The hunter killers

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At the height of the Cold War, America's most elite aviators bravely volunteered for a covert program aimed at eliminating an impossible new threat. Half never returned. All became legends. From New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton comes one of the most extraordinary untold stories of aviation history.

Vietnam, 1965: On July 24 a USAF F-4 Phantom jet was suddenly blown from the sky by a mysterious and lethal weapon—a Soviet SA-2 surface-to-air missile (SAM), launched by Russian "advisors" to North Vietnam. Three days later, six F-105 Thunderchiefs were brought down trying to avenge the Phantom. More tragic losses followed, establishing the enemy's SAMs as the deadliest anti-aircraft threat in history and dramatically turning the tables of Cold War air superiority in favor of Soviet technology.

Stunned and desperately searching for answers, the Pentagon ordered a top secret program called Wild Weasel I to counter the SAM problem—fast. So it came to be that a small group of maverick fighter pilots and Electronic Warfare Officers volunteered to fly behind enemy lines and into the teeth of the threat. To most it seemed a suicide mission—but they beat the door down to join. Those who survived the 50 percent casualty rate would revolutionize warfare forever.

"You gotta be sh*#@ing me!" This immortal phrase was uttered by Captain Jack Donovan when the Wild Weasel concept was first explained to him. "You want me to fly in the back of a little tiny fighter aircraft with a crazy fighter pilot who thinks he's invincible, home in on a SAM site in North Vietnam, and shoot it before it shoots me?"

Based on unprecedented firsthand interviews with Wild Weasel veterans and previously unseen personal papers and declassified documents from both sides of the conflict, as well as Dan Hampton's own experience as a highly decorated F-16 Wild Weasel pilot, The Hunter Killers is a gripping, cockpit-level chronicle of the first-generation Weasels, the remarkable band of aviators who faced head-on the advanced Soviet missile technology that was decimating fellow American pilots over the skies of Vietnam.

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Hunter Killers

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At the height of the cold war america s most elite aviators bravely volunteered for a covert program aimed at eliminating an impossible new threat half never returned all became legends from new york times bestselling author dan hampton comes one of the most extraordinary untold stories of avi Uiterlijk 3 oktober in huis .. MEER INFO

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During the vietnam war the que son valley region was a very bad place with a very bad reputation more u s army infantrymen and marines died there than at any other location in vietnam more medals of honor were awarded in this region than in any other single combat zone ever on 5 may 1968 the Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Lords Of The Sky

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Lords of the sky is a thrilling history of the fighter pilot masterfully written by one of the most decorated aviators in american history a twenty year usaf veteran who flew more than 150 combat missions and received four distinguished flying crosses lt colonel dan hampton draws on his singular Uiterlijk 3 oktober in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: E-book

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 02 juni 2015

Aantal pagina's: 448

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Hoofdauteur: Dan Hampton

Tweede Auteur: Hampton Dan

Hoofduitgeverij: William Morrow

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EAN: 9780062375148

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