Dassault Rafale
The World’s Most Complete Multi-role Fighter
$114.44
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
30 March 2027
Summary
Conceived in the late Cold War and entering service with the French Air Force and Navy in the early 2000s, Dassault Aviation’s Rafale was intended to replace a wide range of aircraft types with a single, highly versatile platform. Its name, meaning ‘gust of wind’, reflects its emphasis on agility and adaptability across missions.
The twin-engine Rafale is classified as an ‘omni-role’ fighter, capable of performing air superiority, ground attack, reconnaissance, nuclear deterrence, and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781048183771 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1048183777 |
| Author: | Salvador Mafé Huertas |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Air World |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 30 March 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 172mm x 246mm |
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Salvador Mafé Huertas
Salvador Mafé Huertas
Salvador Mafé Huertas is a Defence Analyst specializing in military aviation, with a particular focus on Spain, as well as other NATO countries, Israel, Russia, and Argentina. He has extensive firsthand experience, having flown in most of the Spanish armed forces’ aircraft and helicopters, as well as with the US Navy, US Marine Corps, USAF, Israeli Air Force, and the Russian aerospace forces.
Mafé Huertas has authored hundreds of articles published in Spanish and foreign journals, and has written over fifty books. From 1998 to 2021, he served as the editor for the Spanish journals Fuerza Aérea, Fuerza Naval, and Fuerza Terrestre.
Among his notable experiences are flying seven times with the Spanish Air Force demonstration team, ‘Patrulla Águila’, in their CASA C-101 Aviojet, with the Blue Angels in an F/A-18D Hornet, and with the Russian ‘Strizy’ team in a MiG-29UB ‘Fulcrum’.
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