Tiger Lead, Your Flight Is Up
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Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
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Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 1434955605
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Tiger in the Sea
Author: Eric Lindner
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2021-05-14
Total Pages: 359
ISBN-13: 1493031570
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSeptember 1962: On a moonless night over the raging Atlantic Ocean, a thousand miles from land, the engines of Flying Tiger flight 923 to Germany burst into flames, one by one. Pilot John Murray didn’t have long before the plane crashed headlong into the 20-foot waves at 120 mph. As the four flight attendants donned life vests, collected sharp objects, and explained how to brace for the ferocious impact, 68 passengers clung to their seats: elementary schoolchildren from Hawaii, a teenage newlywed from Germany, a disabled Normandy vet from Cape Cod, an immigrant from Mexico, and 30 recent graduates of the 82nd Airborne’s Jump School. They all expected to die. Murray radioed out “Mayday” as he attempted to fly down through gale-force winds into the rough water, hoping the plane didn’t break apart when it hit the sea. Only a handful of ships could pick up the distress call so far from land. The closest was a Swiss freighter 13 hours away. Dozens of other ships and planes from 9 countries abruptly changed course or scrambled from Canada, Iceland, Ireland, Scotland, and Cornwall, all racing to the rescue—but they would take hours, or days, to arrive. From the cockpit, the blackness of the Atlantic grew ever closer. Could Murray do what no pilot had ever done—“land” a commercial airliner at night in a violent sea without everyone dying? And if he did, would rescuers find any survivors before they drowned or died from hypothermia in the icy water? The fate of Flying Tiger 923 riveted the world. Bulletins interrupted radio and TV programs. Headlines shouted off newspapers from London to LA. Frantic family members overwhelmed telephone switchboards. President Kennedy took a break from the brewing crises in Cuba and Mississippi to ask for hourly updates. Tiger in the Sea is a gripping tale of triumph, tragedy, unparalleled airmanship, and incredibly brave people from all walks of life. The author has pieced together the story—long hidden because of murky Cold War politics—through exhaustive research and reconstructed a true and inspiring tribute to the virtues of outside-the-box-thinking, teamwork, and hope.
The Sky Soldiers
Author: Victor R. Beaver
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
Published: 2004-11
Total Pages: 654
ISBN-13: 0741421933
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Tiger's Den
Author: T. Jack Lewis
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2013-08-29
Total Pages: 812
ISBN-13: 1491809000
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis story is not about Japan. It is about all people. It is about tragedy and fear. It is about courage. It is about love, and it is about growth. It is about doing the right thing. It is written in English, but the setting is Western Manchuria early in World War II. The pilots of the Japanese forces are facing their first combat against top notch Russian pilots. They apply their training but find that actual combat is not what the books described. They find comfort in the arms of the women that provide relief for a price. Manchuria + Mongolia. Russia + Japan. Buddhism + Christianity + Islam. Occupation + Oppression. The Worlds Oldest Profession + Sympathy and Humanity. Add them all together and you get: A compelling story of a young man thrown into a stark reality. He must grow quickly and learn the hard way. From the fear and danger to: The Tigers Den
The Corporation
Author: Bruce Cornish
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2004-06
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 0595322190
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen American citizens are hi-jacked at sea and a Cuban military base goes up in flames, the eyes of the world turn towards the U.S. with suspicion. Thus begins a maelstrom that both nations are helpless to control or even comprehend. Accusations fly as the situation deteriorates towards a military showdown. The executives of Global Risk, an international risk management company, know the truth behind the attacks. And one man stands at the vortex, Frank Shepard, Chief of Staff to the President of the United States and former executive at The Corporation. He understands the extent of the company's ambition and their ability to fulfill it. Frank must ride the razors edge as he guides the President through the crisis and attempts to control a company that would usurp a nation. The Corporation Just another day at the office.
