Russian Fighter Book

Charles Talleyrand wrote:

Can someone suggest a nice book on Russian fighters and maybe bombers?
I'm looking for lots of technical detail. Best would be discussions on
why they made the design decisions they chose.

-Thanks

I don't think that you will find a single book that covers all your needs -
your remit is too broad.

There is an excellent book, in English, on the Su-27 Flanker - as in-depth
as you could wish for. It is the definitive Flanker book.

I have a short review of it at :-
http://www.duffeyk.fsnet.co.uk/flankbook.html

The same author now has a Russian-language book on the naval variants - the
Su-33 & Su-27KUB - see :- http://www.duffeyk.fsnet.co.uk/su33book.html

A great in-depth English-language book on the Su-25 Frogfoot by Ildar
Bedretdinov is at :- http://www.kduffey.freeserve.co.uk/su-25_book.html -
the definitive Su-25 book.

You can probably get all 3 books from Linden Hill at :-
http://www.lindenhillimports.com/

As for other Russian subjects, the 'Red Star' series, by Yefim Gordon (and
others) is published by Midland Counties :-
http://www.ianallansuperstore.com:80/cgi-bin/index.cgi

They cover generic subjects - Flankers, Early Soviet Jet Fighters or
individual subjcts - Tupolev Tu-160, Tu-4, Myasischev M4 and are fairly
technical, but not greatly in-depth. They are now up to Volume 13 in the
list.

Midland counties also publish the Aerofax series and they have the MiG-25
Foxbat & MiG-31 Foxhound, Tu-22/Tu-22M bombers, Yakovlev Yak-25/26/27/28
fighters & bombers and the Tu-95 Bear. They also do (I think) the MiG-17/19
& -21.

Another good source of occasional articles on Russian subjects is the
now-defunct quarterly publication - World Airpower Journal (WAPJ), now
superceded by International Air Power Review (IAPR).

The latest issue of IAPR (Volume 8) has a great article on the Beriev
Be-10 Mallow jet powered flying boat plus a long article by Thomas Andrews
explaining all the latest Flanker variants.

IAPR have consolidated all their Bomber articles into a single book -
"Tupolev Bombers" covering the Tu-16 Badger, Tu-22 Blinder, Tu-22M
Backfire, Tu-95/142 Bear & Tu-160 Blackjack.

This book is as in-depth as you are going to get in English.

I hope this helps

Ken

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Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast
Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/
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