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Viper Pilot
- The Autobiography of One of America's Most Decorated Combat Pilots
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 9 h y 53 m
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Disarmed and leaderless, the United States is united no longer! Evil Russian warlords have reduced the Capitol to a smoking pile of radioactive rubble. While the destitute citizens are frozen in a state of panic, one man steps forward to seek retribution. He is a brilliant ace fighter pilot: Hawk Hunter, a lone warrior on a mission to keep alive the indomitable spirit of a forgotten dream called "America".
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- De Audiobook Addict en 02-14-11
De: Mack Maloney
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Dreamland
- Dale Brown's Dreamland, Book 1
- De: Dale Brown, Jim DeFelice
- Narrado por: Christopher Lane
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
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Dreamland is the place where the nation's top minds come to develop artillery and aircraft that push beyond the cutting edge. And where the Air Force's top guns come to test them, on the frontlines of a new era in warfare. The fiasco of a spy's infiltration has the Pentagon looking for an excuse to close Dreamland down. To clean up the mess, and save Dreamland from the congressional chopping block, Lt. Colonel Tecumseh "Dog" Bastian is sent in.
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Really boring!
- De Cheryl en 02-22-14
De: Dale Brown, y otros
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Apache
- Inside the Cockpit of the World’s Most Deadly Fighting Machine
- De: Ed Macy
- Narrado por: Roger Wayne
- Duración: 9 h y 43 m
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Ed Macy had always dreamed of a career in the army, so when the British Army Air Corps launched its attack helicopter program, Macy bent every rule in the book to make sure he was the first to sign up to fly the Apache—the deadliest, most technically advanced helicopter in the world and the toughest to fly. In 2007, Macy's Apache squadron was dispatched to Afghanistan's notorious Helmand Province with the mission to fight alongside and protect the men on the ground by any means necessary.
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- De steven c young en 06-23-22
De: Ed Macy
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The Vietnam Air War
- From the Cockpit
- De: Colonel Dennis M. "Mike" Ridnouer
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 13 h y 11 m
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The Vietnam War is one of the most misunderstood military conflicts in 20th-century America. Showcasing 72 true stories told by American servicemen who fought from the skies, this unique and historically significant collection is a stunning record of the air war in Southeast Asia during the 1960s and 1970s.
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Overall worthy and perspective broadening
- De Clayton Cartier en 11-03-20
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The Night Stalkers
- De: Michael J. Durant, Steven Hartov, Lt. Col - Ret Robert L. Johnson
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 11 h y 16 m
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Here are thrilling, never-before-heard stories of the Army's elite aviation unit - the most daring and professional helicopter crews in the world. Special Operations pilots are notoriously reticent; they don't talk about their missions, at least not to anyone outside their small community. But now, with the publication of The Night Stalkers, Durant and Steven Hartov shed a fascinating light on these mysterious super commandos and take readers into a world they have only imagined.
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A book that does justice
- De Robert en 10-05-07
De: Michael J. Durant, y otros
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Flying from the Black Hole
- The B-52 Navigator-Bombardiers of Vietnam
- De: Robert O. Harder
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 9 h y 50 m
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Air Force navigators and bombardiers have long labored under the shadow of pilots - their contributions undervalued, misunderstood, or unknown to the general public. This was especially the case with the non-pilot officer aircrew in the Vietnam and Cold War-era B-52 Stratofortress. Of the six people who operated the bomber, three wore navigator wings - two of those men were also bombardiers, the other an electronic warfare officer. Without the navigator-bombardiers in particular, executing the nuclear war strike plan or flying Southeast Asian bombing sorties would have been impossible.
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Today I learned something new.
- De Rob Wilson en 02-20-21
De: Robert O. Harder
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Guts 'N Gunships
- What It Was Really Like to Fly Combat Helicopters in Vietnam
- De: Mark Garrison
- Narrado por: Eric Martin
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
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In the summer of 1967, Mark Garrison had dropped out of college at Southern Illinois University just before entering his third year. He had run out of money and had to work for a while. These were the days before the lottery and the draft soon came calling. In order to somewhat control his own future, he enlisted in the US Army's helicopter flight school program. Little did he know that this adventure would be the most profound experience of his life.
