Officers in flight suits : the story of American Air Force fighter pilots in the Korean War /
The United States Air Force fought as a truly independent service for the first time during the Korean War. As a result, the fighter pilots reigned supreme. In Korea, American air power was challenged by the most advanced fighter of the time -- the Soviet MiG-15 -- and ruled the skies in many celebr...
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New York :
New York University Press,
[1996], ©1996
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- An absence of ring-knockers : the social background and education of flight suit officers
- Stick and rudder university : training and the creation of the flight suit officer
- MiG alley : air-to- air combat in Korea
- Headhunters and fighting cocks : the fighter-bomber in Korea
- Thunderboxes and sabre dancers : base life and recreation in the Korean War
- Life after Korea
- Epilogue
- Introduction
- An absence of ring-knockers : the social background and education of flight suit officers
- Stick and rudder university : training and the creation of the flight suit officer
- MiG alley : air-to-air combat in Korea
- Headhunters and fighting cocks : the fighter-bomber in Korea
- Thunderboxes and sabre dancers : base life and recreation in the Korean War
- Life after Korea
- Epilogue