Wings Over Vietnam
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Wings Over Vietnam
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Author : John Davis
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
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Wings Over Vietnam written by John Davis and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Wings Of Fury
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Author : Robert K. Wilcox
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-05-11
Wings Of Fury written by Robert K. Wilcox and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-11 with History categories.
They are America's best fighter pilots -- from the Navy, Air Force, and Marines. Heroes who push the envelope with their machines, their bodies, and the will to fight and win on their... WINGS OF FURY Here, these airborne warriors reveal themselves as never before. Ride shotgun with TOPGUN pilot Dale "Snort" Snodgrass as he becomes the first student pilot ever to land an F-14 Tomcat on an aircraft carrier. Silver Star winner Rob Graeter recalls a Cold War close call as he flew his F-15 Eagle over Soviet waters -- almost triggering World War III. Feel the adrenaline as Brian "Rocky" Fitzpatrick remembers test-flying the F/A-18 Hornet when it suddenly went haywire, leaving him with a crippled plane, a faulty parachute -- and a very long way down.... From the training grounds of Miramar to combat in Vietnam and Desert Storm, these are the stories of those who defend our skies -- and the dramatic evolution of modern air warfare.
Over The Beach
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Author : Zalin Grant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989-07-07
Over The Beach written by Zalin Grant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-07-07 with Vietnam War, 1961-1975 categories.
Here is the vivid true story of Fighter Squadron 162, based on the USS Oriskany in the Gulf of Tonkin. Grant delivers a riveting tale of courage and details the air strategy of the Vietnam War. First-rate. . . . History as it should be.--Kirkus Reviews.
Fast Movers
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Author : John Sherwood
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2001-02-21
Fast Movers written by John Sherwood and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-21 with History categories.
Official navy historian John Sherwood offers an authoritative social history of the air war, focused around fourteen of these aviators—from legends like Robin Olds, Steve Ritchie, and John Nichols to lesser-known but equally heroic fighters like Roger Lerseth and Ted Sienecki. The war in the skies above Vietnam still stands as the longest our nation has ever fought. For fourteen years American pilots dropped bombs on the Southeast Asian countryside—eventually more than eight million tons of them. In doing so, they lost over 8,588 fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. They did not win the war. Ironically, Vietnam, though one of our least popular wars, produced one of the most effective groups of warriors our nation has ever seen—men of dedication, professionalism, and courage. Sherwood draws on nearly three hundred interviews to tell stories of great pilots and great planes in the words of the men themselves. Fliers recall jets such as McDonnell Douglas's famous F-4 Phantom, "a Corvette with wings"; the F-05 Thunderchief, the workhorse of the war; the F-8 Crusader, the last of the gun fighters; and the block-nosed but revolutionary A-6 Intruder with its fully computerized attack systems, terrain mapping radar, and digital all-weather navigation system. Fast Movers offers fascinating portraits—based on Sherwood's interviews and declassified naval archives—of Vietnam's POWs. Pilots lucky enough to suffer only broken bones and burns from the violence of 1960s-era Martin-Baker ejection seats struggled to find honorable ways to negotiate half-decade-long periods in captivity. Passive resistance, like Commander Jeremiah Denton's famous blinking of TORTURE in Morse Code, was sometimes successful, often brutally reprised. Against all odds, the pilots spawned a culture of success in the midst of failure, frustration, and devastation. Fast Movers captures a hidden and crucial story of America's least successful war.
Rolling Thunder
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Author : Mark Berent
language : en
Publisher: Mark Berent
Release Date : 1989
Rolling Thunder written by Mark Berent and has been published by Mark Berent this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with History categories.
As hostilities escolate in late 1965, the fates of three men intertwine in Vietnam.
On Yankee Station
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Author : John B. Nichols
language : en
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 1987
On Yankee Station written by John B. Nichols and has been published by US Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Government publications categories.
Beskriver US Naval Air's luftoperationer i Vietnamkrigen og hvad man var op imod.
100 Missions North
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Author : Ken Bell
language : en
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Release Date : 2000-12-01
100 Missions North written by Ken Bell and has been published by Turner Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-12-01 with History categories.
