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Mil's Heavylift Heli Red Star #22
| Author: |
Yefim Gordon |
| Format: |
Paperback, 128pp |
| ISBN: |
1857802063 |
| Publisher: |
Specialty Press Publishers |
| Pub. Date: |
September 2005 |
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Product Description:
In the early 1950s a need arose in the Soviet Union for a heavy transport and assault helicopter capable of airlifting cargo weighing up to 6 tons (13,230 lbs) - primarily artillery systems. THe chief Soviet "helicopter maker" - OKB-329 headed by Mikhail L. Mil - took on this important task. The prototype of the V-6 (eventually redesignated Mi-6), which first flew in June 1957, was a much larger machine.
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US Army AH-1 Cobra Units in Vietnam (Combat Aircraft)
| Author: |
Jonathan Burnstein |
| Format: |
Paperback, 96pp |
| ISBN: |
1841766062 |
| Publisher: |
Osprey Publishing, Limited |
| Pub. Date: |
September 2003 |
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From the Publisher:
Bell’s AH-1 Cobra was the first dedicated helicopter gunship to reach frontline service anywhere in the world. Developed as a private venture by the manufacturer, and based on the mechanicals of the ubiquitous UH-1 Huey, the Cobra proved a huge success once issued to the US Army in the field in the autumn of 1967.
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Black Hawk (Enthusiast Color Series)
| Author: |
Steve F. Tomajczk |
| Format: |
Paperback, 96pp |
| ISBN: |
0760315914 |
| Publisher: |
MBI Publishing Company LLC |
| Pub. Date: |
August 2003 |
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From the Publisher:
In 1978, Sikorsky introduced the UH60 helicopter as a transport, medevac, special ops, escort, and reconnaissance platform to replace the UH-1 “Huey” that had become a legend in Vietnam. Nearly a quarter century hence, the “Black Hawk” remains the world’s premiere military helicopter.
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New Vanguard 87: Bell UH-1 Huey 'Slicks' 1962-75
| Author: |
Chris Bishop |
| Format: |
Paperback, 48pp |
| ISBN: |
1841766321 |
| Publisher: |
Osprey Publishing, Limited |
| Pub. Date: |
22 October 2003 |
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From the Publisher:
The US Army requirement for a light utility helicopter was formulated after the Korean War. Bell’s Model 204 design won a competition in 1955, and was given the military designation H-40, later renamed the UH-1 Iroquois.
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Tales of a Helicopter Pilot
| Author: |
Richard C. Kirkland |
| Format: |
Hardcover, 192pp. |
| ISBN: |
1560989521 |
| Publisher: |
Smithsonian Institution Press |
| Pub. Date: |
January 2002 |
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From the Publisher:
Richard Kirkland is legendary for his P-38 Lightning missions in the South Pacific theater during World War II. After the war, he realized the potential of Igor Sikorsky's new flying machine, and he traded in his fighter-pilot wings for rotors. The nerve-racking chopper missions he has flown are the stuff of legend.
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Friendly Fire
| Author: |
Scott A. Snook |
| Format: |
Hardcover, 280pp. |
| ISBN: |
0691005060 |
| Publisher: |
Princeton Uni. Press |
| Pub. Date: |
April 2000 |
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From the Publisher:
On April 14, 1994, two U.S. Air Force F-15 fighters accidentally shot down two U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopters over Northern Iraq, killing all twenty-six peacekeepers onboard. In response to this disaster the complete array of military and civilian investigative and judicial procedures ran their course. After almost two years of investigation with virtually unlimited resources, no culprit emerged, no bad guy showed himself, no smoking gun was found.
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Choppers: Thunder in the Sky
| Author: |
Robert Genat |
| Format: |
Hardcover, 120pp. |
| ISBN: |
1567996159 |
| Publisher: |
Friedman Fairfax |
| Pub. Date: |
May 1998 |
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Lock On No. 16 - Mi-24W Hind E Gunship
| Author: |
Francois Verlinden |
| Format: |
Paperback, 36pp. |
| ISBN: |
193060713X |
| Publisher: |
Verlinden Productions, Inc. |
| Pub. Date: |
June 1, 1992 |
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Paladin Zero Six: A Desert Storm Memoir
| Author: |
Rafael J. Garcia |
| Format: |
Paperback, 168pp. |
| ISBN: |
0899509797 |
| Publisher: |
McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers |
| Pub. Date: |
January 1994 |
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This patriotic memoir chronicles the experiences of Captain Rafael J. Garcia, Jr., who piloted an Apache helicopter on reconnaissance flights into Iraq, leading combat missions under the call sign "Paladin Zero Six." His battalion fired the first shots of the war, and he recounts his experiences in order to share with other military personnel what he learned about leadership during his ten-year military career |
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Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association
| Author: |
Turner Publishing Company Staff |
| Format: |
Hardcover 208pp. |
| ISBN: |
1563111438 |
| Publisher: |
Turner Publishing Company |
| Pub. Date: |
June 1995 |
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Air Commando: Inside The Air Force Special Operations Command
| Author: |
Philip D. Chinnery |
| Format: |
Paperback 367pp. |
| ISBN: |
0312958811 |
| Publisher: |
St. Martin's Paperbacks |
| Pub. Date: |
January 15, 1997 |
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From the Publisher:
They fly whatever the brass gives them. They land wherever the brass wants them. They have no fear. Slow and low into the teeth of enemy fire, quick and quiet into enemy-held territory, whatever it takes to get the job done, the USAF Air Commandos are the bravest flying men in the world. From the glider pilots who landed deep behind Japanese lines, to the gunship crews who hunted over the dark jungle of the Ho Chi Minh Trail, to Desert Storm's Special Operations choppers...all the daring rescues and last-minute landings are here, straight from the Air Commandos' own stories.
