Flying Camelot : the F-15, the F-16, and the weaponization of fighter pilot nostalgia / / Michael W. Hankins [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Hankins Michael W. <1982->
• Pubblicazione: Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 256 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 358.430973
• Soggetto topico: Fighter planes - United States - History - 20th century; Fighter pilots - United States - History - 20th century; Eagle (Jet fighter plane) - History; F-16 (Jet fighter plane) - History
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2021.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Fighter Pilot with a Thousand Faces -- You Can Tell a Fighter Pilot (But You Can't Tell Him Much) -- What We Mean When We Say "Fighter" -- The Right Fighter -- The Lord's Work -- Writing Heresy -- Zealots of the Classic Variety -- Kicking Vietnam Syndrome.
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Flying Camelot' brings us back to the post-Vietnam era, when the US Air Force launched two new, state-of-the art fighter aircraft: the F-15 Eagle and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. It was an era when debates about aircraft superiority went public-and these were not uncontested discussions. Michael W. Hankins delves deep into the fighter pilot culture that gave rise to both designs, showing how a small but vocal group of pilots, engineers, and analysts in the Department of Defense weaponized their own culture to affect technological development and larger political change.
• Titolo autorizzato: Flying Camelot
• ISBN: 1-5017-6067-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910795758203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Battlegrounds. Cornell studies in military history.; Cornell scholarship online.