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Item specifics
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- ISBN
- 9781574888867
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Potomac Books, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1574888862
ISBN-13
9781574888867
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30789205
Product Key Features
Book Title
Warthog : Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War
Number of Pages
268 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
Military / Persian Gulf War (1991), Military / Aviation, Military
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Book Series
The Warriors Ser.
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
80.1 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
B7 Exhilarating, fast-paced narrative. --"Publishers Weekly B7 One of the more valuable additions to the literature of the Persian Gulf War. --"Booklist B7 An absorbing tale of how a decidedly ugly duckling became a military hero. --"Kirkus Reviews B7 Smallwood writes so well that we feel the sweat in the small of our backs and the adrenaline pumping. . . . --"F. Clifton Berry, Jr., author of CNN: War in the Gulf B7 A fitting tribute. --"Stephen Coonts, author of Flight of the Intruder B7 As fascinating a flying tale as you will ever read, and it's all true. --"Mark Berent, author of Steel Tiger, Smallwood writes so well that we feel the sweat in the small of our backs and the adrenaline pumping. . . ., eoeSmallwood writes so well that we feel the sweat in the small of our backs and the adrenaline pumping. . . .e, " An absorbing tale of how a decidedly ugly duckling became a military hero of some consequence."-- Kirkus Reviews , "Smallwood writes so well that we feel the sweat in the small of our backs and the adrenaline pumping."--F. Clifton Berry Jr. and author of CNN: War In the Gulf, "Smallwood writes so well that we feel the sweat in the small of our backs and the adrenaline pumping."--F. Clifton Berry Jr. and author of CNN: War In the Gulf , "As fascinating a flying tale as you will ever read, and it's all true."--Mark Berent, author of Steel Tiger , "As fascinating a flying tale as you will ever read, and it's all true."--Mark Berent, author of Steel Tiger, " An absorbing tale of how a decidedly ugly duckling became a military hero of some consequence."-- Kirkus Reviews
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
956.7/0442/48
Synopsis
A valentine for one of the ugliest, albeit most lethally effective, warplanes ever built--as well as for the men who flew them during the Desert Storm campaign. Drawing on interviews with over one hundred A-10 pilots who served in the Persian Gulf during the 1990-91 hostilities, Smallwood (himself an aviator and Korean War vet) offers riveting perspectives on aerial combat. Setting the stage with an informative briefing on how, in the 70's, the Air Force developed the A-10 (a.k.a. Warthog'') as a means of supporting ground troops with massive firepower, he moves into anecdotal vignettes detailing the ways in which so-called hog drivers'' and their commanders whiled away the weary hours of the calm before the storm in Saudi Arabia's inhospitable clime. At the heart of his narrative, however, are vivid accounts of how A-10s accomplished their tank-busting missions and then some once the battle was joined. Tasked, among other objectives, to take out missile launchers and artillery emplacements far behind the front lines (assignments normally reserved for jet fighters), the slow-moving, heavily armed Warthogs were credited with over half the bomb damage inflicted on Iraqi forces and installations. Employing improvisational tactics, A-10s also flew reconnaissance and assisted in rescues of coalition pilots; they even scored air-to- air kills, downing a couple of enemy choppers. Indeed, the plane's ungainly Gatling-gun platform performed so well that pilots demanded their craft be redesignated RFOA-10'' (for reconnaissance/fighter/observation/attack''). An absorbing tale of how a decidedly ugly duckling became a military hero of some consequence. --Kirkus, A valentine for one of the ugliest, albeit most lethally effective, warplanes ever built--as well as for the men who flew them during the Desert Storm campaign. Drawing on interviews with over one hundred A-10 pilots who served in the Persian Gulf during the 1990-91 hostilities, Smallwood (himself an aviator and Korean War vet) offers riveting perspectives on aerial combat. Setting the stage with an informative briefing on how, in the 70's, the Air Force developed the A-10 (a.k.a. Warthog'') as a means of supporting ground troops with massive firepower, he moves into anecdotal vignettes detailing the ways in which so-called hog drivers'' and their commanders whiled away the weary hours of the calm before the storm in Saudi Arabia's inhospitable clime. At the heart of his narrative, however, are vivid accounts of how A-10s accomplished their tank-busting missions and then some once the battle was joined. Tasked, among other objectives, to take out missile launchers and artillery emplacements far behind the front lines (assignments normally reserved for jet fighters), the slow-moving, heavily armed Warthogs were credited with over half the bomb damage inflicted on Iraqi forces and installations. Employing improvisational tactics, A-10s also flew reconnaissance and assisted in rescues of coalition pilots; they even scored air-to- air kills, downing a couple of enemy choppers. Indeed, the plane's ungainly Gatling-gun platform performed so well that pilots demanded their craft be redesignated RFOA-10'' (for reconnaissance/fighter/observation/attack'')., A valentine for one of the ugliest, albeit most lethally effective, warplanes ever built--as well as for the men who flew them during the Desert Storm campaign. Drawing on interviews with over one hundred A-10 pilots who served in the Persian Gulf during the 1990-91 hostilities, Smallwood (himself an aviator and Korean War vet) offers riveting perspectives on aerial combat. Setting the stage with an informative briefing on how, in the 70's, the Air Force developed the A-10 (a.k.a. ''Warthog'') as a means of supporting ground troops with massive firepower, he moves into anecdotal vignettes detailing the ways in which so-called ''hog drivers'' and their commanders whiled away the weary hours of the calm before the storm in Saudi Arabia's inhospitable clime. At the heart of his narrative, however, are vivid accounts of how A-10s accomplished their tank-busting missions and then some once the battle was joined. Tasked, among other objectives, to take out missile launchers and artillery emplacements far behind the front lines (assignments normally reserved for jet fighters), the slow-moving, heavily armed Warthogs were credited with over half the bomb damage inflicted on Iraqi forces and installations. Employing improvisational tactics, A-10s also flew reconnaissance and assisted in rescues of coalition pilots; they even scored air-to- air kills, downing a couple of enemy choppers. Indeed, the plane's ungainly Gatling-gun platform performed so well that pilots demanded their craft be redesignated ''RFOA-10'' (for ''reconnaissance/fighter/observation/attack'')., A valentine for one of the ugliest, albeit most lethally effective, warplanes ever built--as well as for the men who flew them during the Desert Storm campaign. Drawing on interviews with over one hundred A-10 pilots who served in the Persian Gulf during the 1990-91 hostilities, Smallwood (himself an aviator and Korean War vet) offers riveting perspectives on aerial combat.
LC Classification Number
UG1242.A28
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