Sepecat Jaguar: Books - History, Construction and Deployment

Jaguar: Royal Air Force, Armée de l'Air, Indian Air Force (Duke Hawkins)

This beautiful Duke Hawkins photo book extensively presents the Sepecat Jaguar, in service with the Royal Air Force, l'Armée de l'Air and Indian Air Force.
The book contains not only action photos, but also many "walkaround" photos that show details of the aircraft from different angles. Chapters on cockpit, fuselage, armament and maintenance work.

The series "Aircraft in Detail" arose from the collaboration between pilots, aircraft technicians and modellers. This volume (No. 1) on the Sepecat Jaguar is illustrated with 250 very high quality color photographs, most of which have never been published before.

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Sepecat Jaguar : Almost Extinct

The Jaguar was an iconic aircraft to come from Anglo-French collaboration and one of the first to be conceived with a predatory attack and low-level strike capability.
First planned as a trainer, it emerged as a fighter bomber taking much from the TSR2 concept when a string of cancelled projects identified a gap in strike/attack capability; it soon evolved into a supersonic aircraft ready for reconnaissance and tactical nuclear strike roles.
Retired before its time, for France in 2005 and for the RAF in 2007, it is still revered both by those that operated it and those that stared in wonder.

The end for the Jaguar in the United Kingdom was sudden and rushed with the big cat going out with a meow rather than a roar. However, it survived on other continents providing a growl and bite in maintaining sovereignty for several decades on.

This book is a stunning pictorial tribute to those final days.

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Jaguar, le félin en action

In 2005, after thirty-two years of building a reputation as a warrior, the Jaguar, this valiant fighter, retired from the French Air Force. Two years later, it left the ranks of the Royal Air Force, but its adventure did not end there. In 2007, the Jaguar continued its career in India, before taking a well-deserved retirement in the pantheon of legendary aircraft.

Through this book, relive with intensity the saga of the Jaguar, from its birth on the drawing board to the last operations. Without forgetting the operational adventures: the flight tests, the versions, the missions in the air force, the external operations on the African continent where it made its debut and experienced its first hours of glory, but also in Lebanon, Iraq, Bosnia and Kosovo.
Rich in more than 600 photos, 19 profiles, three-view plans by Jean-Jacques Petit, the author has endeavored to find photos of the aircraft "in action", taken on the site of the operations at the time of the events. He discusses the RAF aircraft and the Jaguars exported to Oman, Nigeria, Ecuador and India.
You will also find a description of the Jaguar A SNA, the loads, and a list of the Jaguars of the air force and the Royal Air Force detailing their careers.

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