I always wanted to fly : America's Cold War airmen /

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Author / Creator:Samuel, Wolfgang W. E.
Imprint:Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2001.
Description:xix, 363 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4500571
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ISBN:157806399X (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-351) and index.
Table of 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.