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" I always wanted to fly : "
Wolfgang W.E. Samuel ; with a foreword by Ken Hechler.
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BL
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992404
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b746774
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| Main Entry
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Samuel, Wolfgang W. E.
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I always wanted to fly : : America's Cold War airmen /\ Wolfgang W.E. Samuel ; with a foreword by Ken Hechler.
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| Publication Statement
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Jackson :: University Press of Mississippi,, ©2001.
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1 online resource (xix, 363 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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1282485199
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: 9781282485198
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: 9781604731354
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157806399X
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9781578063994
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Part 1: The Berlin Airlift, 1948; Part 2: Korea, 1950; Part 3: Strategic Reconnaissance; Part 4: Vietnam, 1965; The Magic of Flying: Concluding Thoughts; Glossary; Bibliography; Interviews, Letters, and Tapes; Index.
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Until now, no book has covered all of Cold War air combat in the words of the men who waged it. In I Always Wanted to Fly, retired United States Air Force Colonel Wolfgang W.E. Samuel has gathered first-person memories from heroes of the cockpits and airstrips. Battling in dogfights when jets were novelties, saving lives in grueling airlifts, or flying dangerous reconnaissance missions deep into Soviet and Chinese airspace, these flyers waged America's longest and most secretively conducted air war. Many of the pilots Samuel interviewed invoke the same sentiment when asked why they risked th.
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United States.-- Officers
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United States.
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Air pilots, Military-- United States, Biography.
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Cold War.
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Air pilots, Military.
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Armed Forces-- Officers.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Military.
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HISTORY-- Military-- Aviation.
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United States.
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358.4/0092B
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UG626.S26 2001eb
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