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At the height of the Cold War, America's most elite aviators bravely volunteered for a covert program aimed at eliminating an impossible new threat. Half never returned. All became legends. From New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton comes one of the most extraordinary untold stories of aviation history--based on unprecedented firsthand interviews with Wild Weasel veterans and previously unseen personal papers and declassified documents from both sides of the conflict, as well as Dan Hampton's own experience as a highly decorated F-16 Wild Weasel pilot.
Vietnam, 1965: On July 24 a USAF F-4 Phantom jet was suddenly blown from the sky by a mysterious and lethal weapon--a Soviet SA-2 surface-to-air missile (SAM), launched by Russian "advisors" to North Vietnam. Three days later, six F-105 Thunderchiefs were brought down trying to avenge the Phantom. More tragic losses followed, establishing the enemy's SAMs as the deadliest anti-aircraft threat in history and dramatically turning the tables of Cold War air superiority in favor of Soviet technology.
Stunned and desperately searching for answers, the Pentagon ordered a top secret program called Wild Weasel I to counter the SAM problem--fast. So it came to be that a small group of maverick fighter pilots and Electronic Warfare Officers volunteered to fly behind enemy lines and into the teeth of the threat. To most it seemed a suicide mission--but they beat the door down to join. Those who survived the 50 percent casualty rate would revolutionize warfare forever.Details
- Title The Hunter Killers
- Author Dan Hampton
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 464
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins
- Date 2016-06-07
- ISBN 9780062375124 / 0062375121
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.3 x 1.3 in (20.32 x 13.46 x 3.30 cm)
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- Aspects (Academic): Military & Society
- Chronological Period: 1960's
- Chronological Period: 1970's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
- Library of Congress subjects Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Campaigns, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Aerial operations,
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015007013
- Dewey Decimal Code 959.704
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