The phantom Vietnam War : an F-4 pilot's combat over Laos
- Title
- The phantom Vietnam War : an F-4 pilot's combat over Laos / David R. "Buff" Honodel.
- Published by
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2018]
- ©2018
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 306 pages, 38 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "David R. "Buff" Honodel was a cocky young man with an inflated self-image when he arrived in 1969 at his base in Udorn, Thailand. His war was not in Vietnam; it was a secret one in the skies of a neighboring country almost unknown in America, attacking the Ho Chi Minh Trail that fed soldiers and supplies from North Vietnam into the South. Stateside he learned the art of flying the F-4, but in combat, the bomb-loaded fighter handled differently, targets shot back, and people suffered. Inert training ordnance was replaced by lethal weapons. In the air, a routine day mission turned into an unexpected duel with a deadly adversary. Complacency during a long night mission escorting a gunship almost led to death. A best friend died just before New Year's. A RF-4 crashed into the base late in Buff's tour of duty. The reader will experience Buff's war from the cockpit of a supersonic F-4D Phantom II, doing 5-G pullouts after dropping six 500-pound bombs on trucks hidden beneath triple jungle canopy. These were well defended by a skillful, elusive, determined enemy firing back with 37mm anti-aircraft fire and tracers in the sky. The man who left the States was a naíve, self-centered young pilot. The man who came back 137 missions later was much different."--Amazon.com
- Series statement
- Number 12 in the North Texas military biography and memoir series
- Uniform title
- North Texas military biography and memoir series ; no. 12.
- Subject
- Fighter pilots
- Fighter pilots > United States > Biography
- United States
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Personal narratives, American
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Aerial operations, American
- History
- Biography
- 1961-1975
- Honodel, David R., 1943-2018
- Personal narratives > American
- Vietnam War (1961-1975)
- Phantom II (Jet fighter plane) > History
- Military operations, Aerial > American
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- History.
- Personal narratives – American.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The summer of '69 -- My turn -- Combat -- The war that wasn't -- The golden BB -- Hot dog -- Bad moon rising -- Dry season's greetings -- God said no -- The proudest day -- R and R -- Nemesis -- May 1970 -- Home -- Bomb damage assessment -- Epilogue.
- Call number
- JFE 19-9677
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Author
- Honodel, David R., 1943-2018, author.
- Title
- The phantom Vietnam War : an F-4 pilot's combat over Laos / David R. "Buff" Honodel.
- Publisher
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2018]
- Copyright date
- ©2018
- Type of content
- text
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- Series
- Number 12 in the North Texas military biography and memoir series
- North Texas military biography and memoir series ; no. 12.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological term
- 1961-1975
- LCCN
- 2018018482
- ISBN
- 9781574417326 (hardcover alkaline paper)
- 1574417320 (hardcover alkaline paper)
- Research call number
- JFE 19-9677