| Vietnam
Air Losses: USAF, Navy, and Marine Corps Fixed-Wing Aircraft Losses in
SE Asia 1961-1973 by Chris Hobson. Aerofax Midland Pub Ltd; ISBN: 1857801156 |
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This
is a thorough and detailed review of all fixed-wing losses suffered by
the USAF, Navy, and Marine Corps over a 12-year period. Includes information
on unit, personnel, location, and cause of loss. Interspersed with the
main text is general background information and material on campaigns,
units, aircraft and weapons, and other relevant topics. Photos illustrate
the various entries. For historians and the general public.
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| Paperback
- 254 pages (February 2002) |
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| Tonkin
Gulf Yacht Club: U.S. Carrier Operations Off Vietnam by Rene Francillon.
United States Naval Inst.; ISBN: 0870216961 |
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A highly
detailed history and a complete listing of ships, aircraft units, missions,
and men.
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| Hardcover
- (October 1988) |
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| On
Yankee Station : The Naval Air War over Vietnam. By John B. Nichols, Barrett
Tillman . Naval Institute Press; ISBN:1557504954. Our Price: £9.73
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This
work is a clear look at the Vietnam air war from the naval perspective.Combining
vivid personal narrative with historical and operational analyses, this
book takes a candid look at U.S. naval airpower in the Vietnam War. Coauthors
John Nichols, a fighter pilot in the war, and Barrett Tillman, an award-winning
aviation historian, make full use of their extensive knowledge of the subject
to detail the ways in which airpower was employed in the years prior to
the fall of Saigon. Confronting the conventional belief that airpower failed
in Vietnam, they show that when applied correctly, airpower was effective,
but because it was often misunderstood and misapplied, the end results
were catastrophic. Their book offers a compelling view of what it was like
to fly from Yankee Station between 1964 and 1973 and important lessons
for future conflicts. At the same time, it adds important facts to the
permanent war record.
Following an analysis
of the state of carrier aviation in 1964 and a definition of the rules
of engagement, it describes the tactics used in strike warfare, the airborne
and surface threats, electronic countermeasures, and search and rescue.
It also examines the influence of political decisions on the conduct of
the war and the changing nature of the Communist opposition.
Appendixes provide useful statistical data on carrier deployments, combat
sorties, and aircraft losses. This paperback edition of a book first published
in 1987 includes a new foreword by Stephen Coonts.
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| Paperback
- 200 pages (September 2001) |
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| Fire
on the Hangar Deck : Ordeal of the Oriskany. By Wynn F. Foster. Naval Institute
Press; ISBN: 1557502900. Our Price: £16.44 RRP: |
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Ever
since man first ventured to sea, fire has been his worst enemy. No less
so on the modern aircraft carrier where high explosives, volatile fuels,
and flaming engines are often mixed with sailors working long hours under
arduous conditions. In 1966, this hazardous situation led to a catastrophe
costing the lives of 44 men, injuring hundreds more, and doing millions
of dollars of damage. USS Oriskany, a twenty-one-year-old Essex-class carrier,
was conducting combat flight operations in the Gulf of
Tonkin when a night illumination flare ignited on her hangar deck and instantly
transformed her into a flaming holocaust. Wynn Foster, an attack pilot
who flew missions from Oriskany until just before the tragedy, has recreated
the tragic story of this terrible fire. He draws on firsthand knowledge
of the ship, extensive research, and in-depth interviews with survivors.
The result is a gripping account that vividly describes efforts to combat
a situation that was out of control from the beginning. Wynn F. Foster,
a retired Navy pilot who flew more than 200 combat missions over Korea
and Vietnam, lost an arm in combat over North Vietnam. His book Captain
Hook, describes that fateful mission and his successful struggle to remain
on active duty in the aftermath.
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| Hardcover
- 200 pages (15 December, 2001) |
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| Carrier
Operations (The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War, Vol 4). By Edward
J. Marolda; ISBN: 0553343483 . RRP: |
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Illustrated
history of the aircraft carrier operatiosn of the USN in Vietnam.
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Naval Air War in Vietnam. By Peter B. Mersky and Norman Polmar. ISBN: 0821722484.
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of the naval air war over Vietnam.
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| Air
War Korea. By Robert Jackson. Airlife Publishing; ISBN: 1853108804.
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Eight
divisions of North Korean troops slamming through the 38th Parallel on
25 June 1950 heralded a battle for air superiority of unprecedented dimensions.
Naval Air units from the Royal Navy, US Navy and Commonwealth and other
UN allies in their Sea Furies from H.M.S. Glory, Ocean, Theseus and HMAS
Sydney, US Sabres and Mustangs, and the Communist MiGs fought high in the
Asian sky while piston-powered aircraft from the World War II era battled
it out around the hills below. The RN and Australian Fleet Air Arm Sea
Furies achieved fame over Korea in both fighter and ground attack roles
and was the last of the line of piston-engined Fleet Air Arm fighters.
The book is illustrated
by a fine range of photographs of UN aircraft (many in colour). One of
the book's strongest qualities is its appendix, documenting numerous firsts
in military aviation history and detailed listings of combat squadrons
and MiG kills.
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| Hardcover
- 160 pages (January1998) |
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