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Fascinating
- De Jean en 04-25-16
De: Mark Garrison
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Tail-End Charley
- Stories from an American Fighter Pilot in World War II
- De: James E. Brown
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 11 h y 49 m
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On his 19th birthday, James E. Brown tries to fake to his flight instructor that he has flown before. On his 21st birthday, Brown is on his way home after logging 85 missions in a P-47 fighter over Italy, France, and Germany. Brown's stories surrounding his training and combat experiences in World War II reveal brushes with death, continuous peril and, ultimately, a coming of age for a young man whose freshman year in college becomes instead a heroic engagement with one of the fiercest enemies his country has ever encountered.
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- De kevin en 06-19-18
De: James E. Brown
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Fighter Pilot
- The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds
- De: Robin Olds, Christina Olds, Ed Rasimus
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 17 h y 2 m
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A larger-than-life hero with a towering personality, Robin Olds was a graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army. In World War II, Olds quickly became a top fighter pilot and squadron commander by the age of 22—a double ace with twelve aerial victories. But it was in Vietnam where the man became a legend.
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- De R. A. Frank en 10-08-10
De: Robin Olds, y otros
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Ashes of Victory
- A Novel
- De: Joe Weber, R.J. Pineiro
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 10 h y 48 m
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The United States is under attack. From the sea and the sky, the devastating attacks come, crippling the US military's ability to respond. Thousands have been killed and injured. For President Cord Macklin, this is the greatest challenge of his life, greater than risking his life in the skies over Vietnam and greater than guiding the country through some of the most trying times. But none has been more trying than this. Below the sea, a predator stalks the pride of America's Navy: its aircraft carriers. Deadly and silent, this killer seems able to elude all efforts to find it.
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Two stars deducted for poor editing
- De Michael Berg en 10-28-18
De: Joe Weber, y otros
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Finish Forty and Home
- The Untold World War II Story of B-24s in the Pacific
- De: Phil Scearce
- Narrado por: Danny Campbell
- Duración: 11 h y 32 m
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During the early years of World War II in the Pacific theatre, against overwhelming odds, young American airmen flew the longest and most perilous bombing missions of the war. They faced determined Japanese fighters without fighter escort, relentless anti-aircraft fire with no deviations from target, and thousands of miles of over-water flying with no alternative landing sites.
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Pretty Good!
- De Robert en 02-01-13
De: Phil Scearce
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Dustoff 7-3
- De: Erik Sabiston
- Narrado por: Al Peterson
- Duración: 5 h y 55 m
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This book is for heroes. Dustoff 7-3 tells the true story of four unlikely heroes in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan, where medics are forced to descend on wires to reach the wounded and helicopter pilots must fight wind, weather, and enemy fire to pluck casualties from some of the world's most difficult combat arenas. Complete opposites thrown together, cut off, and outnumbered, Chief Warrant Officer Erik Sabiston and his flight crew answered the call in a race against time, not to take lives - but to save them.
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story was great.
- De John en 09-12-15
De: Erik Sabiston
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To the Limit
- An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam
- De: Tom A. Johnson
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 13 h y 57 m
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From June 1967 to June 1968, Tom Johnson accumulated an astonishing 1,600 flying hours piloting the UH-1 "Iroquois" - better known as the "Huey" - as part of the famous First Air Cavalry Division. His battalion was one of the most decorated units of the Vietnam War, and helped redefine modern warfare. Johnson's riveting memoir takes us into key battles and rescue missions, including those for Hue and Khe Sanh. In harrowing detail, he tells of being shot down in the battle of A Shau Valley, of surviving enemy attacks during the Tet Offensive, and of a death-defying nighttime river rescue.
