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  • SMOKE FOR BREAKFAST: A Vietnam Combat Pilot's Story

    by Brian H. Settles ...
    Smoke for Breakfast: A Vietnam Combat Pilot’s Story is a unique literary excursion into the private world of former airline Captain Brian Settles who flew almost 200 missions as a Vietnam combat pilot in the F-4 Phantom fighter jet. Written in the poetic language of a true wordsmith, the author invites the reader into his guts and glory world, the culture of bravery, combat flying, and what it ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Shattered : Dream A Single-Parent Airline Pilot's Story

    by Brian H. Settles ...
    Brian Settles was an experienced airline pilot, well educated, and a single parent that seemed to have it all: freedom, income, and a great career until an airline strike and bankruptcy shattered his existence. Readers will get an amazing account of his journey from airline pilot to taxicab driver and back. You will ride in his backseat and experience the daily grind of the taxicab driver’s life. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • Price of Exit

    A True Story of Helicopter Pilots in Vietnam

    by Tom Marshall ...
    "The risk of a fatal catastrophe was constant. The NVA was the enemy, but the ultimate opponent was, quite simply, death. . . ."For assault helicopter crews flying in and around the NVA-infested DMZ, the U.S. pullout from Vietnam in 1970-71 was a desperate time of selfless courage. Now former army warrant officer Tom Marshall of the Phoenix, C Company, 158th Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • When Thunder Rolled

    An F-105 Pilot over North Vietnam

    by Ed Rasimus ...
    Ed Rasimus straps the reader into the cockpit of an F-105 Thunderchief fighter-bomber in his engaging account of the Rolling Thunder campaign in the skies over North Vietnam. Between 1965 and 1968, more than 330 F-105s were lost—the highest loss rate in Southeast Asia—and many pilots were killed, captured, and wounded because of the Air Force’s disastrous tactics. The descriptions of Rasimus’s one ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Seawolves

    First Choice

    by Daniel E. Kelly ...
    They called themselves Seawolves . . .The men of SEALs, PBRs, and SF called them saviors . . .Created in 1967, the HAL-3 helicopter squadron--aka Seawolves--provided quick-reaction close air support to SEALs, PBR River Rats, and Special Forces advisers and their troops. During the five years of the unit's existence, the seven detachments of Seawolves amassed stunning statistics: 78,000 missions, 8 ... Read more

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  • Bury Us Upside Down

    The Misty Pilots and the Secret Battle for the Ho Chi Minh Trail

    by Rick Newman, Don Shepperd ...
    They had the most dangerous job n the Air Force. Now Bury Us Upside Down reveals the never-before-told story of the Vietnam War’s top-secret jet-fighter outfit–an all-volunteer unit composed of truly extraordinary men who flew missions from which heroes are made.In today’s wars, computers, targeting pods, lasers, and precision-guided bombs help FAC (forward air controller) pilots identify and ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • F-100 Super Sabre Units of the Vietnam War

    by Peter E. Davies ...
    Series Book 89 - Combat Aircraft
    Featuring first-hand accounts from the men flying it, and the men on the ground relying on it for protection, an illustrated history of the unique role played by this aircraft in the war in Vietnam, right up to its possible role in a tactical nuclear strike and as a mobile nuclear deterrent.The F-100 Super Sabre may have been superseded by the superior technology of the F-105 Thunderchief and the ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • US Navy A-1 Skyraider Units of the Vietnam War

    by Rick Burgess, Zip Rausa ...
    Series Book 77 - Combat Aircraft
    A detailed, illustrated combat history of an aircraft described as a legend in its own time. The A-1 was designed for use in World War 2, yet proved so versatile and capable that it saw service in the Vietnam War some 20 years later.Nicknamed the 'flying dump truck', the A-1 was a key component in naval air wings from the end of World War II into the 1960s, allowing the aircraft to play its part ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Warships of the Anglo-Dutch Wars 1652–74

    by Angus Konstam ...
    Series Book 183 - New Vanguard
    Three times during the 17th century, England and Holland went to war as part of an ongoing struggle for economic and naval supremacy.Primarily fought in the cold waters of the North Sea and the English Channel, the wars proved revolutionary in their impact upon warship design, armament, and naval tactics. During this time, the warship evolved into the true ship-of-the-line that would dominate ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Lockheed A-12

    The CIA’s Blackbird and other variants

    by Paul F. Crickmore ...
    Series Book 12 - Air Vanguard
    A definitive technical guide to the Lockheed A-12 plus coverage of the interceptor and mother/daughter drone developments.During the early years of the Cold War, the most effective way to gather strategic intelligence about the Soviet Union and its allies was manned overflight. Lockheed's U-2 was spectacularly successful in this role, however, much to the concern of US President Eisenhower, its ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Republic F-105 Thunderchief

    by Peter E. Davies ...
    Series Book 2 - Air Vanguard
    A definitive technical guide to the F-105 Thunderchief, the fastest and most successful strike fighter of the Cold War.Designed to deliver nuclear weapons at low altitude and then fight its way back to base, by the early 1960s it was the primary weapon in the USAF's tactical strike arsenal. Thunderchief pilots in Europe, the Far East and the USA stood on short-notice alert, ready to take on the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • F-105 Thunderchief Units of the Vietnam War

    by Peter E. Davies ...
    Series Book 84 - Combat Aircraft
    The combat history of the F-105 Thunderchief units during the Vietnam War, detailing the strengths and weaknesses of the aircraft, and the difficulties it faced during many months of dangerous combat.Facing the most formidably concentrated air defences in history, pilots of the F-105D flew against North Vietnamese targets day after day during the 43 months of Operation Rolling Thunder. Despite its ... Read more

    $16.99 USD