Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT - Basic HAWK – the 1960s - Self-Propelled HAWK - the early 1970s - Improved HAWK – the 1970s - Product Improvement Program – the 1980s - Post-Cold War – the 1990s SYSTEM OPERATION - Unit organization - Operations OPERATIONAL HISTORY - Panama - Korea - Okinawa and the Far East - Florida and the Cuban Missile Crisis - Vietnam - Germany and Cold War Europe - Middle East and the Gulf War - US-based battalions LEGACY OF THE HAWK MISSILE SYSTEM BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

Promotional Information

This is the first history of the US Army's HAWK missile system, the world's first mobile air-defense missile system, which saw service and combat around the world.

About the Author

Marc Romanych is a retired US Army Air Defense Artillery officer who served in HAWK, Chaparral and Patriot battalions. He has a Master of Arts degree in International Relations and specializes in fortification and artillery topics. He has co-authored several titles for Osprey Publishing. Jacqueline Scott is a retired US Army officer. As a Military Intelligence officer, she was assigned as an assistant HAWK platoon leader and then S-2 (intelligence officer) of a HAWK battalion deployed in Germany. After becoming a Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG) officer, she served as an attorney in the 2d Armored Division and the 32d Army Air Defense Command. She is a graduate of the University of Alabama (B.A., English) and Campbell University (J.D.).

Reviews

Much investigative work has gone into this little researched AA missile system
*Tankette*

As there is now a fine1/35 model of the HAWK missile unit on the market from AFV Club, I am sure many modellers will enjoy this new book and get plenty of ideas on how to set their model into a diorama scene.
*Military Model Scene*