Review Wings of Iraq, Volume 1: The Iraqi Air Force, 1931-1970

Sipos, Milos and Cooper, Tom, Wings of Iraq, Volume 1: The Iraqi Air Force, 1931-1970, Warwick: Helion & Company Limited, 2020

 

Wings of Iraq is the first of a two part series on the history of the Iraqi Air Force. Iraq had one of the largest and most combat experienced air wings in the Arab world having taken part in several wars, coups and uprisings. The authors Milos Sipos and Tom Cooper weave together Iraqi history with the development of the force since its use was always wrapped up in politics. Their view is that the Iraqi Air Force constantly grew from the 1920s to the 1970s but with no real strategy behind it.

Review Hawker Hunters At War, Iraq and Jordan, 1958-1967

Cooper, Tom and Salti, Patricia, Hawker Hunters At War, Iraq and Jordan, 1958-1967, West Midlands: Helion & Company, 2016

Hawker Hunters At War not only covers the British Hawker Hunter in Iraqi and Jordanian service, but the history of the two air forces, and their involvement in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. Like others in Hellion’s Middle East at War series there are tons of pictures and first-hand accounts that bring the stories alive.