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Chariots of the Damned: Helicopter Special Operations from Vietnam to Kosovo

Door Mike McKinney e.a.

Categorie
Algemeen Militaria
Boeknummer
#370575-ZC27
Titel
Chariots of the Damned: Helicopter Special Operations from Vietnam to Kosovo
Auteur
McKinney, Mike & Mike Ryan
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
New York : Thomas Dunne Books
Jaar van uitgave
2002
ISBN10
0312291183
ISBN13
9780312291181
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original black boards, silver lettered spine, some illustrations in colour, 8vo.
Samenvatting
When F-16 pilot Scott O'Grady was shot down over Bosnia, a rescue mission was launched immediately. It involved nearly 100 aircraft, but succeeded in plucking him to safety in broad daylight. The pilot of the only F-117 Stealth bomber to have ever been shot down was spirited away with equal success. The USAF's elite special Operations Group is the product of many years of hard experience, but only now is it possible to reveal how many of its most famous missions were conducted. Major Mike McKinney and Mike Ryan investigate the origins of the Special Operations Group and the experience of early rescue missions in Vietnam. The grisly fate awaiting captured American fliers spurred the USAF to develop new weapons and tactics to fight their way through intense enemy anti-aircraft fire. Sometime... (Lees verder)s the rescue of a single man would escalate into a major military operation - one was later filmed as BAT-21 starring Gene Hackman and Danny Glover. If the ultimate Vietnam rescue mission, the Son Tay raid, was a failure, it did demonstrate how far techniques and equipment had evolved. From disaster at Desert 1 to the Gulf War, Bosnia and the tragedy in Somalia, Chariots of the Damned takes you on an edge of the seat ride into some of the most incredible battles of recent times.
Pagina's
209
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 20,00

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