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Huey pilot's perspective of the 67-68 Vietnam war.
- De Jim en 10-15-18
De: Tom A. Johnson
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A gripping chronicle of the band of maverick aviators who signed on for the suicidal, dangerous top-secret "Wild Weasel" missions during the Vietnam War - which used controversial and revolutionary tactics to combat Soviet missile technology - from New York Times best-selling author Dan Hampton.
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The New York Times best-selling author of Viper Pilot and retired USAF F-16 legend Dan Hampton offers the first comprehensive popular history of combat aviation - a unique, entertaining, and action-packed look at the aces of the air and their machines, from the Red Baron and his triplane in World War I to today's technologically expert flying warriors in supersonic jets.
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Great history, but ending goes off-topic
- De Lugal en 07-31-14
De: Dan Hampton
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Hogs in the Sand
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The mighty, iconic A-10 Warthog was first thrust into battle in Operation Desert Storm. The men who took it through walls of flak and surface-to-air missiles to help defeat the world's fourth-largest army were as untested as their airplanes, so they relied on personal determination and the amazing A-10 to accomplish their missions, despite the odds.
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Weak
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A 28 year history of Air Force fighter duty.
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Fighter Pilot
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A larger-than-life hero with a towering personality, Robin Olds was a graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army. In World War II, Olds quickly became a top fighter pilot and squadron commander by the age of 22—a double ace with twelve aerial victories. But it was in Vietnam where the man became a legend.
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Top Notch Audiobook
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De: Robin Olds, y otros
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Going Downtown
- The US Air Force Over Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, 1961–75
- De: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
- Narrado por: Christopher Ragland
- Duración: 15 h y 59 m
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The involvement of the US Air Force in the Southeast Asian Wars began in 1962 with crews sent to train Vietnamese pilots, and with conflict in Laos, and finally ended in 1972 with the B-52 bombing of Hanoi, though there were Air Force pilots unofficially flying combat in Laos up to the end in 1975. The missions flown by USAF aircrews during those years in Southeast Asia differed widely, from attacking the Ho Chi Minh Trail at night with modified T-28 trainers, to missions “Downtown,” the name aircrew gave Hanoi, the central target of the war.
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A succinct overview
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The Hunter Killers
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A gripping chronicle of the band of maverick aviators who signed on for the suicidal, dangerous top-secret "Wild Weasel" missions during the Vietnam War - which used controversial and revolutionary tactics to combat Soviet missile technology - from New York Times best-selling author Dan Hampton.
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False Advertising
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Lords of the Sky
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The New York Times best-selling author of Viper Pilot and retired USAF F-16 legend Dan Hampton offers the first comprehensive popular history of combat aviation - a unique, entertaining, and action-packed look at the aces of the air and their machines, from the Red Baron and his triplane in World War I to today's technologically expert flying warriors in supersonic jets.
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Great history, but ending goes off-topic
- De Lugal en 07-31-14
De: Dan Hampton
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Hogs in the Sand
- A Gulf War A-10 Pilot's Combat Journal
- De: Buck Wyndham
- Narrado por: Jim Seybert
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The mighty, iconic A-10 Warthog was first thrust into battle in Operation Desert Storm. The men who took it through walls of flak and surface-to-air missiles to help defeat the world's fourth-largest army were as untested as their airplanes, so they relied on personal determination and the amazing A-10 to accomplish their missions, despite the odds.
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Weak
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From F-4 Phantom to A-10 Warthog
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- De: Steven K Ladd
- Narrado por: Jeff Bolton
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You do not have to be an aviation aficionado to enjoy Colonel Steve Ladd’s fascinating personal tale, woven around his 28-year career as a fighter pilot. This extremely engaging account follows a young man from basic pilot training to senior command through the narratives that define a unique ethos. From the United States to Southeast Asia; Europe to the Middle East; linking the amusing and tongue-in-cheek to the deadly serious and poignant, this is the lifelong journey of a fighter pilot.
