I always wanted to fly : America's Cold War airmen
- Title
- I always wanted to fly : America's Cold War airmen / Wolfgang W.E. Samuel.
- Published by
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2001.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xix, 363 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- Annotation
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Contents
- pt. 1. The Berlin Airlift, 1948. 1. Men of the Airlift. 2. The Bomber Boys. 3. "Ramp Rats": The Men Who Kept Them Flying -- pt. 2. Korea, 1950. 4. The F-51 Mustangs from Dogpatch. 5. Night Interdiction in the B-26 Invader. 6. The B-29 Bomber War. 7. B-Flight out of Kimpo: Special Operations -- pt. 3. Strategic Reconnaissance. 8. Taming the RB-45C Tornado. 9. Recon to the Yalu and Beyond. 10. More Secret than the Manhattan Project. 11. Challenging the Russian Bear. 12. Flying the Top of the World. 13. The Last Flight of 3-4290 -- pt. 4. Vietnam, 1965. 14. Hambone 02. 15. Lincoln Flight. 16. Yellowbird -- The Magic of Flying: Concluding Thoughts.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-351) and index.