Table of Contents

Introduction
The Requirement
The First Kills
Three-to-One!
Combat Continues
Crippling the Weasel
The Fog of Disinformation
Appendices

About the Author

Born in 1970, Tom Cooper is a native of Vienna, Austria. His travels in Europe and the Middle East have enabled him to establish excellent contacts with many informed sources in Iran, whose experiences he has drawn upon in his books and articles.

Farzad Bishop is a well-known Iranian-born aviation analyst and writer who has spent many years researching the airpower aspects of recent Middle Eastern conflicts. His articles and observations have appeared in both Iranian and international military aviation journals.

An airbrush artist with years of experience, Chris Davey has become Osprey's principal illustrator of RAF aircraft, having produced the profiles for over a dozen books since 1994. Some of his work includes Aircraft of the Aces 38 and Combat Aircraft 31 . He is particularly adept at 'big' aircraft like the Halifax and Sunderland.