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Black Aces High: The Story of a Modern Fighter Squadron at War

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ISBN: 0312269161

Book Title: Black Aces High : the Story of a Modern Fighter Squadron at War

Item Length: 10.8 in

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Publication Year: 2002

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

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Item Height: 1 in

Author: Robert K. Wilcox

Features: Revised

Genre: History

Topic: Europe / Eastern, Military / United States, Military / Aviation

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Item Weight: 21.2 Oz

Number of Pages: 320 Pages

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A riveting account of a modern fighter squadron at war and the exploits, triumphs, and traumas of its pilots. The Black Aces. Their courage, ferocity, and instincts made them legendary in military aviation. Flying F-14 Tomcats, they played as much a part in recent US operations in Kosovo as did any air squadron in the theater, air force or navy, and probably more. Because of its superior performance, sophisticated equipment and the two-man crews who took it upon themselves to do something extra, the Tomcat and its aviators distinguished themselves over and over. Forced to locate Serb fighters operating covertly in a mountainous land much like Afghanistan, with almost no help from ground spotters, VF-41 pilots and backseaters spearheaded new methods for the navy to pinpoint, identify, and destroy enemy troops and weapons. These were tasks that fighter crews had seldom had to do before. The Aces had to break rules and frequently go in harms way in order to be successful. And they performed so well that for the first time in aviation history, a fighter squadron - theirs - was awarded The Wade McClusky Trophy, the navy's premier bombing honor. The award, named for a World War II dive bomber pilot and post-WorldWar II admiral, had been won previously only by bombing squadrons. Robert Wilcox spent two weeks with The Black Aces aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Roosevelt and here provides a long-awaited, never-before-seen glimpse into the world of a modern

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Black Aces High : the Story of a Modern Fighter Squadron at War

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Robert K. Wilcox

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Hardcover

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English

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Revised

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Europe / Eastern, Military / United States, Military / Aviation

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2002

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Yes

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History

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320 Pages

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10.8 in

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2002

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by cobra1744
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This book is by far one the best I have ever read.
I absolutely love this book. My friends and I love flying a flight simulator that is based on real aircraft movement and flight characteristics and apart from the story of this book, it really gives a lot of insight to how the F-14A handled and how the pilots had to wrestle this big beautiful lady through the sky. From a historical stand point, this book brought to life a part of this war that most people dont know about. Everyone hears about the USAF's F-117's and F-15's tore through and ruled the skies. But you never heard of the true strike aircraft and the leaders of the skies; VF-41 and the very old Tomcats that they fly. Everything from the LANTURN pod, and all the new avionics systems, to finding small pockets of Serbs in the mountains, to paving new ways to direct ordnance with ... I absolutely love this book. My friends and I love flying a flight simulator that is based on real aircraft movement and flight characteristics and apart from the story of this book, it really gives a lot of insight to how the F-14A handled and how the pilots had to wrestle this big beautiful lady through the sky. From a historical stand point, this book brought to life a part of this war that most people dont know about. Everyone hears about the USAF's F-117's and F-15's tore through and ruled the skies. But you never heard of the true strike aircraft and the leaders of the skies; VF-41 and the very old Tomcats that they fly. Everything from the LANTURN pod, and all the new avionics systems, to finding small pockets of Serbs in the mountains, to paving new ways to direct ordnance with the use of FAC(A). This book tells the hardship of being controlled by someone that isn't on the ground or on the ship. They were controlled by people in Europe. And so everything they did (every strike, every hour flown, every ingress and eggress taken, even down to how many shakes a guy can do at the can) was controlled by the European led coalition leaders. These pilots did the almost impossible job with the oldest jets in the Navy, and did it to perfection. This same squadron even led the leading strikes into Afghanistan a few years later in 2001. That alone speaks volumes to what they were able to do with what they had. One could only imagine what they could have done if they had the later model F-14D. These pilots are the unsung heros of the Serbian Conflict. If you are looking for a book that tells a lot abou the history of the conflict, the political side of the conflict, and from the perspective of the pilots and commanders on the ground, this is a must read. But also, like i mentioned before, this book also tells you about the plane and pilots. For example, how do you beat a Mig 29, which on paper is vastly superior to the Tomcat in the dogfighting arena? This book tells you how these pilots were able to do it. I am no pilot. I cant because of medical problems. But the places I can fly is online in the FSX flight simulator and now the only thing in the sky that can beat me is a night time carrier landing. This book teaches so much about the Tomcat, flight characteristices, troubles and jubilations, and most importantly, the pilots. This book really focuses on the personal trials associated with pilots when they go on "cruise." In fact, there are a number of pages that kind of read like a love story that brought me to tears a couple of times because this pilot loved this woman so much. It really is a heart wrenching book that will leave you proud of these young men and what they were able to do. it will also leave you hitting the bathroom vanity because of issues that they have. Issues for example, this is what is needed, this is what we can do to make it work, but because of these people we cant get it approved. If you read any book about modern military aviation, this is by far my favorite book. I've read it 4 times in 2 years. Definately a must buy!!!!

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