The Rf 101 Voodoo Over South East Asia 1961 1970
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The Rf 101 Voodoo Over South East Asia 1961 1970
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Author : William Greenhalgh
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2012-07-26
The Rf 101 Voodoo Over South East Asia 1961 1970 written by William Greenhalgh and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-26 with History categories.
Among the first U.S. reconnaissance aircraft in Southeast Asia, the RF-101Cs from PACAF's squadrons spent long periods of temporary duty at Don Muang Airport and Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand and at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam, photographing vital objectives in Laos and South Vietnam to provide most of the intelligence used by U.S. and South Vietnamese forces. When the United States finally decided to bomb targets in North Vietnam, RF-101C pilots took the first prestrike and poststrike photographs and led the Air Force and Vietnamese strike aircraft to the targets. The Voodoo pilots photographed objectives all the way to the China border, surviving anti-aircraft fire, missiles, and MiG interceptors - and suffering losses. Truly, the pilots of the RF-101s had a deadly dangerous job, and this history of their achievements pays a much-deserved tribute to their skill and fortitude.
The Air Force In Southeast Asia The Rf 101 Voodoo 1961 1970
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Author : William H. Greenhalgh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-05-01
The Air Force In Southeast Asia The Rf 101 Voodoo 1961 1970 written by William H. Greenhalgh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-01 with History categories.
Declassified study from 1979. From the foreword: "It is impossible to separate an aircraft from its pilots and support personnel since they constitute a team. Nor is it possible to describe that team without considering the organizational and operational developments which affected the team's performance. This volume is a narrative of the birth and growth of the RF-IOIC Voodoo, its entry into the conflict in Southeast ASia, the growth of the reconnaissance force the problems encountered, and the factors which eventually forced its withdrawal from combat."
Lady Doreen
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Author : Edward M Nebinger
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2014-04-22
Lady Doreen written by Edward M Nebinger and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-22 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, solved the problem for a lot of American kids who wanted to be Army pilots but didn't meet the two years of college requirement for acceptance into the aviation cadet program. In mid-1942, under wartime pressures, the Army Air Corps dropped that requirement and made an exception for applicants who could pass a stiff written test. As the result of that momentous change, many high school kids soon found themselves sporting second lieutenant bars and flying fighters with 2,000-horsepower engines - before they reached their 21st birthdays! A group of those very young men came together from both the East and West Coasts of the U.S. when they were assigned to the 360th Fighter Squadron with the 8th Air Force in England to take part in the invasion and the critical air battles over Germany during 1944-45. They began flying combat missions in Republic P-47 "Thunderbolts," but in late 1944 switched to flying North American P-51 "Mustangs." Most of them had their high school sweethearts, but as healthy young officers wearing a pair of wings they soon found new romance, not only in the skies they flew but with crops of eager young girls who found these handpicked and glamorous pilots to be of special interest. Under wartime stress, romances were quick to bloom and promises hastily made. But the war had a way of changing people, as high school kids quickly grew into men with deeper values and an understanding of what life is really about. This is the story of some of those wartime romances that blossomed within the cauldron of war - some to flare brightly and flicker out, while others lived on.
Voodoo Warriors
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Author : Nigel Walpole
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2007-03-28
Voodoo Warriors written by Nigel Walpole and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-28 with History categories.
The story of the supersonic fighter with “interesting insight into the period of the 1950s and early 1960s, the Cold War and of course the war in Vietnam” (Military Modelling). During the mid–1950s the United States Air Force was given its most powerful single-seat, two-engine fighter to date. The Voodoo would be deployed before the end of that decade in the tactical nuclear bomber and tactical reconnaissance roles worldwide, and in homeland defense with the two-seat, all-weather variant. In December 1957 it took the World Air Speed Record to Mach 1.6—over one and a half times faster than the sound barrier. This book looks at the evolution of the original design and its introduction into service. Chapters cover operations in Korea, Vietnam, the Cuban Crisis and in Europe during the Cold War years. Many first-hand accounts from pilots are included and the author’s own experiences with the aircraft are given with fascinating insight. The Voodoo was an elegant, mean-looking fighting machine that epitomized fast flying in the fifties and sixties. It continues to be a revered airplane. “Definitely a book that gives an in depth look at the Voodoo and the pilots who flew her.”—InScale.org
Rf 101 Voodoo Units In Combat
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Author : Peter E. Davies
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-03-21
Rf 101 Voodoo Units In Combat written by Peter E. Davies and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-21 with History categories.
