Tom Cooper is an Austrian aerial warfare analyst and historian. Following a career in the worldwide transportation business – during which he established a network of contacts in the Middle East and Africa – he moved into narrow-focus analysis and writing on small, little-known air forces and conflicts, about which he has collected extensive archives. This has resulted in specialisation in such Middle Eastern air forces as of those of Egypt, Iran, Iraq, and Syria, plus various African and Asian air forces. As well as authoring and co-authoring more than 50 books - including an in-depth analysis of major Arab air forces at wars with Israel in period 1955-1973 - and over 1000 articles, Cooper is editor of Helion's five @War series.
From a modelling perspective there's a great selection of period
images and excellent colour profiles (also by the author) featuring
Hawker Hunters, Strikemasters and Yemen operated Russian MiG-21s,
Su-22s and MiG-17s in some fantastic schemes which offer a great
alternative from the norm.
*Air Modeller*
There is a great range of very rare photographs of aircraft and
their crews backed up by some excellent colour profiles…highly
recommended.
*Editor - Model Boat World*
The conflicts are made well accessible with these books and we do
need that in these times with heaps of fake news and other forms of
falsification of history!
*Aviationbookreviews.com 09/01/2019*
Book will come handy not only as the source of photo-material, but
also as a decent history publication for those who would like to
know more.
*DetailScaleView*
...this provides a solid, quick study of the murky waters that have
plagued this very troubled part of the Arabian Peninsula.
*Flightpath Magazine*
If you're interested in the lesser known Air Forces, and conflicts
of the war this is to be recommended.
*Britmodeller.com*
For the military historian, the aircraft enthusiast and the
modeller this is another interesting read. Another book from Helion
Books which I can heartily recommend.
*Military Model Scene*
Hot Skies is an engrossing read, but also offers considerable
inspiration for aircraft modellers. Highly recommended.
*Airfix Model World*
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