Osprey Combat Aircraft 52 : F-14 Tomcat Units of Operation Iraqi Freedom

Since the limited Desert Fox campaign against Iraq in December 1998, the Tomcat has been integral to virtually all combat operations involving the US Navy in the Arabian Gulf. Indeed, on every carrier deployment to the Persian Gulf since Desert Fox, the F-14 units on station have ventured into 'The Sand Box' over southern Iraq and prosecuted targets operating in contravention to United Nations security council resolutions. This book covers the F-14 Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) actions against battlefield targets and integrated air defence sites, command and control centres, regime leadership targets and military installations in Baghdad, Tikrit, Mosul and Kirkuk. Text by Tony Holmes and Tim Todish with illustrations by Jim Laurier.

Contents

• Preface
• OSW Evolution
• 'Shock and Awe'
• War in the South
• War in the North
• Appendices