Air Warfare in the Missile Age

A-4 Skyhawks AIM-9 Sidewinder air combat air superiority air-to-air missiles airfields antiaircraft artillery antiaircraft fire Arab air Argentine armed armored attack aircraft Aviation Week batteries battle bombers bombs canal cannon cease-fire claimed conflict damaged destroyed dogfight Egypt electronic countermeasures equipment F-4 Phantom Falklands fighter-bombers fire-control Fishbed flew flight flying Hanoi Hawker Hunters helicopters Ibid Indian Air Force infrared infrared-guided intercept interceptors International Iraqi Israel Defense Force/Air Israeli Air Force Israeli aircraft Israeli fighters June kills large numbers Linebacker losses maneuvering MiGs miles military Mirage IIIC missile sites missions Mystère North Vietnamese October operations Pakistan Air Force patrol pilot radar raids range reportedly rockets SA-2 missile Sabre Sea Harriers shot Sidewinder Sinai Six-Day War Skyhawks sorties South Soviet Space Technology Sparrow squadrons strike aircraft Suez surface-to-air missile Syrian tanks target troops Turbojet U.S. Air Force U.S. aircraft U.S. Navy United Vietnam warhead weapons Week & Space