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Author:

Hampton, Dan.

Title:

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 / Dan Hampton. / Dan Hampton.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

William Morrow,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

pages cm

Subject:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

Based on unprecedented firsthand interviews with Wild Weasel veterans and previously unseen personal papers and declassified documents from both sides of the conflict, as well as Dan Hampton's own experience as a highly decorated F-16 Wild Weasel pilot, The Hunter Killers is a gripping, cockpit-level chronicle of the first-generation Weasels, the remarkable band of aviators who faced head-on the advanced Soviet missile technology that was decimating fellow American pilots over the skies of Vietnam.

ISBN:

0062392948
9780062392947 (large print)
0062375121
9780062375124 (pbk.)
006237513X
9780062375131 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2015007013

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