Snake, Rolling in Hot
Author: Bud Jones
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 646
ISBN-13: 0595148409
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Snake, Rolling in Hot” is a historical novel about a squadron of Marine Corps helicopter pilots and their crews. It is a true accounting about flying and fighting in Vietnam as well as the training of aircrews before they were sent to Southeast Asia. The combat operations take place in I-Corps in Vietnam and from the decks of navy carriers in the South China Sea. The story also takes a look at some of the wild R & R escapades Marines experienced in Hong Kong, Bangkok, the Philippines and other hot spots around the world. There is also a provocative look at the political scene in the U.S. during the war in Vietnam and how it affected several of the characters in the book in a ways they never thought possible when the war began. With dialog that snaps with electricity and realism, “Snake, Rolling in Hot” takes the reader into the cockpits of Marine choppers during action packed missions flown against the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army. After reading this book, no one will ever feel the same about helicopters and their crews again.
Friendly Fire
Author: Scott A. Snook
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2011-09-19
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 140084097X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn April 14, 1994, two U.S. Air Force F-15 fighters accidentally shot down two U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopters over Northern Iraq, killing all twenty-six peacekeepers onboard. In response to this disaster the complete array of military and civilian investigative and judicial procedures ran their course. After almost two years of investigation with virtually unlimited resources, no culprit emerged, no bad guy showed himself, no smoking gun was found. This book attempts to make sense of this tragedy--a tragedy that on its surface makes no sense at all. With almost twenty years in uniform and a Ph.D. in organizational behavior, Lieutenant Colonel Snook writes from a unique perspective. A victim of friendly fire himself, he develops individual, group, organizational, and cross-level accounts of the accident and applies a rigorous analysis based on behavioral science theory to account for critical links in the causal chain of events. By explaining separate pieces of the puzzle, and analyzing each at a different level, the author removes much of the mystery surrounding the shootdown. Based on a grounded theory analysis, Snook offers a dynamic, cross-level mechanism he calls "practical drift"--the slow, steady uncoupling of practice from written procedure--to complete his explanation. His conclusion is disturbing. This accident happened because, or perhaps in spite of everyone behaving just the way we would expect them to behave, just the way theory would predict. The shootdown was a normal accident in a highly reliable organization.
Leave No Man Behind
Author: George Galdorisi
Publisher: Zenith Press
Published: 2009-01-16
Total Pages: 656
ISBN-13: 1616732253
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBeginning with the birth of combat aircraft in World War I and the early attempts to rescue warriors trapped behind enemy lines, Leave No Man Behind chronicles in depth nearly one hundred years of combat search and rescue (CSAR). All major U.S. combat operations from World War II to the early years of the Iraq War are covered, including previously classified missions and several Medal-of-Honor-winning operations. Authors George Galdorisi and Tom Phillips (both veteran U.S. Navy helicopter pilots) highlight individual acts of heroism while telling the big-picture story of the creation and development of modern CSAR. Although individual missions have their successes and failures, CSAR, as an institution, would seem beyond reproach, an obvious necessity. The organizational history of CSAR, however, is not entirely positive. The armed services, particularly the U.S. Air Force and Navy, have a tendency to cut CSAR at the end of a conflict, leaving no infrastructure prepared for the next time that the brave men and women of our armed forces find themselves behind enemy lines. The final chapter has not yet been written for U.S. combat search and rescue, but in view of the life-saving potential of these forces, an open and forthright review of U.S. military CSAR plans and policies is long overdue. Beyond the exciting stories of heroic victories and heartrending defeats, Leave No Man Behind stimulates debate on this important subject.
Here There are Tigers
Author: Reginald Hathorn
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2008-01-24
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 0811741486
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn-the-cockpit perspective on aerial warfare during the Vietnam War. Many never-before-heard stories--some of them tragic, others humorous.
The Symposium of Justice
Author: Rich Hoffman
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 1412020158
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe freedom fighter, Cliffhanger battles the assassin, R.L. Justice and his Dark Knights of Order as sinister plots unfold upon the seemingly unimportant town of Fort Seven Mile. Inspired by Cliffhanger's writing and heroic actions council members, Mary Lawson, Misty Finnegan, and Gunsmith, Ben Carter plant the seeds of rebellion as powerful forces set their sights on the secret project, "This Veil of Knowledge," a form of mind control being conducted as an experiment soon to be unleashed upon the world.
