The hunter killers : the extraordinary story of the first Wild Weasels, the band of maverick aviators who flew the most dangerous missions of the Vietnam War /

At the height of the Cold War, America's most elite aviators bravely volunteered for a covert program aimed at eliminating an impossible new threat. Half never returned. From bestselling author Dan Hampton comes one of the most extraordinary untold stories of aviation history. Vietnam, 1965: US...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hampton, Dan (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Aerial operations, American. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Campaigns. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Political aspects. Electronic warfare aircraft > United States > History > 20th century. Vietnam War (1961-1975) Buddhism and politics. Electronic warfare aircraft. Military campaigns. Military operations, Aerial > American. United States. 1900 - 1999 History.

Table of Contents:

Spring high
Hitchhiker in a hailstorm
Wild Weasel
Charlie and SAM
Hunter killers
Make mud, not war
A full day's work
Year of the Monkey
Warts on a frog
Winds of change
Death from above
Appendix A. Wild Weasel combat losses, Vietnam-- 1965-1973
Appendix B. Aircraft loss tables
Appendix C. The Bamboo Dragon : background notes on Ho Chi Minh, France, and the origins of the Vietnam War.