance.
This book presents NATO’s tactical reconnaissance units and their aircraft in service between 1950 and 1965, with approximately one hundred previously unpublished colour drawings by the author. A rare subject, treated in detail, for the first time in this format.
