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With 290 colour images, almost all previously unpublished, 'RAF Fast Jets in Colour: The Cold War and Beyond' illustrates the evolution of one of the most technologically advanced air forces in the world. It provides essential facts and descriptions of the designs, capabilities and operations of household names such as the Hunter, the Phantom, the Typhoon and many more, highlighting uncommon details including variants in camouflage, squadron markings and special anniversary colours. From the Gloster Meteor, which entered service with the RAF in July 1944, to the American-made F-35B Lightning, now a crucial component in NATO's air defence, this is your essential illustrated guide to the RAF's most prominent fighter and reconnaissance aircraft since the start of the Cold War.

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Philip Birtles has spent a lifetime in aviation. He started as an engineering apprentice at the de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School in September 1957, and from there became PA to John Cunningham, de Havilland's chief test pilot. He then moved on to various marketing posts until 1993, when Hatfield Aerodrome closed. He has been an active volunteer at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum for over fifty years. Birtles has been building an extensive aviation photo archive since 1954, and has published some fifty books on aviation-related subjects, his most recent being 'Harrier: The World's First V/STOL Jet Combat Aircraft' in 2024.

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