A harrowing personal account of the extraordinary dangerous missions the author and his comrades flew over North Vietnam in 1966-1967. At that time, American airmen were faced with unprecedented defenses and the highest pilot loss rate (exceeding 25%) since the early days of the US strategic bombing of Europe during World War II. This thrilling book tells what it was like to muster the courage to climb into the cockpit day after day as you watched your comrades fall one by one.and how the pilots fought back.
Wings Of Freedom
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-03-10
Wings Of Freedom written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-10 with categories.
At the end of the Vietnam War, Pan American World Airways successfully evacuated 463 American and Vietnamese civilians on April 24, 1975, aboard a Boeing 747-the last plane out. At the time, Allen H. Topping was serving as the Pan Am Director of South Vietnam and Cambodia and was instrumental in the success of that last flight. Topping lived and worked in South Vietnam for two and a half years. In addition to its global network of scheduled services, Pan Am was also involved in many other rescue and humanitarian operations throughout the world. These operations and missions included the Berlin Airlift, rescue operations from Tehran, operational support for US forces in WW II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and, most recently, the Gulf War. Prior to joining Pan Am Allan Topping worked for the Institute of International Education on and United Airlines in New York City. He joined Pan Am on June 2, 1969 as a sales representative, assigned to the San Francisco sales office. In November of 1972, Al became the Director of Vietnam and Cambodia, based in Saigon, South Vietnam. After managing operations at various stations overseas for almost eight years, he returned to the U.S. in 1982, Pan Am appointed him as Assistant to The Chairman Consumer Affairs. Topping continued to hold other management positions un���� l the company ceased operations on December 4, 1991. For the next 23 years he worked for The Miami-Dade School Board Administration, The Miami Herald and the Miccosukee Golf & Country Club in Miami, Florida. Now fully re���� red Topping is playing lots of golf in Ocala, Florida.
Angel S Wing
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Author : Joseph R. Finch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-04-12
Angel S Wing written by Joseph R. Finch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-12 with History categories.
Elephant's Ear. Dog's Head. Angel's Wing. These names evoke the image of children playing a whimsical game, identifying objects in the clouds. But for Joe Finch and his fellow helicopter pilots of 25th Aviation Battalion, they meant something vastly different: They were the shapes created by map coordinates that defined their location within the "area of operation." Angel's Wing is Joe Finch's account of the year he spent with A Company, the "Little Bears" during the Vietnam War. His story is raw and authentic, unflinching in its honesty. Sometimes his tale is humorous. Sometimes it's tragic. Whether he writes of a preposterous moment or of brutality and death, his personal account is powerful. If you weren't there, at times his experiences in Vietnam are hard to imagine: the blood, the noise, the smells. At other times, you will open your eyes in wonder at the dedication that the young men fighting there demonstrated. Finch arrived in Vietnam in 1969 as a young, naive lieutenant. His flying skills were untested. The task before him was unknown. But almost from the moment of his arrival at the forward base at Cu Chi, Finch began to learn what would be required of him. He would learn to fly under the most difficult of conditions, straining the limits of both the pilots and their machines. He learned to support ground troops, inserting and extracting men into and out of the most dangerous of situations. And he learned the importance of medical evacuation of the wounded--the Medevac--in saving soldier's lives. He made it his personal mission and his most significant achievement. It is in this task that Joseph Finch exhibited the compassion and courage that make Americans proud of his service to our nation. Joe Finch's unforgettable story is very personal, yet reveals something larger: a glimpse into the character of many who flew in the skies of Vietnam.
Scream Of Eagles
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Author : Robert K Wilcox
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-11-03
Scream Of Eagles written by Robert K Wilcox and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-03 with History categories.
The real Top Gun - the dramatic account of the US Navy's fighter pilots and how they took back the skies over Vietnam In the darkest days of the Vietnam War, the US Navy's kill ratio had fallen to 2:1 - a deadly decline in pilot combat effectiveness. To improve the odds, a corps of hardened fighter pilots founded the Fighter Weapons School, a.k.a. Top Gun. Utilising actual enemy fighter planes in brutally realistic dogfights, the Top Gun instructors dueled with their students and each other to achieve a lethal new level of fighting expertise. The training paid off and the Top Gunners dominated the skies over Vietnam. This gripping account takes you inside the cockpit for an adventure more explosive than any fiction, in the dramatic true story of the legendary military school that has created the most dangerous fighter pilots the world had ever seen.