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Title: Bandits Over Baghdad by Warren E. Thompson, Alton C., Jr. Whitley ISBN: 1-58007-031-0 Publisher: Specialty Pr Pub & Wholesalers Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: F-117 Nighthawk, At Peace and War
Comment: Warren Thompson, a F-117 "Nighthawk" pilot, has put together a superb book, one of those that the aviation enthusiast will consider a "must" for his reading collection. This book covers the development, maturation and wartime employment of an aircraft unique in the annals of airborne warfare, and which is still relatively unknown as to its capabilities and potential for further application. The personal stories of the pilots who learned how to use this very different airframe, flying exclusively at night in a very demanding tactical environment, tell a compelling story of how men and airplane come together to become an awesomely effective war machine. Many of the pilots who flew "Downtown" to Baghdad on the opening night of the Gulf War, and many subsequent missions as the war progressed, tell their riveting personal stories as they faced some of the densest Anti Aircraft Artillery and Surface to Air Missile threats ever. Their determination, professionalism, camaraderie and teamwork are clearly articulated in a most readable fashion. They give every detail, short of Classified Information, about how they planned, adjusted and ultimately executed some of the most demanding bombing missions ever completed. The book also covers the intricacies of mission planning, sortie generation and a myriad of other challenges faced by those who put together the air attack plan and those who were charged with its execution. The book contains many excellent and previously unpublished photographs, including 7 in color, of the aircraft, aircrew, ground support personnel and results of bombing attacks in Iraq. A number of illustrations, photos of unit patches and maps augment this excellent text. This is a great book about superb aviators and a new and deadly form of air warfare told in a wonderfully personal and particularly readable manner.
Rating: 4
Summary: Fascinating about the "Black Jets"
Comment: This one is hard to put down until you are finished reading it. It gives insight into just how hard Desert Storm would have been without these mounts of Darth Vader, and the unbelievable dedication and hard work the ground- and aircrews put fore in those months of 1990-91.
All through the book there are plenty of pictures, both posed pilot shots and pictures taken by 82nd Airborne after the cease fire showing the damage done to Iraq by the F-117 community.
There is one small error in the book though. There is a picture of a fighter in it where the caption claims it's a damaged Iraqi Jaguar. Anyone that sat through aircraft recognition in any service around the world will recognize it as a MiG. Not a very big issue, but an error nonetheless.
I can recommend this book for anyone interested in getting a glimpse into a world only a few hundred people inhabit on a day to day basis. It's no wonder the F-117A was considered the star of the show after the Gulf War was over. This book explains why.
Rating: 5
Summary: wow!
Comment: If you are looking for a book about the F-117,well you better don't hesitate to think twice,buy this book,its worth for your money,this book contains lot of photo from the exterior to the interior of the F-117,plus this book tell the operation conducted by the F-117 in the gulf war. Before I close my message, all I can say about this book is that,if your fond of F-117 then better get this one roght now before it run out of stock.
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Title: Vipers in the Storm: Diary of a Gulf War Fighter Pilot by Keith Rosenkranz, Dick Cheney ISBN: 0071400400 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 24 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Strike Eagle: Flying the F-15E in the Gulf War by William L. Smallwood ISBN: 1574881221 Publisher: Brasseys, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: When Thunder Rolled: An F-105 Pilot Over North Vietnam by Ed Rasimus ISBN: 1588341038 Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Black Aces High: The Story of a Modern Fighter Squadron at War by Robert Wilcox ISBN: 0312269161 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Pub. Date: 14 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Angles of Attack : An A-6 Intruder Pilot's War by PETER HUNT ISBN: 0345451147 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 27 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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