{"id":9,"date":"2014-06-02T12:58:24","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T12:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/operationtelic.co.uk\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2021-11-09T12:36:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T12:36:59","slug":"about-tim-ripley","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/operationtelic.co.uk\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"About Tim Ripley"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tim<\/a>Tim Ripley<\/strong> has been writing on defence issues since 1990, for a wide range of British and international publications. He has reported from conflict zones in the Balkans and Middle East, as well as major defence and aerospace industry exhibitions around the world. Recent assignments include the conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia, the Farnborough, Paris, Dubai and Singapore Airshows, NATO Headquarters in Brussels, The Hague war crimes tribunal and the Pentagon in Washington DC.<\/p>\n

His news reporting and features have appeared in the mainstream news media (The
\nSunday Times<\/em>, The Economist<\/em>, The Scotsman<\/em>) as well as specialist defence publications (Jane’s Defence Weekly<\/em>, Jane’s Intelligence Review<\/em>, Jane’s Sentinel<\/em>, Air Forces Monthly<\/em>, Air International<\/em>, Defence Helicopter<\/em>, Unmanned Vehicles<\/em>, Flight International<\/em>, Flight Daily News<\/em>, World Air Power Journal<\/em>, International Air Power Review<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Tim has also edited the UK sections of Jane’s armed forces directories and World Air Forces Directories of Flight International Magazine<\/em>. He is aviation editor of Military Logistics International<\/em> and aviation correspondent for the Arab Defence Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n

He is a prolific author of books on military and defence subjects. Recent titles have covered modern conflicts, historical subjects and military technology.<\/p>\n

Tim Ripley is a prolific author of books on military and defence subjects. Recent titles have covered modern conflicts, historical subjects and military technology.<\/p>\n

His recent books are\u00a0Operation Aleppo<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2018) and\u00a0Little Green Men<\/a><\/em> (2021).<\/p>\n

He has examined the wars in the former Yugoslavia in\u00a0Air War Bosnia<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Airlife 1996),\u00a0Operation Deliberate Force<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(CDISS 1999) and\u00a0Conflict in the Balkans 1991-2000<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Osprey 2001). Other conflict studies include\u00a0Security Forces in Northern Ireland 1969-92<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Osprey 1993) and\u00a0Desert Storm Special: Land Power<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Osprey 1991).<\/p>\n

Military technology was profiled in\u00a0Bombs Gone! Aircraft Ordnance in Action<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1994),\u00a0Modern Strike Aircraft<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Salamander 1992),\u00a0Modern US Army<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1992),\u00a0Jane\u2019s Modern Military Helicopters<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Harper Collins 1997).<\/p>\n

The grim details of frontline combat were the subject of\u00a0Bayonet Battle<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Sidgwick & Jackson, 1999),\u00a0The Whites of their Eyes<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Sidgwick & Jackson 1998) and\u00a0Mercenaries: Soldiers of Fortune<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1997).<\/p>\n

World War Two German military history has become a specialty. His\u00a0Steel Storm: Waffen-SS Panzer Battles on the Eastern Front 1943-45<\/a><\/em>, (Sutton, 2000) and\u00a0Steel Rain: Waffen-SS Panzer Battles on the Western Front 1944-45<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Brown 2001) received critical acclaim.\u00a0Wehrmacht<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Fitzroy)\u00a0was\u00a0published in spring 2002, along with\u00a0Elite Units of the Third Reich<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Patton Unleashed<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Brown Reference Group) chronicles the relentless advance across France by the US Third Army led by the famous General George Patton was published in 2003.<\/p>\n

Air War Iraq<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Pen & Sword), which profiles the role of air power in the US-led invasion of Iraq was published in 2003.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tim Ripley has been writing on defence issues since 1990, for a wide range of British and international publications. He has reported from conflict zones in the Balkans and Middle East, as well as major defence and aerospace industry exhibitions around the world. Recent assignments include the conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait Croatia, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4GXmK-9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/operationtelic.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/operationtelic.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/operationtelic.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/operationtelic.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/operationtelic.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/operationtelic.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439,"href":"http:\/\/operationtelic.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/operationtelic.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}