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Author : Rick Grant
Release : 2017-11-20
Genre : Electronic books
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 707/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Cobra Flight by : Rick Grant
Download or read book Cobra Flight written by Rick Grant. This book was released on 2017-11-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Randy R. Zahn
Release : 2003
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 650/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Snake Pilot by : Randy R. Zahn
Download or read book Snake Pilot written by Randy R. Zahn. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flies the reader into combat with the same elite air cavalry unit portrayed in the film "Apocalypse Now"
Author : Jonathan Bernstein
Release : 2012-11-20
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 44X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis US Army AH-1 Cobra Units in Vietnam by : Jonathan Bernstein
Download or read book US Army AH-1 Cobra Units in Vietnam written by Jonathan Bernstein. This book was released on 2012-11-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bell's AH-1 Cobra was the first dedicated helicopter gunship to reach frontline service anywhere in the world. Developed as a private venture by the manufacturer, and based on the mechanics of the ubiquitous UH-1 Huey, the Cobra proved a huge success once introduced into combat with the US Army in 1966. Built as a key weapon in the Advanced Aerial Fire Support System concept of 1965, the AH-1 was one of the few aircraft to reach the combat zone after actual combat experience went into its design. The AH-1 helped reduce the losses being suffered by vulnerable troop transport helicopters by providing effective fire suppression during airmobile operations. This book explores its history, technology and crew.
Author : Rick Grant
Release : 2021
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 741/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Cobra Flight by : Rick Grant
Download or read book Cobra Flight written by Rick Grant. This book was released on 2021. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The High Arctic. Mid-Winter Jack Standish, former fighter pilot and now just a freelance bush pilot on the ragged edges of aviation, flies a strange team of scientists to a remote island near Greenland and is held captive. Discovering that an old pilot friend is a hostage, under threat of death to fly an obsolete but still lethal supersonic fighter, Standish rescues Philip and tries to escape across the Arctic Ocean in a wild flight for freedom. It all goes wrong. The two end up at the center of an elaborate plot to destabilize both the United States and Russia at the risk of thermonuclear war. Ripping at supersonic speeds over the High Arctic, Jack and Philip fight to outwit the ruthless woman at the heart of the threat
Author : Randy R. Zahn
Release : 2003
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 246/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Snake Pilot by : Randy R. Zahn
Download or read book Snake Pilot written by Randy R. Zahn. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on audiotapes he recorded during the war and sent home to his family, Randy Zahn's Snake Pilot recounts his experiences flying AH-1 Cobra helicopters during the Vietnam War. First deployed in Vietnam in 1967 and loaded with a formidable arsenal of weaponry, the Cobra was the first helicopter designed from inception as an attack aircraft. It dramatically changed the nature of the war in Vietnam by offering the Army, for the first time, its own powerful and highly accurate weapons platform for close-air-support missions. Randy Zahn arrived in Vietnam shortly before the 1970 U.S. invasion of Cambodia, one of the most impressive demonstrations by the Cobra in the war. He describes his stunning transformation from a naive, middle-class teenager from southern California to a hardened killer during his tour in Vietnam. Unlike the pilots who flew the fast-moving strike jets, Zahn experienced the war "up close and personal," witnessing the grisly effects of the Cobra's firepower on enemy soldiers. The author does not glorify killing but rather explains in sharp relief the kaleidoscope of emotions associated with combat: fear, revenge, hate, remorse, pity, and even ecstasy. He captures many of the ironies and nuances inherent in Vietnam, especially during the final years of the conflict. Zahn displays a sensitivity rarely found in memoirs written by battle-hardened warriors. This human element, combined with the vast amount of archival research and interviews with members of his former unit, ensures that Snake Pilot will become the definitive account of the role helicopters played in Vietnam.
