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Language: English | Format: epub | Size: 37.57 MB |
Description:
On the 50th anniversary of the creation of the "Topgun" Navy Fighter college, its founder shares the remarkable inside story of how he and eight other risk.
When American fighter jets were being downed at an unprecedented rate during the Vietnam War, the U.S. Navy turned to a young lieutenant commander, Dan Pedersen, to figure out a way to reverse their dark fortune. On a shoestring budget and with little support, Pedersen picked eight of the finest pilots to help train a new generation to bend jets like the F.
What resulted was nothing short of a revolution .
Pedersen takes readers on a colorful and thrilling ride .
Review
"If an institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man, then the history of modern naval aviation might well be described as the lengthened shadow of Dan Pedersen. Here, in direct, vivid, and unvarnished prose, is the high."―Hampton Sides, New York Times bestselling author Ghost Soldiers and On Desperate Ground
"Goose and Maverick, move over . Naval Institute, and author of Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World's Oceans[/b]
"With the hot."―Kirkus Reviews
"A superb read...Dan Pedersen's Topgun is a riveting, seat-of-the-pants flight into the lethal world of the fighter pilot told by the man who started it all!" ―Dan Hampton, New York Times bestselling author of Viper Pilot and Lords of the Sky
"[A] fast."―Publishers Weekly
"Teeming with white."―Dick Couch, New York Times bestselling author of The Warrior Elite and Chosen Soldier
"An exciting and well."―Booklist
"Forget the movie...This book soars...[A] remarkable inside story of how [Pedersen] and eight other risk."―Military Press
"For those who will never experience the thrilling privilege of soaring at Mach 2 in the back seat of a Navy F. and China in the Pacific[/b]
About the Author
Dan Pedersen entered the U.S. Navy in 1953. He was the senior officer in the group of nine men who formed the Navy's legendary "Topgun" program at Naval Air Station Miramar in March 1969. He served in combat during the Vietnam War, with a flying cruise on USS Hancock (CVA.
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