Fast movers

"In Fast Movers, 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.". "Sherwood draws on nearly 300 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."--BOOK JACKET.

המשפט הראשון: For the men of the Eighth Tactical Fighter Wing at Ubon, the summer of 1966 was a season of bitterness.

שנה

1999

שפה

English

הוצאה

St. Martin's Paperbacks

מהדורות

1

עמודים

336

ISBN

9780312979621

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata