OVER COLD WAR SEAS: NATO and Soviet Naval Aviation, 1949-89

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Describes the naval air power deployed by NATO, Warsaw Pact, and neutral countries throughout the Cold War. Covers all the major naval aircraft types, both fixed wing and helicopters, which entered service in the 1950s for light transport or rescue duties and evolved into multi-purpose machines capable of performing anti-submarine and airborne early warning missions. Supported by a wide range of firsthand accounts of operational flying during the Cold War. Fully illustrated with over 240 images in color and black and white.