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1 online resource (448 pages) |
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Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
At the height of the Cold War, America's most elite aviators bravely volunteered for a covert program aimed at eliminating an impossible new threat. Half never returned. All became legends. From New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton comes one of the most extraordinary untold stories of aviation history. Vietnam, 1965: On July 24 a USAF F-4 Phantom jet was suddenly blown from the sky by a mysterious and lethal weaponbut they beat the door down to join. Those who survived the 50 percent casualty rate would revolutionize warfare forever. "You gotta be sh*#@ing me!" This immortal phrase was uttered by Captain Jack Donovan when the Wild Weasel concept was first explained to him. "You want me to fly in the back of a little tiny fighter aircraft with a crazy fighter pilot who thinks he's invincible, home in on a SAM site in North Vietnam, and shoot it before it shoots me?" Based on unprecedented firsthand interviews with Wild Weasel veterans and previously unseen personal papers and declassified documents from both sides of the conflict, as well as Dan Hampton's own experience as a highly decorated F-16 Wild Weasel pilot, The Hunter Killers is a gripping, cockpit-level chronicle of the first-generation Weasels, the remarkable band of aviators who faced head-on the advanced Soviet missile technology that was decimating fellow American pilots over the skies of Vietnam.". |
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Print version record. |
| Subject |
Electronic warfare aircraft -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Aerial operations, American.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Campaigns.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Political aspects.
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HISTORY / Military / Aviation.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hampton, Dan. Hunter killers. New York, NY : William Morrow, [2015] 9780062375131 (hardcover) (DLC)2015007013 |
| ISBN |
9780062375148 (epub) |
| Standard No. |
9780062375148 |
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