Author: Peter E. Davies
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472854586
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
With first-hand insight into the into the key role of the US Air Force's fighter-bomber from the Vietnam War through to Operation Desert Storm during the First Gulf War, this book is an unmissable account of some of the most dangerous and demanding missions in the two wars. The advent of the surface-to-air missile (SAM) in the early 1950s threatened the whole concept of aerial bombing from medium and high altitude. Countermeasures were developed during the Korean War, but with little initial success. It was only in the closing stages of the Vietnam War, with the F-4Cww Phantom II (Wild Weasel 4), that this equipment started to become successful enough to allow a substantial investment in converting 116 F-4E Phantom IIs into dedicated SEAD aircraft. This move introduced a new generation of anti-radar missiles which became invaluable in later operations including operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm and Northern Watch over Iraq. This volume features dynamic archival photography from crews who flew the jet, alongside mission accounts and technical details of the development and fielding of the F-4 Wild Weasel in its various iterations. Including specially commissioned artwork of 'sharkmouthed' Phantom IIs in Vietnam jungle camouflage and more modern USAF 'Ghost Gray', this book is the ultimate visual and technical guide to the F-4 Phantom II Wild Weasel Units in combat.
F-4 Phantom II Wild Weasel Units in Combat
Author: Peter E. Davies
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472854586
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
With first-hand insight into the into the key role of the US Air Force's fighter-bomber from the Vietnam War through to Operation Desert Storm during the First Gulf War, this book is an unmissable account of some of the most dangerous and demanding missions in the two wars. The advent of the surface-to-air missile (SAM) in the early 1950s threatened the whole concept of aerial bombing from medium and high altitude. Countermeasures were developed during the Korean War, but with little initial success. It was only in the closing stages of the Vietnam War, with the F-4Cww Phantom II (Wild Weasel 4), that this equipment started to become successful enough to allow a substantial investment in converting 116 F-4E Phantom IIs into dedicated SEAD aircraft. This move introduced a new generation of anti-radar missiles which became invaluable in later operations including operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm and Northern Watch over Iraq. This volume features dynamic archival photography from crews who flew the jet, alongside mission accounts and technical details of the development and fielding of the F-4 Wild Weasel in its various iterations. Including specially commissioned artwork of 'sharkmouthed' Phantom IIs in Vietnam jungle camouflage and more modern USAF 'Ghost Gray', this book is the ultimate visual and technical guide to the F-4 Phantom II Wild Weasel Units in combat.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472854586
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
With first-hand insight into the into the key role of the US Air Force's fighter-bomber from the Vietnam War through to Operation Desert Storm during the First Gulf War, this book is an unmissable account of some of the most dangerous and demanding missions in the two wars. The advent of the surface-to-air missile (SAM) in the early 1950s threatened the whole concept of aerial bombing from medium and high altitude. Countermeasures were developed during the Korean War, but with little initial success. It was only in the closing stages of the Vietnam War, with the F-4Cww Phantom II (Wild Weasel 4), that this equipment started to become successful enough to allow a substantial investment in converting 116 F-4E Phantom IIs into dedicated SEAD aircraft. This move introduced a new generation of anti-radar missiles which became invaluable in later operations including operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm and Northern Watch over Iraq. This volume features dynamic archival photography from crews who flew the jet, alongside mission accounts and technical details of the development and fielding of the F-4 Wild Weasel in its various iterations. Including specially commissioned artwork of 'sharkmouthed' Phantom IIs in Vietnam jungle camouflage and more modern USAF 'Ghost Gray', this book is the ultimate visual and technical guide to the F-4 Phantom II Wild Weasel Units in combat.
Magnum! The Wild Weasels in Desert Storm
Author: Brick Eisel
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1848846991
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
A detailed look at the day-to-day life of a pilot serving during the Persian Gulf War against Iraq. This book is based upon a journal Jim Schreiner kept during his deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Building upon that record and the recollections of other F-4G Wild Weasel aircrew, the authors show a slice of what life and war was like during that time. The pawns in the game, the ones that actually had to do the fighting and dying were the hundreds of thousands of men and women who left their homes and families to live for seemingly endless months in the vast, trackless desert while the world stage-play unfolded. To them, the war was deeply personal. At times, the war was scary; at other times, it was funny as hell. Usually, if you survive the former, it turns into the latter.
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1848846991
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
A detailed look at the day-to-day life of a pilot serving during the Persian Gulf War against Iraq. This book is based upon a journal Jim Schreiner kept during his deployment to the Persian Gulf region for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Building upon that record and the recollections of other F-4G Wild Weasel aircrew, the authors show a slice of what life and war was like during that time. The pawns in the game, the ones that actually had to do the fighting and dying were the hundreds of thousands of men and women who left their homes and families to live for seemingly endless months in the vast, trackless desert while the world stage-play unfolded. To them, the war was deeply personal. At times, the war was scary; at other times, it was funny as hell. Usually, if you survive the former, it turns into the latter.
