LEADER 04093nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910452234203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-48488-5 010 $a9786612484889 010 $a1-60473-135-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000484958 035 $a(EBL)515648 035 $a(OCoLC)567957109 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000175695 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11177837 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000175695 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10204014 035 $a(PQKB)11258974 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515648 035 $a(OCoLC)612761468 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse843 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL515648 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10218412 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000484958 100 $a20010313d2001 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aI always wanted to fly$b[electronic resource] $eAmerica's Cold War airmen /$fWolfgang W.E. Samuel ; with a foreword by Ken Hechler 210 $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (384 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57806-399-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: Part 1: The Berlin Airlift, 1948 -- 1. Men of the Airlift -- Colonel Howard S. "Sam" Myers Jr. -- First Lieutenant Leonard W. Sweet -- First Lieutenant Marshall M. Balfe -- Colonel Harold R. Austin -- Lieutenant Colonel Edward Gorski -- Lieutenant Colonel Joseph F. Laufer -- Colonel Robert S. Hamill -- 2. The Bomber Boys -- Colonel Joseph J. Gyulavics -- 3. "Ramp Rats": The Men Who Kept Them Flying -- Master Sergeant Thomas W. Etherson -- Part 2: Korea, 1950 -- 4. The F-51 Mustangs from Dogpatch -- Colonel Charles E. Schreffler -- 5. Night Interdiction in the B-26 Invader -- Lieutenant Colonel Byron A. Dobbs Jr. -- Colonel Richard G. "Dick" Schulz -- 6. The B-29 Bomber War -- Colonel Joseph J. Gyulavics -- 7. B-Flight out of Kimpo: Special Operations -- Colonel David M. Taylor -- Part 3: Strategic Reconnaissance -- 8. Taming the RB-45C Tornado -- Colonel Harold R. Austin -- 9. Recon to the Yalu and Beyond -- Colonel Howard S. "Sam" Myers Jr. -- Master Sergeant Arthur E. Lidard -- 10. More Secret Than the Manhattan Project -- Colonel Marion C. Mixson -- Lieutenant Colonel Francis T. Martin Jr. -- 11. Challenging the Russian Bear 196 -- Colonel Harold R. Austin -- 12. Flying the Top of the World 215 -- Colonel Charles L. Phillips Jr. -- 13. The Last Flight of 3-4290 230 -- Major George V. Back -- Captain Henry E. Dubuy -- Lieutenant Colonel Joel J. Lutkenhouse -- Lieutenant Colonel Robert J. Rogers -- Part 4: Vietnam, 1965 -- 14. Hambone 02 -- Colonel Ralph L. Kuster Jr. -- 15. Lincoln Flight -- Colonel Kevin A. "Mike" Gilroy -- 16. Yellowbird -- Major Fred E. "Ed" Rider -- The Magic of Flying: Concluding Thoughts -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Interviews, Letters, and Tapes. 330 $aUntil now, no book has covered all of Cold War air combat in the words of the men who waged it. In I Always Wanted to Fly , retired United States Air Force Colonel Wolfgang W. E. Samuel has gathered first-person memories from heroes of the cockpits and airstrips. Battling in dogfights when jets were novelties, saving lives in grueling airlifts, or flying dangerous reconnaissance missions deep into Soviet and Chinese airspace, these flyers waged America's longest and most secretively conducted air war. Many of the pilots Samuel interviewed invoke the same sentiment when asked why they risked th 606 $aAir pilots, Military$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aCold War 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAir pilots, Military 615 0$aCold War. 676 $a358.4/0092 676 $aB 700 $aSamuel$b Wolfgang W. E$0859029 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452234203321 996 $aI always wanted to fly$91917214 997 $aUNINA