Yankee Air Pirates
Yankee Air Pirates

Author: C.K. McCusker

Publisher:

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 9780982618059

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In the winter of 1972, President Nixon ordered Operation Linebacker II, a massive aerial bombing campaign designed to end the war. The primary targets were located in Hanoi and Haiphong, North Vietnam, which were the most heavily defended cities in the history of aerial warfare. Yankee Air Pirates tells the story of this campaign through the eyes of Spike, Bulldog, D-Kid, and the many other crewdogs (as B-52 crew members referred to themselves) who flew the massive Stratofortress on these dangerous missions. Who were these crewdogs? In the air, they were serious professionals. They were wise beyond thheir years, educated by experiences that most will never know. On the ground, they were rowdy, undisciplined, hard-drinking misfits. They were heroes at a time when many at home refused to recognize their heroism, and they were patriots when "patriotism" was a bad word in America. Most importantly, they were eager to do everything they could, including risking their lives, to end the war and free the prisoners so everyone could go home to their families and friends--Back cover.

Yankee Air Pirates: U. S. Air Force Uniforms and Memorabilia of the Vietnam War
Yankee Air Pirates: U. S. Air Force Uniforms and Memorabilia of the Vietnam War

Author: Olivier Bizet

Publisher: Schiffer Military History

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764343377

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Yankee Air Pirates is a highly detailed look at United States Air Force uniforms and equipment as used during the Vietnam War. This comprehensive book - the first of a multi-volume set - presents hundreds of Air Force named items in over 900 full color photos, giving the reader a precise insight and reference covering fifty-eight Air Force units. Flight suits, utility shirts, jungle jackets, headgear, insignia, weapons, plaques, souvenir lighters, and many theater-made items are featured to illustrate the history of both flying and ground units. Topics covered in this initial volume are: Command & Control, Tactical Control, Forward Air Control, Rescue, Electronic Warfare, and Air Police/Security Police units. An extensive chapter offers a detailed review of uniforms, headgear, and footwear, referenced by model and date.

On Yankee Station
On Yankee Station

Author: John B. Nichols

Publisher: Naval Institute Press

Published: 2013-03-11

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 1612512860

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Combining vivid personal narrative with historical and operational analyses, this book takes a candid look at U.S. naval airpower in the Vietnam War. Coauthors John Nichols, a fighter pilot in the war, and Barrett Tillman, an award-winning aviation historian, make full use of their extensive knowledge of the subject to detail the ways in which airpower was employed in the years prior to the fall of Saigon. Confronting the conventional belief that airpower failed in Vietnam, they show that when applied correctly, airpower was effective, but because it was often misunderstood and misapplied, the end results were catastrophic. Their book offers a compelling view of what it was like to fly from Yankee Station between 1964 and 1973 and important lessons for future conflicts. At the same time, it adds important facts to the permanent war record. Following an analysis of the state of carrier aviation in 1964 and a definition of the rules of engagement, it describes the tactics used in strike warfare, the airborne and surface threats, electronic countermeasures, and search and rescue. It also examines the influence of political decisions on the conduct of the war and the changing nature of the Communist opposition. Appendixes provide useful statistical data on carrier deployments, combat sorties, and aircraft losses.

Hunter Killer
Hunter Killer

Author: T. Mark Mccurley

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2015-10-13

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 0698161467

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The first-ever inside look at the US military’s secretive Remotely Piloted Aircraft program—equal parts techno-thriller, historical account, and war memoir Remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), commonly referred to by the media as drones, are a mysterious and headline-making tool in the military’s counterterrorism arsenal. Their story has been pieced together by technology reporters, major newspapers, and on-the-ground accounts from the Middle East, but it has never been fully told by an insider. In Hunter Killer, Air Force Lt. Col. T. Mark McCurley provides an unprecedented look at the aviators and aircraft that forever changed modern warfare. This is the first account by an RPA pilot, told from his unique-in-history vantage point supporting and executing Tier One counterterrorism missions. Only a handful of people know what it’s like to hunt terrorists from the sky, watching through the electronic eye of aircraft that can stay aloft for a day at a time, waiting to deploy their cutting-edge technology to neutralize threats to America’s national security. Hunter Killer is the counterpoint to the stories from the battlefront told in books like No Easy Day and American Sniper: While special operators such as SEALs and Delta Force have received a lot of attention in recent years, no book has ever told the story of the unmanned air war. Until now.

What If You Met A Pirate?
What If You Met A Pirate?

Author: Jan Adkins

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2006-06-13

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781596431829

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The boobk covers the world of Pirates: ships and seafaring, maps, weapons, larger than life characters and larger than life stories are vividly presented.

