I always wanted to fly : America's Cold War airmen / / Wolfgang W.E. Samuel ; with a foreword by Ken Hechler

• Autore: Samuel Wolfgang W. E
• Pubblicazione: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xix, 363 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 358.4/0092; B
• Soggetto topico: Air pilots, Military - United States; Cold War
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Until 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: I always wanted to fly
• ISBN: 1-282-48488-5; 9786612484889; 1-60473-135-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781814903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II