Viper Force

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Zenith Imprint
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780760340325

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Viper Force by Anonim Pdf

The pilot of the F-16 Viper, which is the U.S. Air Force’s frontline fighter and attack aircraft, is at the pinnacle of combat aviation. Viper Force tells the story of what it takes to become an F-16 pilot and what it’s like to fly and fight the Viper in combat. Because the F-16 is a dual-purpose combat aircraft, its pilot must master two widely divergent disciplines: air-to-air flying against enemy fighters to maintain control of the air over the battle field and air-to-ground flying in support of ground forces, soldiers, and marines, in contact. The crucible for creation of the Viper pilot is the air force’s 56th Fighter Wing, the successor to World War II’s 56th Fighter Group, the legendary Zemke’s Wolpack, which also flew a fighter/attack aircraft, the P-47 Thunderbolt. Viper Force also provides an up-close and personal look at the F-16 Viper squadron at war with information on its missions, command and control in the air, and the crucially important but often overlooked maintenance and ordnance ground crew.

Author : A. G. Hetherington
Publisher : Vantage Press, Inc
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0533158974

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The Viper Touch by A. G. Hetherington Pdf

Set in the mid-twentieth century, The Viper Touch describes the chaotic days preceding the independence of the African nation of Rhodesia from longstanding British rule. Though his personal life is in shambles, government worker Frank Tyson sets about fighting for the cause of all races and, with the help of the Viper Force, does all he can to support his beloved homeland. With fast-paced action and historical information gleaned from the author¿s own first-hand experience of that turbulent time, The Viper Touch is an intense political novel sure to entertain.

Author : Simon Forty,Jonathan Forty
Publisher : Pen and Sword Maritime
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781399082686

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A Photographic History of Amphibious Warfare 1939-1945 by Simon Forty,Jonathan Forty Pdf

Amphibious operations have always been an important element of warfare, but they reached their climax during the Second World War when they were carried out on a large scale in every theater of the conflict. That is why this wide-ranging, highly illustrated history of amphibious warfare 1939–1945 by Simon and Jonathan Forty is of such value. Their book gives graphic accounts of the main amphibious assaults launched by the major combatants, in particular the British, American, German and Japanese – not just large-scale landings like those in North Africa, Normandy, the Philippines and Okinawa, but also raids such as Dieppe and St Nazaire and evacuations like Dunkirk and Kerch. The rapid development of amphibious tactics and equipment is an essential element of the story, as are the vital roles played by the navies, air forces, armies and special forces in each complex combined operation. There is also a section on amphibious operations that were planned but didn’t happen, such as the German invasion of Britain and the Italian and German operation against Malta.

Author : Bianca Lee Ward
Publisher : Bianca Lee
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-03-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780645624878

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Viper by Bianca Lee Ward Pdf

I’ve got one month to convince her to be my wife… Until I laid eyes on Sophie, I never planned on marriage. All that changed after our hot night together in Vegas. Now she regrets our impulsive Vegas wedding and is demanding a divorce. But I’m not signing the papers. Hell no! I’ll give up every single one of my womanizing ways for a woman like her. Sophie thinks I’m only infatuated with her looks, except I see how everyone underestimates her. I’m not intimidated by her wealth, her modeling career, and the trail of broken hearts she leaves behind her. What we have is different. I’ve lived my whole life unable to feel anything thanks to my rough childhood, but for Sophie, I’ll risk everything. Her rich father and the jealous women in my club aren’t going to stand in my way. If she wants a divorce, she’ll have to spend one month with me at the War Brothers clubhouse. Sleeping in my bed. Then we’ll see if she still refuses to say I do… For fans of Autumn Jones Lake, Lani Lynn Vale, and Chantel Fernando, get ready to fall in love with the protective alpha men of the War Brothers Motorcycle Club. Each standalone book promises emotionally captivating small-town romance with a deliciously dark twist. Keywords: accidental vegas marriage, X military, small town, blackmail, rom-com, romantic comedy, return to hometown, MC romance, love/hate, sparks fly, humorous, one bed, love and war, womanizer

Author : Li Donghao
Publisher : Sellene Chardou
Page : 2867 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781304487759

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Wu Soul (Chili River) by Li Donghao Pdf

