Full Description
Special Forces are a key component of every modern army, capable of carrying out clandestine operations, reconnaissance, and incisive attacks behind enemy lines. Units such as the British SAS, US Navy SEALs, the US Army's Delta Force, Polish GROM and the France's National Gendarmerie Intervention Group are famous for their bravery and formidable record. Aircraft are a key element of their functionality, without which Special Forces would not be able to move quickly to the combat zone. Arranged into chapters divided by transports, gunships, helicopters, and unmanned aerial vehicles, the book includes the AC-130H gunship, which can be armed with weapons such as the M61 Vulcan rotary cannon and can destroy ground targets from a range of 2,000 metres; the CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, which can land large numbers of men and material in tight spaces because of its STOL capabilities; the Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin II, used by the British Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing (JSFAW) for the insertion of small units behind enemy lines; and the Mil Mi- 171Sh Storm rotorcraft, used by the Russian Spetsnaz commandos for operations in difficult terrain. Illustrated with 140 photographs and artworks, Aircraft of the Special Forces is a dynamic guide to the specialist aircraft and UAVs deployed by Special Forces throughout the world today.
Contents
Contents:
Historical Fieseler Storch DFS 230 (glider) Waco Hadrian Soviet gliders Douglas C-47/Dakota Airspeed Horsa Westland Lysander Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter Bell UH-1
Fixed Wing Aircraft Britten-Norman BN-2B Defender PZL M-28 Skytruck Beech MC-12W Liberty Basler BT-67 Antonov An-2 Antonov An-26 Ilyushin Il-76 Lockheed C-130 Air Tractor-L3Harris AT-802U Cessna UC27B De Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash Airbus A400M Atlas Pilatus U-28A Dornier C-146 Wolfhound CASA/IPTN CN-235 CASA C-212 Aviocar (C-41A) Boeing C-17 Leonardo C-27J Spartan
Helicopters CV-22 Osprey UH-60 Blackhawk Harbin Z-20 Airbus H145M Airbus NH-90 OH-58 Kiowa CH-146 Griffon Aerospatiale SA 330 Puma Eurocopter Tigre AH-6/MH-6 Little Bird CH-47 Chinook CH-53 AgustaWestland AW139 Mil-8 Mil-17 Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin II Eurocopter EC645 T2 AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat Sikorsky S-61 Sea King Bell 412 AgustaWestland AW101 Changhe Z-11WB AH-64 Apache
UAVs AAI RQ-7 Shadow MQ-1 Predator MQ-9 Reaper RQ-11 Raven General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle Thales Watchkeeper AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven AeroVironment Wasp III Black Hornet Nano