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H-34 Choctaw in action - Aircraft No. 146
| Author: |
Lennart Lundh |
| Format: |
Paperback 50pp. |
| ISBN: |
0897473191 |
| Publisher: |
Squadron Signal Publications |
| Pub. Date: |
October 1994 |
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Sikorsky H-34: An Illustrated History: (Schiffer Military/Aviation History)
| Author: |
Lennart Lundh |
| Format: |
Paperback, 160pp. |
| ISBN: |
0764305220 |
| Publisher: |
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. |
| Pub. Date: |
April 1998 |
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From the Publisher:
Originally designed in 1952 as an anti-submarine warfare platform for the U.S. Navy, almost two-thousand Sikorsky H-34s have served on every continent with the armed forces of twenty-five countries - from combat in Algeria, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and throughout southeast Asia, to saving flood victims, recovering astronauts, fighting fires, and carrying presidents, military H-34s have met every challenge handed them.
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Seawolves: First Choice
| Author: |
Daniel E. Kelly |
| Format: |
Paperback, 320pp. |
| ISBN: |
0804117675 |
| Publisher: |
Ballantine Books; 1st edition |
| Pub. Date: |
27 May 1998 |
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From the Publisher:
Created in 1967, the HAL-3 helicopter squadron—aka Seawolves—provided quick-reaction close air support to SEALs, PBR River Rats, and Special Forces advisers and their troops. During the five years of the unit's existence, the seven detachments of Seawolves amassed stunning statistics: 78,000 missions, 8,200 enemy kills, 8,700 sampans sunk, and 9,500 structures destroyed. These 200 men collected a total of 17,339 medals.
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Marines & Helicopters, 1962-1973
| Author: |
William R. Fails |
| Format: |
Paperback, 253pp. |
| ISBN: |
0788118188 |
| Publisher: |
Diane Publishing Company |
| Pub. Date: |
July 1995 |
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From the Publisher:
Traces the development of helicopters in the Marine Corps from 1962 to 1973. Portrays accurately the difficulties faced & the obstacles conquered by the men who developed helicopters in the Marine Corps. Over 100 figures, maps, photos, & tables.
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BONNIE-SUE: A Marine Corps Helicopter Squadron in Vietnam
| Author: |
Marion F. Sturkey |
| Format: |
Paperback, 509pp. |
| ISBN: |
0965081427 |
| Publisher: |
Heritage Press International |
| Pub. Date: |
15 June 1997 |
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From the Publisher:
Marine Corps helicopter crews found little glory waiting for them in faraway Vietnam. Instead, they became locked in a savage struggle with tenacious Sino-Soviet pawns. The author, a former Marine helicopter pilot, combines fascinating detail with grim realism. He uses After-Action-Reports, Unit Diaries, and hundreds of records from Marine Corps Archives to build the outline for this riveting chronology.
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H-60 Blackhawk in action - Aircraft No. 133
| Author: |
Paul Pickett |
| Format: |
Paperback 50pp. |
| ISBN: |
0897472950 |
| Publisher: |
Squadron Signal Publications |
| Pub. Date: |
March 1993 |
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No Place to Hide a Novel of the Vietnam War
| Author: |
Gerry Carroll |
| Format: |
Paperback, 448pp. |
| ISBN: |
0671865110 |
| Publisher: |
Pocket Books |
| Pub. Date: |
01 January 1997 |
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From the Publisher:
Carroll's Vietnam War trilogy comes to a dramatic and moving finale in No Place to Hide. In April 1975, a skeleton crew of American officers must evacuate remaining personnel from South Vietnam. Set against the background of Saigon's desperate last days, this extraordinary novel is a remarkable story of heroism, friendship, and sacrifice in the face of war.
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Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
| Author: |
Mark Bowden |
| Format: |
Hardcover, 386pp. |
| ISBN: |
0871137380 |
| Publisher: |
Grove/Atlantic, Inc. |
| Pub. Date: |
February 1999 |
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Your account of the events in Mogadishu on October 3, 1993 is an inspirational and evocative retelling of one of the most significant military operations of the past 10 years. Though there is heroism and professionalism aplenty, you also bring out the errors and missed opportunities that contributed to the unfortunate outcome of the mission. Both senior leaders and young soldiers can learn much from this compelling story....Black Hawk Down will occupy an honored place in my personal library.
—Henry H. Shelton, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff—
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