Thud Ridge by Broughton, Jack - 1969-01-01

Bantam Books, 1985. Mass Market Paperback. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Baxter Press, 1996. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Baxter Press, 1996. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Baxter Press, 1996. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Baxter Press, 1996. Paperback. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Random House Publishing Group, 1985. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Bantam, 1985-09-01. Mass Market Paperback. Good.

Friendswood, TX and Houston, TX: Baxter Press and Imagination Transportation, Inc, 1996. First BP/ITI edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Mass market paperback. Very good. Pocket paperback, 286, [2] pages. Maps. Introduction by Hanson W. Baldwin. Jacksel Markham "Jack" Broughton (January 4, 1925 - October 24, 2014) was a career officer and fighter pilot in the United States Air Force. He retired in the rank of colonel on August 31, 1968, with 43 separate awards and decorations, including four Distinguished Flying Crosses, two Silver Stars and the highest Air Force service decoration for heroism, the presidentially-awarded Air Force Cross. Broughton avowed that his proudest accomplishment was being combat-qualified in every air force fighter from the P-47 to the F-106. He authored two personal memoirs of the Vietnam War that were highly critical of the direction of the air war there and the rules of engagement. Following his retirement from the Air Force in 1968, Broughton was… Read More

Bantam, September 1985. Paperback. Fair - Cash. More general surface and edge wear to the cover. The corners have been bumped. Some creasing and chipping to the cover. The spine is creased and tilted. Small edge tears along the back cover. Tears in the bottom corners of the spine. The bottom right corner of the spine has heavier wear with a bigger tear and some of the cover missing, which exposes the binding. Pages show reader wear and are beginning to yellow. There are several cracks in the spine throughout the book. The binding is still tight and pages are secure. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Lippincott, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book is clean with a square, tight binding and bright, white pages. Book has minor wear on the top and bottom of spine and previous owner's embossment stamp on half title page and written in pen name on the obverse side of the half title page. Dust jacket has minor wear on the edges, including 4 small (1/8") tears that are difficult to see in the scans. This is the story of a special breed of warrior, the fighter-bomber pilot; the story of valiant men who flew the rugged F-105 Thunderchief 'Thud' fighter-bomber over the hostile skies of North Vietnam. From the briefing rooms to the bombing runs, Colonel Jack Broughton recounts the tragedy and heartache, the high drama and flaming terror, the exhilaration and thrill of life on the edge. He relives the incredible feeling of high-speed, low-level sorties where SAM missiles, deadly flak, and enemy MiG fighters were all in a day's work. The bravery of the pilots and… Read More