Scream of Eagles The Creation of Top Gun and the U.S. Air Victory in Vietnam PDF
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am^ ~^^i^n .- m .^^^ i 1 Icf^' i\ ha ^^^^^^^S ^m£. P p^^ii ^Wmi ^^ ^^M ^MiK 3X SCREAM OF EAGLES As spellbindingas any novel by Stephen Coonts or Tom Clancy, Scream of EaglesISthefirsttrue-lifeaccountofthe Navy's fighter pilots in Vietnam—and how the creation ofthe Navy's Top Gun fighterpilotschool helpedto forgeadra- maticvictoryintheVietnamairwar. Itis, in large measure, a story told through the words of the Top Gun pilots them- selves. Despite a history of overwhelming success in WWII and the Korean War, U.S.fighterpilotsintheearlyyearsofthe Vietnam War found themselves losing thebattlefortheskies.AlthoughtheU.S. had the most sophisticated planes and weapons, andbyfartheheftiestmilitary budget, the world's most powerful air force too often found itself humbled in dogfights with the "peasanf'-based NorthVietnameseMiG pilots. The reasons for our dismal perfor- mance were many from the limitations of the F-4—our front line fighter—to a lack of familiarity with the new missile systems the planes carried. Most telling ofall, however, was the de-emphasis on ACM—air combat maneuvering—in training. (continuedonbackflap) Scream of Eagles: The Creation of Top Gun— And the U.S. Air Victory in Vietnam ^ Scream of Eagles ^ The Creation of Top Gun— And the U.S. Air Victory in Vietnam by Robert K. Wilcox & John Wiley Sons, Inc. New York iV Chichester -jir Brisbane iV Toronto i^ Singapore Recognizing the importance of preserving what has been written, it is a pohcy ofJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc. to have books of enduring value published in the United States printed on acid-free paper, and we exert our best efforts to that end. Copyright © 1990 by Robert K. Wilcox Published byJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Published simultaneously in Canada. Reproduction or translation of any part of this work beyond that permitted by Section 107 or 106 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act without the permission of the copyright owner is unlawful. Requests for permission or further information should be addressed to the Permission Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Quality Printing and Binding by: Berryville Graphics P.O. Box 272 Berryville, VA 22611 U.S.A.
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