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Stalag 17B

Prisoner of War

By: Richard H. Hoffman Lt. Col. USAF

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Stalag 17B

Prisoner of War

By: Richard H. Hoffman Lt. Col. USAF

A true account of a shoot-down, capture, imprisonment and liberation. The author was in Germany's Stalag 17B, force- marched across Austria, and had a horrifying brush with the holocaust. Patton's troops liberated him and returned him to front line duty. He helped capture many enemy troops before war's end.

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Stalag 17B

Prisoner of War

By: Richard H. Hoffman Lt. Col. USAF

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Tales of a Helicopter Pilot

By: Richard C. Kirkland

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Tales of a Helicopter Pilot

By: Richard C. Kirkland

Richard Kirkland is legendary for his P-38 Lightning missions in the South Pacific theater during WWII. After the war, he realized the potential of Igor Sikorsky’s new flying machine, and he traded in his fighter-pilot wings for rotors. The nerve-racking chopper missions he has flown are the stuff of legend: scrambling to evacuate president Harry Truman after an unthinkable “code red one” alert comes over his red phone; bantering with the real “Hawkeye” at a MASH unit before flying into North Korea to rescue wounded soldiers. Equally riveting are his accounts of a medevac pilot in Vietnam who lands a ten ton CH-46 “Frog” in the jungle at night, with no lights, under fire, with only a soldier’s cigarette lighter for reference; and an aerial tour pilot who routinely pulls people out of the water above, below, and right before Niagara Falls.

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Smithsonian Institution

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1588344134

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SR-71

The Complete Illustrated History of the Blackbird, The World's Highest, Fastest Plane

By: Richard H. Graham

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SR-71

The Complete Illustrated History of the Blackbird, The World's Highest, Fastest Plane

By: Richard H. Graham

A pictorial history of the legendary Lockheed spy plane, written by one of its pilots and “filled to the brim with information and revelation” (Seattle Post Intelligencer Travel for Aircraft blog). At the height of the Cold War in 1964, President Johnson announced a new aircraft dedicated to strategic reconnaissance. The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane flew more than three-and-a-half times the speed of sound, so fast that no other aircraft could catch it. Above 80,000 feet, its pilots had to wear full-pressure flight suits similar to what was used aboard the space shuttle. Developed by the renowned Lockheed Skunk Works, the SR-71 was an awesome aircraft in every respect, and it took the world by storm. The SR-71 was in service with the US Air Force from 1964 to 1998, when it was withdrawn from use, superseded by satellite technology. Twelve of the thirty-two aircraft were destroyed in accidents, but none were ever lost to enemy action. Throughout its thirty-four-year career, the SR-71 was the world’s fastest and highest-flying operational manned aircraft. It set world records for altitude and speed: an absolute altitude record of 85,069 feet on July 28, 1974, and an absolute speed record of 2,193.2 miles per hour on the same day. On September 1, 1974, it set a speed and time record over a recognized course between New York and London (3,508 miles) of 1,435.587 miles per hour and an elapsed time of 1 hour, 54 minutes, 56.4 seconds. SR-71 covers every aspect of the plane’s development, manufacture, modification, and active service from the insider’s perspective of one its pilots—and is lavishly illustrated with more than 200 photos.

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Quarto Publishing Group USA

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1610588126

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Firefly

A Skyraider's Story About America's Secret War Over Laos

By: Richard E. Diller

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Firefly

A Skyraider's Story About America's Secret War Over Laos

By: Richard E. Diller

Once everything is set up, I roll in. Control stick hard left into a sharp left turn and let the nose drop quickly but smoothly to 40° down. Down. My heart is pumping hard. I'm in a sharp dive. I have to do it right and fast. Line up the target in the sight. It's getting bigger as I get closer to the ground. Airspeed is increasing! Quick! Right there! Pickle at 8,000 feet, only 2,000 feet from roll-in altitude. Not much time. NOW! Pull out! Pull hard, but don't over G! All the remaining ordnance is trying to pull the airplane toward the ground. Smoothly pull to four Gs. Watch the artiﬁcial horizon. It's the only visual reference I can count on. Pull! Get the nose up! Don't go below 7,000 feet because rocks can be anywhere below seven. There's level. Bring it on up. Twenty-ﬁve degrees nose high. I have plenty of speed, so keep the nose up. Here comes 8,000 feet. Then 9,000. I can let the nose down a little now and look around to see if anyone is shooting. It is 1969 and Dick Diller is on his way to flying warplanes in the Vietnam conflict. He is commissioned to fly A-1 Skyraiders in sometimes harrowing nighttime missions over Laos-surviving not only the danger of the missions he flew, but also the bureaucracy of the air force, from fitness testing to additional duties assigned, to attacking impossible-to-find targets in the dead of night-with minimal fuel supplies. At once entertaining and riveting, as well as thought-provoking, Firefly is the story of one man's journey in a world at war, and a day-to-day description of the fighting force that was flying A-1 Skyraiders in combat. Firefly contains actual transcriptions of dialogue of pilots locating a target and making a strike in northern Laos.

