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Shadows Airlift and Airwar in Biafra and Nigeria 1967-1970 - Michael I. Draper, Frederick Forsythe</ 1999 PDF Hikoki Publications BOOKS MILITARY HISTORY
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Shadows Airlift and Airwar in Biafra and Nigeria 1967-1970
Author: Michael I. Draper, Frederick Forsythe
Year: 1999
Format: PDF
File size: 136,7 MB
Language: ENG

The Nigerian Civil War broke out in 1967 after the country's Eastern Region declared itself the independent state of Biafra. It lasted for nearly three years. Of the many conflicts and wars that have ravaged Africa this was one of the most hard-fought, and if ever an air war was fought in the shadows, then this was it. The Biafran Air Force was equipped with a motley mix of antiquated and modem aircraft, all obtained through dubious and clandestine channels. For much of the conflict it was overshadowed and outclassed by the Nigerian Air Force, equipped primarily with mercenary-crewed MiG 17s, Il 28s and L-29 Delfins. But Biafra held out, even though for most of the conflict it was landlocked, its only link to the outside world an air bridge to a converted bush airstrip deep in the Biafran heartland.

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