Squatting in the corner, washing a bowl full of chopsticks, the teenager looked blankly at the emaciated mother being bossed around as a servant.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1997-07
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : IOWA:31858034987234

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Air Force Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michel Pelletier
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781460293645

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Part 3: Survival by Michel Pelletier Pdf

Every man should be a dreamer. Every man has a conception of his ideal world. The Ecology Defence and Environment Nursing (EDEN) brought its author to a blank drawing board. The activist group joined as a nation, survived a nuclear holocaust, and rebuilt the country from the ruins of the planet. The challenge repeats itself when humankind is forced to flee the doomed solar system from an incoming danger. In various galactic environments, often hostile, will humankind survive? Will men return to warfare measures against one another as the number of colonies multiply on foreign planets? Will the human race maintain common values despite the growing distance between their frontiers? Will they return to a double-faced justice system to match the color of the day? As foreign civilizations unite, this last volume of The Eden Democratic Kingdom trilogy keeps the door open to another adventure series: The Eden Galactic Confederation.

Author : Peter Aleshire
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781599217222

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Eye of the Viper by Peter Aleshire Pdf

Hand-picked, pressure-tested, and full of astronaut gung ho, the young pilots of Eye of the Viper are poised for the toughest assignment of their career: the exhaustive six-month training course at Arizona's Luke Air Force Base, at a cost of $2 million each. Luke, the world's largest fighter wing, is the only F-16 fighter training base in the United States, and each year it produces one thousand pilots who will fly the F-16 from Korea to Afghanistan to Iraq. But being among the elite pilots who are selected for the course is by no means a guarantee that they will earn the right to fly the F-16. Only a few select individuals will have what it takes. Award-winning journalist Peter Aleshire provides a full blast of the rigors and intensity of the course--the personalities, the incredible machines, the irreverence, the bravado, and the toughness, not only of the hand-picked students seeking a place in the warrior subculture, but of the veteran pilots who must teach them how to stay alive.

Author : Andrew L. Hargreaves
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 605 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806151274

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Special Operations in World War II by Andrew L. Hargreaves Pdf

British and American commanders first used modern special forces in support of conventional military operations during World War II. Since then, although special ops have featured prominently in popular culture and media coverage of wars, the academic study of irregular warfare has remained as elusive as the practitioners of special operations themselves. This book is the first comprehensive study of the development, application, and value of Anglo-American commando and special forces units during the Second World War. Special forces are intensively trained, specially selected military units performing unconventional and often high-risk missions. In this book, Andrew L. Hargreaves not only describes tactics and operations but also outlines the distinctions between commandos and special forces, traces their evolution during the war, explains how the Anglo-American alliance functioned in the creation and use of these units, looks at their command and control arrangements, evaluates their impact, and assesses their cost-effectiveness. The first real impetus for the creation of British specialist formations came in the desperate summer of 1940 when, having been pushed out of Europe following defeat in France and the Low Countries, Britain began to turn to irregular forces in an effort to wrest back the strategic initiative from the enemy. The development of special forces by the United States was also a direct consequence of defeat. After Pearl Harbor, Hargreaves shows, the Americans found themselves in much the same position as Britain had been in 1940: shocked, outnumbered, and conventionally defeated, they were unable to come to grips with the enemy on a large scale. By the end of the war, a variety of these units had overcome a multitude of evolutionary hurdles and made valuable contributions to practically every theater of operation. In describing how Britain and the United States worked independently and cooperatively to invent and put into practice a fundamentally new way of waging war, this book demonstrates the two nations’ flexibility, adaptability, and ability to innovate during World War II.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015090381859

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Ramifications of Auto Industry Bankruptcies by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law Pdf

Author : Stanley Woodburn Kirby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : IND:30000068442437

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The War Against Japan: India's most dangerous hour by Stanley Woodburn Kirby Pdf

Author : Dan Hampton
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062246301

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Viper Pilot (Enhanced Edition) by Dan Hampton Pdf

