Col walter boyne (10 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Phantom in Combat puts you in the cockpit with the missile-age aces as they fight for their lives in the skies of Vietnam and the Middle East. Starting with a brief account of the forging of this deadly weapon, Phantom in Combat moves to the wars, campaigns and single engagements in which it was used to such telling effect. Leading USAF ace Steve Ritchie speaks more in sorrow than anger of the politically inspired rules that so frustrated him and his comrades in Vietnam. The story of the gruelling dogfight that made Randy Cunningham and Willie Driscoll the U.S. Navys only aces is redolent of the sweat, toil and terror of high-speed air fighting. And combat reports from some of Israels anonymous aces speak laconically of victories, losses, hairs-breadth escapes, and, above all, the Phantoms ability to give and take enormous punishment. Providing a rich background to this testimony is a wealth of rare material, including: - Battle-damage and gun-camera photographs - Recently declassified U.S. Navy tactical diagrams - Photo-sequence showing the destruction of an F-4 by a North Vietnamese missile. - Official analysis of the USAFs most successful MiG-trapping operation, led by the famous General Robin Olds. - Complete listing of USAF and USN air-to-air victories in Vietnam. Here is the human face of modern air warfare, described by the commanders and crews who earned for the Phantom its reputation as the worlds finest fighting aircraft.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good.

Hardback. Zustand: Good.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. The weapons of the US forces and their allies that were employed in the Gulf War, Desert Storm. Includes numerous b/w and colour photographs, illustrations, diagrams and maps. There is a little spotting to the title page.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket. inscribed by Boyne to General Bernard Schriever on the Title Page. A 21 line typed signed letter from Boyne to Schreiver is laid in. The letter compliments Schriever on his part in the development of the ICBM. Revised Edition. 232pp square 4to. Inscribed by Author(s).…