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A 28 year history of Air Force fighter duty.
- De David H Milton en 07-09-22
De: Steven K Ladd
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Fighter Pilot
- The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds
- De: Robin Olds, Christina Olds, Ed Rasimus
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
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A larger-than-life hero with a towering personality, Robin Olds was a graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army. In World War II, Olds quickly became a top fighter pilot and squadron commander by the age of 22—a double ace with twelve aerial victories. But it was in Vietnam where the man became a legend.
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Top Notch Audiobook
- De R. A. Frank en 10-08-10
De: Robin Olds, y otros
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Going Downtown
- The US Air Force Over Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, 1961–75
- De: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
- Narrado por: Christopher Ragland
- Duración: 15 h y 59 m
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The involvement of the US Air Force in the Southeast Asian Wars began in 1962 with crews sent to train Vietnamese pilots, and with conflict in Laos, and finally ended in 1972 with the B-52 bombing of Hanoi, though there were Air Force pilots unofficially flying combat in Laos up to the end in 1975. The missions flown by USAF aircrews during those years in Southeast Asia differed widely, from attacking the Ho Chi Minh Trail at night with modified T-28 trainers, to missions “Downtown,” the name aircrew gave Hanoi, the central target of the war.
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A succinct overview
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Skybreak
- The 58th Fighter Squadron in Desert Storm
- De: Mike Guardia
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
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August 1990: Iraqi forces under the command of Saddam Hussein invaded the tiny emirate of Kuwait. In response, the US military led a coalition of thirty-four nations in what became known as Operation Desert Storm—a violent air and ground campaign to eject the Iraqis from Kuwait. At the tip of the spear were the men of the US Air Force’s 58th Fighter Squadron. Based on hours of interviews and archival research by author Mike Guardia, this book reveals an intimate, no-holds-barred account of modern aerial combat…as told by the men who lived it.
De: Mike Guardia
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Operation Vengeance
- The Astonishing Aerial Ambush That Changed World War II
- De: Dan Hampton
- Narrado por: John Pruden
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In 1943, the United States military began to plan one of the most dramatic secret missions of World War II. Its code name was Operation Vengeance. Naval Intelligence had intercepted the itinerary of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander in chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet, whose stealth attack on Pearl Harbor precipitated America’s entry into the war. Harvard-educated, Yamamoto was a close confidant of Emperor Hirohito and a brilliant tactician who epitomized Japanese military might.
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I want 1/2 my money back
- De DPM en 08-11-20
De: Dan Hampton
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F-35
- The Inside Story of the Lightning II
- De: Tom Burbage, Betsy Clark, Adrian Pitman, y otros
- Narrado por: Rob Reider
- Duración: 17 h y 18 m
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F-35 is the only inside look at the most advanced aircraft in the world and the historic project that built it, as told by those who were intimately involved in its design, testing, and production. Based on the authors' personal experience and over 100+ interviews, F-35 pulls back the curtain on one of the most heavily criticized government programs in history from start to finish.
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Boring a story about process
- De BingoJones en 09-05-23
De: Tom Burbage, y otros
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Topgun
- An American Story
- De: Dan Pedersen
- Narrado por: Jim Meskimen
- Duración: 9 h y 48 m
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Dan Pedersen takes listeners on a colorful and thrilling ride - from Miramar to Area 51 to the decks of aircraft carriers in war and peace - through a historic moment in air warfare. He helped establish a legacy that was built by him and his "Original Eight" - the best of the best - and carried on for six decades by some of America's greatest leaders. Topgun is a heartfelt and personal testimonial to patriotism, sacrifice, and American innovation and daring.
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I loved it!
