10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE»
Discover the use of
anti-aircraft fire in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
anti-aircraft fire and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A History of Control Engineering, 1930-1955
... and firing of guns. In this chapter I first describe the problem of anti-aircraft fire-
control and the attempts made at finding solutions, and then I examine the way in
which the UK and the USA organised to solve this and other control problems.
2
The Littorio Class: Italy's Last and Largest Battleships
7 Nov 1942 15.15 Taranto Anti-aircraft fire against a reconnaissance aircraft.
15.30 10 Nov 1942 15.35 Taranto Anti-aircraft fire against a reconnaissance
aircraft. 15.52 12 Nov 1942 01.50 from Taranto Transfer of 9th Division. In Naples
...
3
How Did It Come to This: America's Experience in the New ...
1 3/30/2001 Responding to Iraqi anti-aircraft fire, U.S. aircraft launch precision-
guided weapons on an anti-aircraft gun site in the southern no-fly zone. 1 4/6/
2001 Iraqi forces fire anti-aircraft artillery from sites north of Mosul while ONW
aircraft ...
4
World War One
Aircraft Carrier Pioneer: The Story and ...
After the bombing attack the seaplane was brought under heavy anti- aircraft fire.
Later many Danish sailing boats were seen. Shortly after that we saw an enemy
land single seater that did not notice us. The seaplane landed at List on the last ...
5
Afghanistan, from Terror to Freedom
From the nature and characteristics of the fires, it was clear that these were anti-
aircraft fire and not small arms. Several compounds in the Deh Rawod area were
positively identified as sources of this anti-aircraft fire. The anti-aircraft fire had ...
Although this has not been played up in the news, the Department of Defense
discloses that some 85 per cent of our losses are due to “ground fire”—mainly
automatic weapons and heavier anti-aircraft fire. This bad news immediately
raises ...
If firing at a fixed-wing aircraft, the unit firing must roll tohit twice and hit both times
for success. Suppressed units may not perform anti-aircraft fire, and a unit may
only AA fire once per initiative marker. If the roll to hit is successful, a single (D10)
.
Matthew Craig, Chase Wager
8
Suface
Fire - Naval Combat in World War 2
Anti-aircraft fire (A.A.) Anti aircraft combat occurs anytime enemy aircraft fly within
range of a ship (though ships may choose not to fire at all). This occurs during
aircraft movement. The range of heavy A.A. is 10”. The range oflight A.A. is 5”.
Matthew Craig, Chase Wager
9
Technology and Naval Combat in the Twentieth Century and Beyond
... inefficiencies that would be generated by the design and production of a larger
number of instrument types that improved in smaller increments. The result was
that British anti-aircraft fire control 138 TECHNOLOGY AND NAVAL COMBAT.
Phillips Payson O'Brien, 2001
10
Italian and Austro-Hungarian Military Aviation On the ...
May 1915 anti-aircraft material A side note and an example of the resources used
for a town's anti-aircraft defences during August 1915 (Udine): - carabinieri
battalion (manning the observation posts, forty riflemen for anti-aircraft fire and
others ...
Alexis Mehtidis, Dr Paul Watson, 2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
anti-aircraft fire is used in the context of the following news items.
Best of Breslin: War And Independence
Anti-aircraft fire, modern anti-aircraft fire, high and accurate and heavy, meets the planes over North Viet Nam. When the planes return to hit the ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
Yo Air Force: Don't You Dare Kill Off Our Toughest Warplane
... it requires flying at altitudes low enough to discern friend from foe, leaving the plane particularly vulnerable to ground-based anti-aircraft fire. «Wired, Jul 15»
Wired: A-10 Warthog "Is Ruthlessly Effective, and the Grunts on the …
... it requires flying at altitudes low enough to discern friend from foe, leaving the plane particularly vulnerable to ground-based anti-aircraft fire. «Tucson Weekly, Jul 15»
WWII POW's pitch opens KC Royals' season
But the Flying Fortress's 13 machine guns were no defense against well-aimed anti-aircraft fire. Mitchell and his crew found this out on an ... «BP News, Jul 15»
Electronic Weapons: Targeting Pods Go Modular
Safely outside the range of most anti-aircraft fire (five kilometers up and up to fifty kilometers away) pilots can literally see the progress of ... «Strategy Page, Jul 15»
A state living by the sword can't afford to doze off
So they flooded the battlefields with missiles and anti-aircraft fire and shot down more than 100 Israeli aircraft. The truth is that the Air Force was ... «Ynetnews, Jul 15»
Arundel veteran relives wartime heroics for museum talk
The bombing raids saw him and his crew coming under attack by enemy fighters and flying into heavy barrages of anti-aircraft fire, flying ... «Littlehampton Gazette, Jul 15»
Former B-17 pilot reflects on World War II, D-Day
Harvey also does not have many memories of D-Day, save for the fact it was one of the few days he did not have to worry about anti-aircraft fire ... «The Newark Advocate, Jun 15»
Fortress T4: An Airbase at War
One Su-24M2 was heavily damaged by anti-aircraft fire in May 2015, after which its pilot managed to guide the airframe to T4 despite the ... «bellingcat, Jun 15»
The Wings of Freedom Tour announce unique display at Casper …
Despite the risks of anti-aircraft fire, attacking enemy fighters and the harrowing environment of sub-zero temperatures, many B-17s and B-24s ... «Casper Journal, Jun 15»
