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12) Camp Pinchot
Author
Publisher
Office of History, Armament Division
Pub. Date
1988
Description
History of Camp Pinchot.
15) History of the Army Air Forces Proving Ground Command: Part One,Background of Eglin Field 1933-1940
Publisher
Office of History, Armament Division
Pub. Date
1989
Author
Publisher
Motorbooks International
Pub. Date
1996
Description
This is the story of the brave black pilots, trained at Tuskegee Air Force Base in Alabama, who fought in North Africa and Europe against the Nazis. In spite of their own casualties, the red-tailed P-40 and P-51 fighter-escort planes of the Tuskegee pilots never lost a bomber on any mission--in fact, bomber groups often requested the red tails as escorts. 120 archival photos. 35 full-color paintings.
Author
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
"By the summer of 1966, the U.S. Air Force's reputation had hit rock bottom in Vietnam. In 1972 the two Linebacker campaigns joined with other air operations to make a dramatic, although temporary, difference. While they unleashed powerful B-52 area bombers, the campaigns also demonstrated the efficacy of newly developed laser-guided precision bombs." "Drawing upon twenty years of research in classified records, Wayne Thompson integrates operational,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"Lieutenant Colonel Leo K. Thorsness was a Wild Weasel pilot in the Vietnam War, targeting enemy missile sites. On a 1967 mission, when his wingmen ejected from their burning aircraft, Thorsness initiated attacks on enemy planes and other daring maneuvers in order to protect them. Two weeks later, he was shot down and would become a P.O.W. for the next six years."--Amazon.
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