- De "airplane_cfii" en 10-09-19
De: Dan Pedersen
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Tomcat Fury
- A Combat History of the F-14
- De: Mike Guardia
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 4 h y 33 m
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For more than three decades, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat was the US Navy’s premier carrier-based, multirole fighter jet. From its harrowing combat missions over Libya to its appearance on the silver screen in movies like Top Gun and Executive Decision, the F-14 has become an icon of American air power. Now, for the first time in a single volume, Tomcat Fury explores the illustrious combat history of the F-14, from the Gulf of Sidra to the Iran-Iraq War to the skies over Afghanistan in the Global War on Terror.
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I read this when it came out, also good as an audio.
- De S. H. Moore en 08-18-20
De: Mike Guardia
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The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club
- Naval Aviation in the Vietnam War
- De: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
- Narrado por: Christopher Ragland
- Duración: 17 h y 13 m
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The 'Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club' was the tongue-in-cheek nickname of the US Seventh Fleet that was stationed off the coast of Vietnam and this book tells the full story of the US Naval air campaign in the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1975.
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Tired drivel
- De Kevin Warren en 01-11-22
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Razor 03
- A Night Stalker’s Wars
- De: Alan C. Mack
- Narrado por: Alan C. Mack
- Duración: 9 h y 22 m
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The attacks of September 11, 2001, prompted the creation of a robust and deadly special operations force—Task Force Dagger. Alan C. Mack, Callsign Razor 03, led a team of MH-47E helicopters and armed MH-60s. Their two-fold mission–Personnel Recovery (PR) and Unconventional Warfare (UW) involved flying in terrain and weather previously not thought possible. If that wasn’t enough, they pushed the flight envelope of their specially modified Chinooks to the limit and beyond.
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Excellent story
- De Amazon Customer en 05-22-24
De: Alan C. Mack
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Valor
- The Astonishing World War II Saga of One Man's Defiance and Indomitable Spirit
- De: Dan Hampton
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 12 h y 24 m
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Lieutenant William Frederick “Bill” Harris was 25 years old when captured by Japanese forces during the Battle of Corregidor in May 1942. This son of a decorated Marine general escaped from hell on earth by swimming eight hours through a shark-infested bay; but his harrowing ordeal had just begun. Shipwrecked on the southern coast of the Philippines, he was sheltered by a Filipino aristocrat, engaged in guerilla fighting, and eventually set off through hostile waters to China.
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Epic story of survival, and sacrifice
- De Michael V McKenney en 02-03-23
De: Dan Hampton
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Scouts Out!
- A Kiowa Warrior Pilot’s Perspective of War in Afghanistan
- De: Ryan Robicheaux
- Narrado por: Timothy G Little
- Duración: 15 h y 6 m
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The OH-58D Kiowa Warrior—a deep reconnaissance scout and attack aircraft—was legendary to those it supported. Regularly flying mere feet off of the ground while intentionally drawing enemy fire, almost everyone called Kiowa pilots crazy. Responsible for hunting elusive enemy fighters and protecting those under their charge, Kiowa crews displayed a fierce and intense devotion that was unparalleled.
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Superbly told!
- De Rick Jurasky en 05-16-24
De: Ryan Robicheaux
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Clean Sweep
- VIII Fighter Command Against the Luftwaffe, 1942–45
- De: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver, BrigGen Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson USAF (Ret.) - foreword
- Narrado por: Lance C. Fuller
- Duración: 18 h y 23 m
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On August 7, 1942, two events of major military importance occurred on separate sides of the planet. In the South Pacific, the United States went on the offensive, landing the First Marine Division at Guadalcanal. In England, 12 B-17 bombers of the new Eighth Air Force’s 97th Bombardment Group bombed the Rouen–Sotteville railroad marshalling yards in France. While the mission was small, the aerial struggle that began that day would ultimately cost the United States more men killed and wounded by the end of the war in Europe than the Marines would lose in the Pacific War.
