Officers in Flight Suits : : The Story of American Air Force Fighter Pilots in the Korean War / / John Darrell Sherwood.
The United States Air Force fought as a truly independent service for the first time during the Korean War. Ruling the skies in many celebrated aerial battles, even against the advanced Soviet MiG-15, American fighter pilots reigned supreme. Yet they also destroyed virtually every major town and cit...
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Sherwood, John Darrell, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Officers in Flight Suits : The Story of American Air Force Fighter Pilots in the Korean War / John Darrell Sherwood. New York, NY : New York University Press, [1998] ©1998 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Photographs -- Tables and Maps -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. An Absence of Ring-Knockers: The Social Background and Education of Flight Suit Officers -- 3. Stick and Rudder University: Training and the Creation of the Flight Suit Officer -- 4. MiG Alley: Air-to-Air Combat in Korea -- 5. Headhunters and Fighting Cocks: The Fighter-Bomber in Korea -- 6. Thunderboxes and Sabre Dancers: Base Life and Recreation in the Korean War -- 7. Life after Korea -- 8. Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Air Interdiction in Korea: An Operational Overview -- Appendix 2. Korean Conflict Aerial Victory Credits -- Appendix 3. Far East Air Forces Table of Equipment and Sorties by Aircraft Type, 1952 -- Appendix 4. Tabulation of Sorties Flown by the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Allied Air Services in Korea -- Appendix 5. Air Force, Marine, and Allied Aircraft Losses in Korea -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The United States Air Force fought as a truly independent service for the first time during the Korean War. Ruling the skies in many celebrated aerial battles, even against the advanced Soviet MiG-15, American fighter pilots reigned supreme. Yet they also destroyed virtually every major town and city in North Korea, demolished its entire crop irrigation system and killed close to one million civilians. The self-confidence and willingness to take risks which defined the lives of these men became a trademark of the fighter pilot culture, what author John Darrell Sherwood here refers to as the flight suit attitude. In Officers in Flight Suits, John Darrell Sherwood takes a closer look at the flight suit officer's life by drawing on memoirs, diaries, letters, novels, unit records, and personal papers as well as interviews with over fifty veterans who served in the Air Force in Korea. Tracing their lives from their training to the flight suit culture they developed, the author demonstrates how their unique lifestyle affected their performance in battle and their attitudes toward others, particularly women, in their off-duty activities. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) Fighter pilots United States. Fighter planes United States History. Korean War, 1950-1953 Aerial operations, American. HISTORY / Military / Korean War. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 9783110716924 print 9780814780381 https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814788875.001.0001 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814788875 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814788875/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Photographs -- Tables and Maps -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. An Absence of Ring-Knockers: The Social Background and Education of Flight Suit Officers -- 3. Stick and Rudder University: Training and the Creation of the Flight Suit Officer -- 4. MiG Alley: Air-to-Air Combat in Korea -- 5. Headhunters and Fighting Cocks: The Fighter-Bomber in Korea -- 6. Thunderboxes and Sabre Dancers: Base Life and Recreation in the Korean War -- 7. Life after Korea -- 8. Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Air Interdiction in Korea: An Operational Overview -- Appendix 2. Korean Conflict Aerial Victory Credits -- Appendix 3. Far East Air Forces Table of Equipment and Sorties by Aircraft Type, 1952 -- Appendix 4. Tabulation of Sorties Flown by the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Allied Air Services in Korea -- Appendix 5. Air Force, Marine, and Allied Aircraft Losses in Korea -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Photographs -- Tables and Maps -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. An Absence of Ring-Knockers: The Social Background and Education of Flight Suit Officers -- 3. Stick and Rudder University: Training and the Creation of the Flight Suit Officer -- 4. MiG Alley: Air-to-Air Combat in Korea -- 5. Headhunters and Fighting Cocks: The Fighter-Bomber in Korea -- 6. Thunderboxes and Sabre Dancers: Base Life and Recreation in the Korean War -- 7. Life after Korea -- 8. Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Air Interdiction in Korea: An Operational Overview -- Appendix 2. Korean Conflict Aerial Victory Credits -- Appendix 3. Far East Air Forces Table of Equipment and Sorties by Aircraft Type, 1952 -- Appendix 4. Tabulation of Sorties Flown by the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Allied Air Services in Korea -- Appendix 5. Air Force, Marine, and Allied Aircraft Losses in Korea -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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