Naval Air War: The Rolling Thunder Campaign
Naval Air War: The Rolling Thunder Campaign

Author: Norman Polmar

Publisher: Government Printing Office

Published: 2016-01-05

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0160931223

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This is the sixth monograph in the series The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War. It covers aircraft carrier activity during Operation Rolling Thunder in the war. Operation Rolling Thunder was one of the longest sustained aerial bombing campaigns in history. And it would be a failure. The U.S. Navy proved essential to the conduct of Rolling Thunder. Exploiting the inherent flexibility and mobility of naval forces, the Seventh Fleet operated with impunity for three years off the coast of North Vietnam. The success with which the Navy executed the later Operation Linebacker campaign against North Vietnam in 1972 revealed how much the service had learned from and exploited the Rolling Thunder experience of 1965–1968. The book includes several photographs with backgrounds of key aircraft used as part of Operation Rolliing Thunder during the Vietnam War. Other products relating to the Vietnam War can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/us-military-history/battles-wars/vietnam-war Other products relating to U.S. Naval History can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/us-military-history/armed-forces-military-branches-history/united-states-navy-usn-history Other products published by the U.S. Navy History and Heritage Command can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/902

Overrun
Overrun

Author: Jeff Ahlin

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2016-07-27

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1524617660

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This novel is a dramatization of many of CDR Jeff Ahlins experiences on the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) in Vietnam and South East Asia between the summer of 1969 and the summer of 1971. During that time then Lt. Ahlin became friendly with one of the Naval Pilots from Squadron VA-192, The Golden Dragons. Lt. Dennis Pike flew the A7-E Corsair II and was a trombone player in the ships band, The Yankee Air Pirates, with Lt. Ahlin, who played the banjo. The story outlines some of the difficult circumstances, logistical problems and abject terror that permeated the jungle warfare. The U.S. Army Rangers and the U.S. Marines were subjected to many difficult battles in the Central Highlands, A Shau Valley, and near the borders of Cambodia, Laos, and the 17th Parallel, the border of North Vietnam. LCDR Pike was lost over Laos in the spring of 1972. Dennis and his aircraft vanished off the face of the earth. There were unconfirmed reports of him being held in a prison camp in Laos in the summer of 1972. In the fall of 2011 his helmet was found by a farmer in a stream in Laos. There were reports the Russians and Chinese took pieces of downed aircraft and six of our pilots as POWs; but all the pilots were released after the war. The question remains, what happened to LCDR Dennis Pike?

It Isn't Adultery If You Keep Your Underwear On
It Isn't Adultery If You Keep Your Underwear On

Author: Joseph S. Ragman

Publisher: Page Publishing Inc

Published: 2022-01-04

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 1662428553

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It Isn’t Adultery if You Keep Your Underwear On is one book that you definitely can judge by its cover. The book is obviously about humor, but there is much more. Ragman blended some fighter pilot humor with true, accurate stories about life in the fast lane, i.e., flying aircraft like the F-117A Stealth Fighter and other high-performance aircraft like the F-111 A, E, F and EF, and T-38 Talon. Over the last several years, the author found himself recalling funny sayings, quotes, stories and then writing them down. These memories somehow materialized over the course of several years. Some of the humor is downright disgusting, and depending on your sense of humor, you may be one of those people who want to banish this book to the deepest reaches of hell! If you fall into this category, you might not want to read it. I’ve warned you. You gotta love that kind of talk. So sit back, get ready, strap in, and push the throttles and afterburner into “full grunt.” Just don’t break the speed of sound over a congested area in a foreign country, like the author almost did, or get whacked by a seagull during a bomb run at 540 mph and 300 feet above the water—no problem initially, but the engine died about an hour later. Enjoy the book. You’ve never read anything like it.

Yes, Sir! No, Sir! No Excuse, Sir!
Yes, Sir! No, Sir! No Excuse, Sir!

Author: Robert George

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2016-10-31

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 1512761966

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The book chronicles a patriotic American boy on the difficult journey to manhood. During high school, he walked away from faith and in college survived the rigorous discipline of The Citadel. Upon graduation, he was commissioned as an Air Force officer spending a year at war, where the loss of close friends, duplicitous politicians and the chaos in America left him angry, disillusioned and confrontive to authority. Newly married, he became a Los Angeles policeman where untreated PTSD left him divorced and depressed eight years later. Each season of life is illustrated with pithy stories from a myriad of life experiences and flawed choices which ultimately led to the brink of suicide. Thankfully, the story doesn't end there.