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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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1998] ©1998 |
| Year of Publication: | 1998 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- 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