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- De Bill Mackey en 01-08-24
De: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver, y otros
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MiG Alley
- The US Air Force in Korea, 1950-53
- De: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
- Narrado por: David de Vries
- Duración: 14 h y 11 m
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Of the many myths that emerged following the end of the Korean War, the prevailing one in the West was that of the absolute supremacy of US Air Force pilots and aircraft over their Soviet-supplied opponents. The claims of the 10:1 victory-loss ratio achieved by the US Air Force fighter pilots flying the North American F-86 Sabre against their communist adversaries, amongst other such fabrications, went unchallenged until the end of the Cold War, when Soviet records of the conflict were finally opened. From that point onwards, a very different story began to emerge.
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Excellent
- De Lorne en 11-27-19
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Stealth
- The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft
- De: Peter Westwick
- Narrado por: David de Vries
- Duración: 7 h y 46 m
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On a moonless night in January 1991, a dozen US aircraft appeared in the skies over Baghdad. To the Iraqi air defenses, the planes seemed to come from nowhere. Each aircraft was more than 60 feet in length and with a wingspan of 40 feet, yet its radar footprint was the size of a ball bearing. Here was the first extensive combat application of Stealth technology. And it was devastating.
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Good Overview of the original development
- De Amazon Customer en 08-01-22
De: Peter Westwick
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Riveting -edge of your seat story
I almost didn't pick this one because there were some mixed reviews. I'm sure glad I did as this was one of the better first-person accounts I've read. The author writes with such incredible detail that you feel as though you are in the cockpit next to him.
IMO this book serves a a lesson to today's generals as well. First- we succeeded in the gulf wars because we had trained to fight a super power (Russia). Also, in an era where many rear echelon generals are in charge of the military, and claiming that robot plains will replace fighter pilots and ground troops - we must never forget that wars will always be won through a combination of combat pilots AND infantry working towards a common objective.
The book was informative and entertaining and I'm certainly glad I selected it.
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- James
- 10-29-12
Good, Modern view from the air.
If you could sum up Viper Pilot in three words, what would they be?
I love the old WWII aircraft stories. Viper brings those stories into present time. I enjoyed the story and learning the differences between then and now. Some things are still the same, but not much.
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- dave22387
- 06-20-18
great reader
good book with a great narrator. I would recommend for anyone interested in combat aviation.
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- Splitbrowtine2002
- 01-30-21
Very understandable, exciting and human.
This book is unlike any book on wars I’ve read. It’s not so much about the battles themselves but about the role the Vipers played in the gulf wars. It gave me a new understanding of the courage, training and technical weaponry these pilots used to defeat a formidable foe. Great relatively quick read.
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- Jason
- 11-19-16
Amazing book
Will definitely listen again.
If you have an interest in the life of an F-16 pilot, this book is a must.
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- Rex
- 03-04-13
Great aerial combat descriptions
Would you consider the audio edition of Viper Pilot to be better than the print version?
Dont know as I have only had the audio version
What did you like best about this story?
The reality of the scenes describing how combat pilots fly an F16
What does John Pruden bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Expression is always good. I think he does a good job.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Viper!
Any additional comments?
I really enjoyed the book. I have listened to it twice already.
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- Marcia Y.
- 10-12-20
I learned a lot about the Wild Weasels.
The reason I listened to this book was my Father-in-Law. He is gone now a causality of cancer but he was one of those F105 pilots (a Thud) that was one of the original “Wild Weasels” and I wanted to know what the more current “Wild Weasels” do. It was fun to listen to this and get a hint of what us Air Force brats grew up listening to. Thanks for the memories this book brought up.
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- Penguin
- 11-26-17
Good luck setting it down
Great book by an even better pilot. With a really good narrator. If u Ever wondered what the Tip of the spear was for our air war, here it is!
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- Karen C.
- 08-24-22
Amazing story of an amazing pilot.
I loved every second of this book.
The reader made the story truly come alive.
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- BP
- 07-02-23
Excellent description of a fighter pilot career
Very detailed, description of what it takes to be a fighter pilot. Funny as well. Hope it inspires new generations of fighter pilots. We still need them. Agree automation will never be the same as the human element in the air when lives are at risk. Thank you for your service and sacrifices to our country.
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