Tail-End Charlie

And Other Tales of Aerial Combat Over North Vietnam

Autori

• Art Long

Parametri

• 120 pagine
• 5 ore di lettura

• Mappe e viaggi
• Storia

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Tail-End Charlie is a real life, non-fiction adventure about Navy combat action over the skies of North Vietnam. Told in the first person, the reader feels as if he or she is in the cockpit of an F-4 Phantom II fighter evading multiple surface-to-air missile attacks, dodging anti-aircraft-artillery shells, and landing on an aircraft carrier at night. Anyone who has ever dreamed? ef being a fighter pilot will want to read these incredible stories of survival while flying over the most heavily defended area in the entire world. You will also ride along with Navy Top Gun fighter pilots as they launch heat seeking missiles against enemy fighters, e deliver the first laser guided bombs and land on a pitching I carrier deck in the middle of a typhoon. Tail-End Charlie takes you behind the scenes to find out what happens when America sends her first line of defense into enemy waters. The USS Midway also plays a predominant role in these stories giving readers a glimpse into the fascinating action behind every launch and recovery cycle on this proud ship. From the exhilarating catapult shot to heart-thumping arrested landings, You are there with the aircrews and flight deck personnel as they survive the hazards of working on, what was at that time, the most dangerous piece of real estate in the world.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2001

(In brossura)