Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fighter planes
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Jet Girl
Author: Caroline Johnson
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250139309
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
A fresh, unique insider’s view of what it’s like to be a woman aviator in today’s US Navy—from pedicures to parachutes, friendship to firefights. Caroline Johnson was an unlikely aviation candidate. A tall blonde debutante from Colorado, she could have just as easily gone into fashion or filmmaking, and yet she went on to become an F/A-18 Super Hornet Weapons System Officer. She was one of the first women to fly a combat mission over Iraq since 2011, and one of the first women to drop bombs on ISIS. Jet Girl tells the remarkable story of the women fighting at the forefront in a military system that allows them to reach the highest peaks, and yet is in many respects still a fraternity. Johnson offers an insider’s view on the fascinating, thrilling, dangerous and, at times, glamorous world of being a naval aviator. This is a coming-of age story about a young college-aged woman who draws strength from a tight knit group of friends, called the Jet Girls, and struggles with all the ordinary problems of life: love, work, catty housewives, father figures, make-up, wardrobe, not to mention being put into harm’s way daily with terrorist groups such as ISIS and world powers such as Russia and Iran. Some of the most memorable parts of the book are about real life in training, in the air and in combat—how do you deal with having to pee in a cockpit the size of a bumper car going 600 miles an hour? Not just a memoir, this book also aims to change the conversation and to inspire and attract the next generation of men and women who are tempted to explore a life of adventure and service.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250139309
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
A fresh, unique insider’s view of what it’s like to be a woman aviator in today’s US Navy—from pedicures to parachutes, friendship to firefights. Caroline Johnson was an unlikely aviation candidate. A tall blonde debutante from Colorado, she could have just as easily gone into fashion or filmmaking, and yet she went on to become an F/A-18 Super Hornet Weapons System Officer. She was one of the first women to fly a combat mission over Iraq since 2011, and one of the first women to drop bombs on ISIS. Jet Girl tells the remarkable story of the women fighting at the forefront in a military system that allows them to reach the highest peaks, and yet is in many respects still a fraternity. Johnson offers an insider’s view on the fascinating, thrilling, dangerous and, at times, glamorous world of being a naval aviator. This is a coming-of age story about a young college-aged woman who draws strength from a tight knit group of friends, called the Jet Girls, and struggles with all the ordinary problems of life: love, work, catty housewives, father figures, make-up, wardrobe, not to mention being put into harm’s way daily with terrorist groups such as ISIS and world powers such as Russia and Iran. Some of the most memorable parts of the book are about real life in training, in the air and in combat—how do you deal with having to pee in a cockpit the size of a bumper car going 600 miles an hour? Not just a memoir, this book also aims to change the conversation and to inspire and attract the next generation of men and women who are tempted to explore a life of adventure and service.
Topgun Days
Author: Dave Baranek
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1626369402
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Dave Baranek (callsign "Bio") was one of 451 young men to receive his Wings of Gold in 1980 as a naval flight officer. Four years later, seasoned by intense training and deployments in the tense confrontations of the cold war, he became the only one of that initial group to rise to become an instructor at the navy's elite Fighter Weapons School. As a Topgun instructor, Bio was responsible for teaching the navy's and Marine Corps's best fighter pilots how to be even better. He schooled them in the classroom and then went head-to-head with them in the skies. Then, in August 1985, Bio was assigned to combine his day-to-day flight duties with participation in a Pentagon-blessed project to film action footage for a major Hollywood movie focusing on the lives, loves, heartbreaks, and triumphs of young fighter pilots: Top Gun. Bio soon found himself riding in limousines to attend gala premieres, and being singled out by giggling teenagers and awed schoolboys who recognized the name "Topgun" on his T-shirts. The book ends with his reflections on his career as a skilled naval aviator and his enduring love of flight.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1626369402
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Dave Baranek (callsign "Bio") was one of 451 young men to receive his Wings of Gold in 1980 as a naval flight officer. Four years later, seasoned by intense training and deployments in the tense confrontations of the cold war, he became the only one of that initial group to rise to become an instructor at the navy's elite Fighter Weapons School. As a Topgun instructor, Bio was responsible for teaching the navy's and Marine Corps's best fighter pilots how to be even better. He schooled them in the classroom and then went head-to-head with them in the skies. Then, in August 1985, Bio was assigned to combine his day-to-day flight duties with participation in a Pentagon-blessed project to film action footage for a major Hollywood movie focusing on the lives, loves, heartbreaks, and triumphs of young fighter pilots: Top Gun. Bio soon found himself riding in limousines to attend gala premieres, and being singled out by giggling teenagers and awed schoolboys who recognized the name "Topgun" on his T-shirts. The book ends with his reflections on his career as a skilled naval aviator and his enduring love of flight.
Hearings on Military Posture and H.R. 11500 [H.R. 12438], Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1977
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1708
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1708
Book Description
United States Military Posture for FY ...
Author: United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Force Structure and Long-range Projections
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Budget. Task Force on National Security Programs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Fiscal year 1978 authorization for military procurement, research and development, and active duty, selected reserve, and civilian personnel strengths
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description
Naval Aviation News
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Department of Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1977
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1222
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1222
Book Description
Department of Defense appropriations for 1977
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Defense
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
Department of Defense Appropriations for ...
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description