Phantom in the sky : a Marine's back seat view of the Vietnam War /
Terry L. Thorsen.
Bok Engelsk 2019 · Biographies.
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| Utgitt | University of North Texas Press
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| Omfang | 1 online resource
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| Opplysninger | Screwed -- Maggot candidate -- A marked man -- Humping it -- Striking gold -- Beaches and Banana School -- Launch the nuggets -- Barf bag bonanza -- Roger, that's your bogey -- Red Devil duos -- The devil's in the details -- The devil made me do it -- Green with pride -- Baby, light my fire -- California dreamin' -- Bombing Charlie to hell -- Dash one's in hot -- War is hell -- Trading my horns for talons -- The rumors were true -- Fox One -- MACH 2 -- Loving it -- Sayonara -- West Coast finale -- Epilogue -- Poem -- Glossary -- Appendix A: USMC history and mission -- Appendix B: VMFA-232 history -- Appendix C: McDonnell Douglas F4J Phantom II aircraft statistical data -- Appendix D: VMFA-334 history -- Appendix E: MAG-13 history.. - Tells the story of a Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) in the back seat of the supersonic Phantom jet during the Vietnam War - a unique, tactical perspective of the "guy in back", or GIB, absent from other published aviation accounts.
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| Emner | Thorsen, Terry L., , 1943-
United States. . Marine Corps - Officers Fighter pilots - United States Phantom II (Jet fighter plane) Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Aerial operations, American. |
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| ISBN | 1-57441-762-2
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