Scream of Eagles The Creation of the Top Gun and the U. S. Air Victory in Vietnam |
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| Author:
| Wilcox, Robert K. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-471-52641-4 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2000 |
| Publisher: | Naval Institute Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $75.00 |
Book Description:
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We had the best planes, the most sophisticated weapons technology, and by far, the heftiest military budget in the free world. They had a "peasant airforce" equipped mainly with inferior Russian MiGs. So why weren"t we winning the air war over Vietnam? The first true account of the Navy"s fighter pilots in Vietnam and how the creation of Top Gun changed the course of the Vietnam air war.
We had the best planes, the most sophisticated weapons technology, and by far, the heftiest military budget in the free world. They had a "peasant airforce" equipped mainly with inferior Russian MiGs. So why weren"t we winning the air war over Vietnam? The first true account of the Navy"s fighter pilots in Vietnam and how the creation of Top Gun changed the course of the Vietnam air war.