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Cold War Jets - Royal Air Force Fighters & Bombers (2016).pdf Gooner Publisher: Mortons Media Group (2016) Language: English ISBN: 9781909128996 During the latter half of the 20th century Western Europe lived in perpetual fear of an attack from the East. Countering this threat meant the defences of NATO had to be continually reinforced with the latest technologies – resulting in the Cold War arms race. While any actual strike was thought likely to end in mutually assured destruction, the intervening period would see intense action as the two sides met. Air superiority would be essential, as had been proven during the Second World War, since it was vital for the bombers to get through with their nuclear payload. Despite the world teetering on the brink of war for many years, or perhaps because of it, the Royal Air Force and British aviation in general enjoyed a new golden age. The inventions of the 1939-45 war, the jet engine and radar, provided springboards for exciting new projects which were in constant development, the brand new aircraft amazing crowds at the annual SBAC shows at Farnborough. Glamorous test pilots broke the sound barrier and futuristic aircraft such as the English Electric P.1 and the behemoth that was the Avro 698 mesmerised spectators. Both types went on to become iconic aircraft (the Lightning and Vulcan) that every schoolboy dreamed of one day flying. As the threat from the USSR and Warsaw Pact nations continued to remain a presence in military planning, the roles required of aircraft evolved. Despite the RAF having proven the benefits of operating from temporary airstrips both during the Battle of Britain and as they leapfrogged from airfield to airfield after D-Day, the jets of the postwar years necessitated hard runways of increasing length to accommodate their greater weight and the distance they required to get airborne. In later years, both the Jaguar and Harrier were designed to operate in the field should the worst come to the worst and the airfields were lost during a first strike. The Harrier could operate from literally anywhere and the Jaguar was capable of using the autobahns of West Germany. Bombers which were looking obsolete in their primary role as a nuclear deterrent, due to the submarine fleet taking over that role, were converted to tankers, allowing the RAF to reach any part of the globe; the most famous example being the Black Buck raids when the Victor tanker fleet helped Vulcan bombers reach the Falkland Islands. While there was never a direct conflict between East and West there were many proxy wars where the RAF and British-designed aircraft were involved. The possibility of a ‘domino effect’, where one national after another fell to communism, was a constant worry in the Far East and while it was not involved in the Vietnam War the RAF had a presence in the region for many years

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