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Dog Ear Publishing

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1457519690

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9781457519697

Rolling Thunder 1965–68

Johnson's air war over Vietnam

By: Richard P. Hallion

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Rolling Thunder 1965–68

Johnson's air war over Vietnam

By: Richard P. Hallion

Operation Rolling Thunder was the campaign that was meant to keep South Vietnam secure, and dissuade the North from arming and supplying the Viet Cong. It pitted the world's strongest air forces against the MiGs and missiles of a small Soviet client state. But the US airmen who flew Rolling Thunder missions were crippled by a badly thought-out strategy, rampant political interference in operational matters, and aircraft optimised for Cold War nuclear strikes rather than conventional warfare. Ironically, Rolling Thunder was one of the most influential episodes of the Cold War – its failure spurring the 1970s US renaissance in professionalism, fighter design, and combat pilot training. Dr Richard P. Hallion, one of America's most eminent air power experts, explains how Rolling Thunder was conceived and fought, and why it became shorthand for how not to fight an air campaign.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472823214

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Walk Around UH-60 Black Hawk

By: Richard S. Dann

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Walk Around UH-60 Black Hawk

By: Richard S. Dann

Inside and outside the military chopper built for operations in the field.

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0897474058

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The Healing

Pan American Flight 001

By: Richard Jellerson

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The Healing

Pan American Flight 001

By: Richard Jellerson

After the inhumanity of war, humanity pulled him back from the edge... "The Healing" should be required reading for anyone at any age. Through mostly luck and chance, most of us were spared the hellish maturing experiences that Richard Jellerson and many others were forced to live through in a war. They are so savagely described here that only the most insensitive would not learn from them. And that knowledge can set a mind path for life. I never experienced them either but knew others who did in an earlier war. That shaped my thinking as well. I have experienced much of Richard's travels around the world. They too, shape your thinking and understanding of your reality. His personal journey of travel and healing after his war is touching, compelling and joyful. How sad that anyone must live through this. How invaluable though, that each of us can learn from this wonderfully well-written memoir. - Rick Ray, retired literary agent

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Outskirts Press

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1977200249

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It's Not about the War

A Memoir of a Civilian's Personal Battles While Providing Aviation Support During the Vietnam War

By: Richard Ingelido

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It's Not about the War

A Memoir of a Civilian's Personal Battles While Providing Aviation Support During the Vietnam War

By: Richard Ingelido

Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War this books is a journey through life, finding happiness among the hardships and amusement amid the danger.

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0646454412

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Rolling Thunder 1965-68

Johnson's Air War Over Vietnam

By: Richard Hallion

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Rolling Thunder 1965-68

Johnson's Air War Over Vietnam

By: Richard Hallion

Operation Rolling Thunder was the campaign that was meant to keep South Vietnam secure, and dissuade the North from arming and supplying the Viet Cong. It pitted the world's strongest air forces against the MiGs and missiles of a small Communist state. But the US airmen who flew Rolling Thunder missions were crippled by a badly thought-out strategy, rampant political interference in operational matters, and aircraft optimised for Cold War nuclear strikes rather than conventional warfare. Ironically, Rolling Thunder was one of the most influential episodes of the Cold War - its failure spurring the 1970s US renaissance in professionalism, fighter design, and combat pilot training. Dr. Richard P. Hallion, one of America's most eminent air power experts, explains how Rolling Thunder was conceived and fought, and why it became shorthand for how not to fight an air campaign.

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Stalag 17B

Stalag 17B

Stalag 17B

Stalag 17B

Tales of a Helicopter Pilot

Tales of a Helicopter Pilot

SR-71

SR-71

Firefly

Firefly

Rolling Thunder 1965–68

Rolling Thunder 1965–68

Walk Around UH-60 Black Hawk

Walk Around UH-60 Black Hawk

The Healing

The Healing

It's Not about the War

It's Not about the War

Rolling Thunder 1965-68

Rolling Thunder 1965-68

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