Basic Handbook of Police Supervision: A Practical Guide for Law Enforcement Supervisors
Author: Gerald W. Garner
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Publisher
ISBN: 0398093830
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
This updated handbook provides reliable guidance on what to do next and offers practical, no-frills advice about what to do to counter the day-to-day challenges and outright calamities that make up the first-line leader’s work life. Perhaps even more important, it offers time-proven recommendations on how to prevent a bothersome situation from escalating into crisis proportions in the first place. It will prove equally useful to the veteran, novice or future law enforcement supervisor. Its sound advice will help him retain his emotional as well as physical and moral health in a real-world environment that seems to become more challenging every day. It will help him to lead and bring his people to share his practices and beliefs in doing a very critical job the right way. Just as it should be, the handbook is short on theory and long on “how to” advice. It is literally a resource that the supervisor can tuck into an equipment bag or otherwise keep close at hand. It likewise will aid him in carrying out the very practical tasks of communicating effectively; evaluating employee performance, correcting inappropriate behavior and helping his officers survive both on the street and in the police organization. A new chapter has been added on the topic of how to lead successfully during the current, very challenging environment for law enforcement, entitled “How to Lead During Challenging Times.” Summary boxes have been interspersed throughout the text that emphasize important points for police leaders to remember. Meanwhile, the handbook will assist the law enforcement leader in working well with his own boss and planning his own career. There is no job description in the world quite like that of first-line law enforcement boss. The job is as unique as it is difficult and vital to the success of any successful police organization. This book will help them become even better at their very important job.
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Publisher
ISBN: 0398093830
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
This updated handbook provides reliable guidance on what to do next and offers practical, no-frills advice about what to do to counter the day-to-day challenges and outright calamities that make up the first-line leader’s work life. Perhaps even more important, it offers time-proven recommendations on how to prevent a bothersome situation from escalating into crisis proportions in the first place. It will prove equally useful to the veteran, novice or future law enforcement supervisor. Its sound advice will help him retain his emotional as well as physical and moral health in a real-world environment that seems to become more challenging every day. It will help him to lead and bring his people to share his practices and beliefs in doing a very critical job the right way. Just as it should be, the handbook is short on theory and long on “how to” advice. It is literally a resource that the supervisor can tuck into an equipment bag or otherwise keep close at hand. It likewise will aid him in carrying out the very practical tasks of communicating effectively; evaluating employee performance, correcting inappropriate behavior and helping his officers survive both on the street and in the police organization. A new chapter has been added on the topic of how to lead successfully during the current, very challenging environment for law enforcement, entitled “How to Lead During Challenging Times.” Summary boxes have been interspersed throughout the text that emphasize important points for police leaders to remember. Meanwhile, the handbook will assist the law enforcement leader in working well with his own boss and planning his own career. There is no job description in the world quite like that of first-line law enforcement boss. The job is as unique as it is difficult and vital to the success of any successful police organization. This book will help them become even better at their very important job.
Will They Return
Author: Gilbert Rivera
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1430304944
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Will They Return...Those words echoed in the minds of all men shipping overseas to fight in WWII. This true story, told from the perspective of the common footsoldier, is an unflinching look into the tough, day-by-day fight that soldiers in Company A of the 71st Infantry Regiment of the United States Army endured in Northern France and Germany as the allied armies pushed the Germans back towards the German homeland in late 1944/early 1945.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1430304944
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Will They Return...Those words echoed in the minds of all men shipping overseas to fight in WWII. This true story, told from the perspective of the common footsoldier, is an unflinching look into the tough, day-by-day fight that soldiers in Company A of the 71st Infantry Regiment of the United States Army endured in Northern France and Germany as the allied armies pushed the Germans back towards the German homeland in late 1944/early 1945.
Nickelodeon Nation
Author: Heather Hendershot
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814736521
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The first examination of the most popular tv network for kids. Essays are both scholars as well as journalists, Nick employees, and psychologists.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814736521
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The first examination of the most popular tv network for kids. Essays are both scholars as well as journalists, Nick employees, and psychologists.
