LEADER 03708nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910781284803321 005 20230617042839.0 010 $a1-299-05294-0 010 $a1-60344-597-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000000033444 035 $a(OCoLC)826659960 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10463992 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000538034 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11364947 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538034 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10556889 035 $a(PQKB)10882344 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3038013 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse1126 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3038013 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10463992 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL436544 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000033444 100 $a20040602d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInto the wild blue yonder $emy life in the Air Force /$fAllan T. Stein 205 $a1st edition. 210 $aCollege Station, TX $cTexas A & M University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 185 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 1 $aCentennial of flight series ;$vno. 13 300 $aIncludes index. 311 1 $a1-58544-386-7 327 $aPreface Realizing the Dream Pilot Training Combat Crew Training Combat World War II in Retrospect Training Command Reese Air Force Base Strategic Air Command and the Cold War Ramey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico Alternate Air Force Headquarters The Vietnamese War The Final Air Force Days Index 330 $a"Allan T. Stein idolized his uncle, a pilot in the Great War. So in 1943, in the midst of the Second World War, he left Texas A & M University for Lackland Air Field to learn to fly. By the time he retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1969, Stein had flown everything from BT-13s and B-24s to B-52s and C-47s. During World War II, he flew missions over China and the Sea of Japan, and by V-J Day, he had participated in eight campaigns and logged 347 hours in combat. Stein later spent one year in Vietnam as operations officer for the 360 TEWS (Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron), which used refitted C-47s to monitor and locate Vietcong units. He ended his career as inspector general of the Civil Air Patrol." "Stein considers himself to have been an ordinary airman, not a hero. But he was also a seasoned pilot and a conscientious officer with a strong sense of right and wrong. After a young pilot he had certified died in an accident, Stein made it a practice to fail all but the best candidates. He was just as disgusted with the corruption he encountered in the Civil Air Patrol as he was with the tendentious reporters he met in Saigon's Hotel Caravelle." "Although he met his share of cowards and scoundrels, Stein loved to fly and he loved the air force. He was the sort of officer his superiors trusted not to make mistakes, but he was not the sort to rise to high rank. What he offers here is an account of a typical career as an air force officer, complete with its frustrations, moral dilemmas, and the occasional harrowing experience."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved 410 0$aCentennial of flight series ;$v13. 606 $aBomber pilots$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aAir pilots, Military$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aBomber pilots 615 0$aAir pilots, Military 676 $a358.4/0092 676 $aB 700 $aStein$b Allan T.$f1924-$01526474 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781284803321 996 $aInto the wild blue yonder$93768532 997 $aUNINA