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Author:

Pedersen, Dan, 1935- author.

Title:

Topgun : an American story / Dan Pedersen.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Hachette Books,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xiv, 305 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, some color ; 24 cm

Subject:

Pedersen, Dan,--1935-
Navy Fighter Weapons School (U.S.)--Biography.
Navy Fighter Weapons School (U.S.)--History.
United States.--Navy--Officers--Biography.
Navy Fighter Weapons School (U.S.)
United States.--Navy.
Vietnam War (1961-1975)
Fighter pilots--United States--Biography.
Fighter plane combat--United States--History.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations, American.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives.
Armed Forces--Officers.
Fighter pilots.
Fighter plane combat.
Military operations, Aerial--American.
United States.
United States.
1961-1975
Biography.
History.
Personal narratives--American.
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (various pages) and index.

Contents:

Prologue. Palm Desert, California, 2018 -- Admission price -- First tribe -- The Navy way -- Fight club -- Where are the carriers? -- The path to disillusionment -- Yankee Station education -- Starting Topgun -- The original bros -- Secrets of the tribe -- Proof of concept -- Topgun goes to war -- The last missing man -- The peace that never was -- End of the Third Temple -- Return with honor -- Topgun and the Tomcat -- Black shoes -- The best and the last -- One more goodbye -- Saving Topgun -- Will we have to lose a war again? (or, Back to the future in an F-35) -- Topgun officers in charge and commanding officers.

Summary:

"The founder of the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons program, aka "TOPGUN," shares the untold story of how he and eight other young pilots revolutionized the art of aerial combat and created the center for excellence and incubator of leadership that thrives to this day."--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0316416266
9780316416269

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1051136557

LCCN:

2018042059

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