James Jackson SEPECAT Jaguar Hardback Book

The SEPECAT Jaguar was designed to meet the requirements of the Arme de lAir and the Royal Air Force for a light tactical fighter and a supersonic twoseat training aircraft. First flown in September 1968, the Jaguar went on to serve in both air forces for forty years. Jaguars were exported and licencebuilt in India, where they remain in frontline service today. Jaguars have also been acquired by the air forces of Ecuador, Oman and Nigeria. Best remembered today as a Cold War attack aircraft, the Jaguar offered a potent mix of high speed at low altitude, excellent navigational and weapons accuracy and a diverse payload of airtoground ordnance including tactical nuclear weapons and laserguided bombs and missiles. While the Jaguars of the RAF based in West Germany helped to deter the Warsaw Pact during the 1970s and 1980s, the Arme de lAir used their Jaguars in combat in Mauritania and Chad in West Africa. Both air forces participated in the international coalition following Iraqs invasion of Kuwait in 1990, the Jaguar acquitting itself well during Operation Desert Storm. During the 1990s and 2000s, Jaguars served as peacekeepers in the skies over Iraq, BosniaHerzegovina, Kosovo and Sri Lanka. The Jaguar has also seen combat in other faraway places as diverse as the Andes and Kashmir in the Himalayas. Drawing on archival research, Jaguar A Development and Operational History describes the history behind the requirements that gave birth to the Jaguar, its design and technical... | James Jackson SEPECAT Jaguar Hardback Book