Monthly Review - Immigration and Naturalization Service
Author: United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naturalization
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naturalization
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Scottish Lion on Patrol
Author: T. Chamberlin
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 184468394X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
Scottish Lion on Patrol was first published in 1950, the record of the 15th Scottish Reconnaissance Regiments formation, training and service in the campaign that took them from Normandy to the Baltic. They played a key role in the liberation of Europe and the Regiment was unique in that it was in the forefront of the crossings of the Rivers Seine, Rhine and Elbe. The troops who landed in Normandy were highly trained but most of them had not experienced actual combat; however they very quickly learned the skills necessary to survive and defeat a cunning and resourceful foe. Full of eye-witness accounts, this is a true story of a real Band of Brothers, the original work being faithfully reproduced and significant new material from personal recollections which are graphic, moving and occasionally humorous.
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 184468394X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
Scottish Lion on Patrol was first published in 1950, the record of the 15th Scottish Reconnaissance Regiments formation, training and service in the campaign that took them from Normandy to the Baltic. They played a key role in the liberation of Europe and the Regiment was unique in that it was in the forefront of the crossings of the Rivers Seine, Rhine and Elbe. The troops who landed in Normandy were highly trained but most of them had not experienced actual combat; however they very quickly learned the skills necessary to survive and defeat a cunning and resourceful foe. Full of eye-witness accounts, this is a true story of a real Band of Brothers, the original work being faithfully reproduced and significant new material from personal recollections which are graphic, moving and occasionally humorous.
A Picture Worth a Thousand Words
Author: Nicole Lane
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1623422779
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Kline Scott had found fame as a sitcom and romcom star, but he was finally getting his big break as a serious movie star in Hollywood. Just as his real-life romance with comedy writer Rhiannon Charles starts to heat up, Kline's first love, the Broadway star, Jill Parker, comes to Hollywood. When paparazzi shots of Kline and Rhiannon making love in his swimming pool hit the tabloids, and Jill's secret marriage ends in a very public divorce, the two stars agree to a publicity romance. While they are posing for the cameras, will they fall in love again? Kline needs to learn who he is without a hot date, and Jill is looking for real love, not just kisses for the cameras, so how will this couple find their happily ever after? There’s more than meets the eye in those paparazzi pictures, and this is a picture worth a thousand words.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1623422779
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Kline Scott had found fame as a sitcom and romcom star, but he was finally getting his big break as a serious movie star in Hollywood. Just as his real-life romance with comedy writer Rhiannon Charles starts to heat up, Kline's first love, the Broadway star, Jill Parker, comes to Hollywood. When paparazzi shots of Kline and Rhiannon making love in his swimming pool hit the tabloids, and Jill's secret marriage ends in a very public divorce, the two stars agree to a publicity romance. While they are posing for the cameras, will they fall in love again? Kline needs to learn who he is without a hot date, and Jill is looking for real love, not just kisses for the cameras, so how will this couple find their happily ever after? There’s more than meets the eye in those paparazzi pictures, and this is a picture worth a thousand words.
Pop Goes the Weasel
Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0759527784
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
In this heart-stopping thriller, Detective Alex Cross and his beloved fiancé find themselves tangled in a complex murder investigation, threatening not only public safety, but their chance at happiness together. Alex Cross is happy, but his happiness is threatened by a series of chilling murders—murders with a pattern so twisted, it leaves investigators reeling. Cross's ingenious pursuit of the killer produces a suspect: a British diplomat named Geoffrey Shafer. But proving that Shafer is the murderer becomes a potentially deadly task. As the diplomat engages in a brilliant series of surprising countermoves, in and out of the courtroom, Alex and his fiancée become hopelessly entangled with the most memorable nemesis Alex Cross has ever faced. Pop Goes the Weasel reveals James Patterson at the peak of his power. Here is a chilling villain no reader will forget, a love story of great tenderness, and a plot of relentless suspense and heart-pounding pace. To read Pop Goes the Weasel is to discover why James Patterson is one of the world's greatest suspense writers.
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0759527784
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
In this heart-stopping thriller, Detective Alex Cross and his beloved fiancé find themselves tangled in a complex murder investigation, threatening not only public safety, but their chance at happiness together. Alex Cross is happy, but his happiness is threatened by a series of chilling murders—murders with a pattern so twisted, it leaves investigators reeling. Cross's ingenious pursuit of the killer produces a suspect: a British diplomat named Geoffrey Shafer. But proving that Shafer is the murderer becomes a potentially deadly task. As the diplomat engages in a brilliant series of surprising countermoves, in and out of the courtroom, Alex and his fiancée become hopelessly entangled with the most memorable nemesis Alex Cross has ever faced. Pop Goes the Weasel reveals James Patterson at the peak of his power. Here is a chilling villain no reader will forget, a love story of great tenderness, and a plot of relentless suspense and heart-pounding pace. To read Pop Goes the Weasel is to discover why James Patterson is one of the world's greatest suspense writers.
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
Author: United States. Naval History Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Warships
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Warships
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description