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Title: Fighter Wing: A Guided Tour of an Air Force Combat Wing by Tom Clancy ISBN: 0-425-14957-9 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.05 (19 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Off we go into the wild blue with Clancy and Gresham....
Comment: The third book in The Guided Tour series, Fighter Wing is a non-fiction book devoted to an Air Force Composite Wing. (Why it's called "Fighter Wing" escapes me, since the 366th Wing includes a wide range of combat aircraft!) Like the other books in this seven-volume series, Fighter Wing gives the readers a reasonably interesting look at the U.S. Air Force since its restructuring in the early 1990s. Here, for instance, is where I found out the Air Force had renamed its major commands; Strategic Air Command (which controlled the bombers, particularly the B-1, B-2, FB-111, and B-52 aircraft) and Tactical Air Command (which controlled the smaller fighters and fighter-bombers) merged and became Air Combat Command.
The book discusses the theory and history of air power, the training of the men and women who fly for the Air Force, and, of course, the planes and weapons of a typical Composite Wing. As in most of the books in the Guided Tour series, photographs, graphics, an interview with a senior flag officer, and a fictional scenario depicting the combat roles of a Composite Wing are included.
The book is informative without getting too technical, and one comes away with a bit more inside information about how the modern Air Force works.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not a Smooth Landing
Comment: If you have read any of the other books in the series then you know what to expect with this one. The book follows the familiar format, it details out the machinery used, the troops, the division make up of the topic in the armed forces, a few interviews and it ends with some fictionalized short stories describing the expected types of encounters this area would face in the future. All in all a basic book on a fighter wing that gives you all the basics. The Clancy style of writing, lots of facts and plodding movement work well in this type of book given that you buy it to learn about the subject.
Overall it is a good effort and if you have been happy with the other books in the series you will enjoy this one. My only complaints were that there did not seam to be enough photos of the equipment for me. Sure they had all the main items, but I wanted a picture of every jet covered in the book. I also would have liked to have seen a comparison of the other counties main combat fighters - something he did with his Submarine and Aircraft Carrier books. I was also disappointed in that he did not cover all the Air Force equipment, missing were the A10 and B52 to name a few. And one last little complaint - what was with his ending every chapter with some junior high school type rah-rah cheer. We are talking about the military; do we need this type of comic book love-fest mentality?
Rating: 4
Summary: One of the Better Ones
Comment: This is one of the better books in this Tom Clancy series, especially if you are interested in the subject. One interesting observation is that in Tom's interview of Chuck Horner, General Horner doesn't come off as well as he does in "Every Man a Tiger", especially in comparison to the parallel John Warden interview. Colonel Warden is a visionary who wrote a groundbreaking book on air operations and knew enough military history to consider writing a book about the Alexander the Great and his relevance today.
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Title: Carrier: A Guided Tour of an Aircraft Carrier by Tom Clancy, Leon A. Edney ISBN: 0425166821 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Armored Cav: A Guided Tour of an Armored Cavalry Regiment by Tom Clancy ISBN: 0425158365 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship by Tom Clancy ISBN: 0425138739 Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group Pub. Date: November, 1993 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Marine: A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit by Tom Clancy ISBN: 0425154548 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Airborne: A Guided Tour of an Airborne Task Force by Tom Clancy ISBN: 0425157709 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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