Get inside the cockpit with Dan Hampton, the military’s most decorated F-16 pilot, in this enhanced e-book edition of Viper Pilot. Exclusive to this edition are 11 video interviews, where Hampton talks candidly about his time as a Wild Weasel and about the fighter jet that kept him alive through so many dangerous skirmishes. In addition, an interactive “first-person” cockpit diagram lets you get deeper into the action, providing a visual companion to the book that leaves you feeling like you’re sitting in the iconic F-16 itself. 151 combat missions 21 hard kills on surface-to-air-missile sites 4 Distinguished Flying Crosses with Valor 1 Purple Heart Sure to rank as one of the greatest aviation memoirs ever written, Viper Pilot is an Air Force legend's thrilling eyewitness account of modern air warfare. From 1986 to 2006, Lt. Col. Dan Hampton was a leading member of the Wild Weasels, the elite Air Force fighter squadrons whose mission is recognized as the most dangerous job in modern air combat. Weasels are the first planes sent into a war zone, flying deep behind enemy lines purposely seeking to draw fire from surface-to-air missiles and artillery. They must skillfully evade being shot down—and then return to destroy the threats, thereby making the skies safe for everyone else to follow. Today these vital missions are more hazardous than direct air-to-air engagement with enemy aircraft. Hampton's record number of strikes on high-value targets make him the most lethal F-16 Wild Weasel pilot in American history. This is his remarkable story. Taught to fly at an early age by his father, Hampton logged twenty years and 608 combat hours in the world's most iconic fighter jet: the F-16 "Fighting Falcon," or "Viper" as its pilots call it. Hampton spearheaded the 2003 invasion of Iraq, leading the first flight of fighters over the border en route to strike Baghdad. In the war that followed, he engaged in a series of brilliantly executed missions that earned him three Distinguished Flying Crosses with Valor; he notably saved a U.S. Marine unit from certain death by taking out the surrounding enemy forces near Nasiriyah. Two years earlier, on 9/11, Hampton's father was inside the Pentagon when it was attacked; with his dad's fate unknown, Hampton was scrambled into American skies and given the unprecedented orders to shoot down any unidentified aircraft. Hampton also flew critical missions in the first Gulf War, served on the Air Combat Command staff during the Kosovo War, and was injured in the 1996 Khobar Towers terrorist attack. With manned missions rapidly giving way to remote-controlled UAV drones, Viper Pilot may be the last memoir by a true hero of the skies. Gripping and irreverently humorous, it is an unforgettable look into the closed world of fighter pilots and modern air combat. Please note that due to the large file size of these special features this enhanced e-book may take longer to download then a standard e-book.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1346 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1962-07
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030032090708

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Flight International by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849081542

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The Rocket Propelled Grenade by Gordon L. Rottman Pdf

A comprehensive illustrated study of the RPG The RPG-series of weapons is the most widely used family of lightweight antitank weapons in the world today. RPGs have been used not only against their intended targets, but against personnel, fortifications, buildings, soft-skin vehicles, watercraft, and aircraft. Lightweight, relatively compact, easy to operate and maintain, they meet most of the requirements of any armed group. Like any weapon system, RPGs and their ammunition have their limitations. While these limitations are much touted by proponents of more advanced weapons, they lose sight of many armed groups' requirement for lightweight, compact, inexpensive, easy to operate and maintain weapons. Most sophisticated weapons tend to be just the opposite – heavy, cumbersome, excessively expensive, and requiring extensive training and an advanced support infrastructure. They are also more difficult to obtain due to export controls and restrictions. To be effective, an army actually needs a mix of both sophisticated and uncomplicated weapons. Gordon Rottman provides a detailed analysis, accompanied by photographs and full colour artwork, of perhaps one of the most important weapons to be developed in the 20th century.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Zenith Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610602679

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Viper Force by Anonim Pdf

The pilot of the F-16 Viper, which is the U.S. Air Force’s frontline fighter and attack aircraft, is at the pinnacle of combat aviation. Viper Force tells the story of what it takes to become an F-16 pilot and what it’s like to fly and fight the Viper in combat. Because the F-16 is a dual-purpose combat aircraft, its pilot must master two widely divergent disciplines: air-to-air flying against enemy fighters to maintain control of the air over the battle field and air-to-ground flying in support of ground forces, soldiers, and marines, in contact. The crucible for creation of the Viper pilot is the air force’s 56th Fighter Wing, the successor to World War II’s 56th Fighter Group, the legendary Zemke’s Wolpack, which also flew a fighter/attack aircraft, the P-47 Thunderbolt. Viper Force also provides an up-close and personal look at the F-16 Viper squadron at war with information on its missions, command and control in the air, and the crucially important but often overlooked maintenance and ordnance ground crew.