McDonnell's F-101 Voodoo series was in many ways the most interesting of the 'Century Series' fighter programmes of the 1950s, partly because the type's design and intended mission changed radically during a 40-year career. Originally designed as a fighter-bomber, it was converted to be a reconnaissance aircraft, serving alongside the U-2 and RF-8 Crusaders during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. Although it gained a reputation as a difficult aircraft to handle, the jet's supersonic speed and newly-developed camera suite enabled it to conduct vital low-altitude photo-reconnaissance missions over heavily-defended target areas. In combat, the RF 101 was usually 'first in-last out' for strike missions. This made it a ready target, with a solo aircraft flying straight and level to gather target photo evidence at low-altitude offering enemy gunners plenty of opportunity to shoot the Voodoo down. This study tells the combat stories of this extraordinary aircraft, highlighting the difficulty of the missions on which it was sent and the courage of its pilots.
Thunder Over Vietnam
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Author : Alejandro Villalva
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2018-02-06
Thunder Over Vietnam written by Alejandro Villalva and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-06 with History categories.
The popular conception of the Vietnam War focuses on the ground war—the soldiers and grunts who humped along jungle trails and fought the Vietcong face to face—but an important part of the war was waged in the skies over Southeast Asia, and indeed many of the war’s most well-known figures were pilots, from John McCain and James Stockdale to the unknown men who unleashed napalm hell and who carried out Curtis LeMay’s “bomb them into the Stone Age” doctrine, Lyndon Johnson’s Rolling Thunder, and Richard Nixon’s Linebacker. This photo book chronicles the U.S. Air Force’s operations in Vietnam, covering the aircraft, munitions, battle damage, and uniforms of Vietnam in the air.
Operation Ranch Hand
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Author : William A. Buckingham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Operation Ranch Hand written by William A. Buckingham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Government publications categories.
The Vietnam War
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Author : John Stewart Bowman
language : en
Publisher: World Almanac Books
Release Date : 1985
The Vietnam War written by John Stewart Bowman and has been published by World Almanac Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with History categories.
A chronological arrangement of the conflict beginning with prehistory to the present. Includes sixty brief biographies of major political and military figures.
The War In South Vietnam
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Author : John Schlight
language : en
Publisher: Department of the Air Force
Release Date : 1988
The War In South Vietnam written by John Schlight and has been published by Department of the Air Force this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with History categories.
United States Air Force in Southeast Asia. Documents the Air Force's support of the ground war in South Vietnam from 1965 to early 1968. Includes sections on the air campaign conducted during the Communists' siege of the Marine camp of Khe Sanh. Also contains several appendices, a glossary, and bibliographical notes.
Gradual Failure The Air War Over North Vietnam 1965 1966
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Author : Jacob Van Staaveren
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 2002
Gradual Failure The Air War Over North Vietnam 1965 1966 written by Jacob Van Staaveren and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with categories.
Of the many facets of the American war in Southeast Asia debated by U.S. authorities in Washington, by the military services and the public, none has proved more controversial than the air war against North Vietnam. The air war s inauguration with the nickname Rolling Thunder followed an eleven-year American effort to induce communist North Vietnam to sign a peace treaty without openly attacking its territory. Thus, Rolling Thunder was a new military program in what had been a relatively low-key attempt by the United States to win the war within South Vietnam against insurgent communist Viet Cong forces, aided and abetted by the north. The present volume covers the first phase of the Rolling Thunder campaign from March 1965 to late 1966. It begins with a description of the planning and execution of two initial limited air strikes, nicknamed Flaming Dart I and II. The Flaming Dart strikes were carried out against North Vietnam in February 1965 as the precursors to a regular, albeit limited, Rolling Thunder air program launched the following month. Before proceeding with an account of Rolling Thunder, its roots are traced in the events that compelled the United States to adopt an anti-communist containment policy in Southeast Asia after the defeat of French forces by the communist Vietnamese in May 1954.
