The Air Force Way of War: U.S. Tactics and Training After Vietnam by Laslie, Brian D.

The Air Force Way of War: U.S. Tactics and Training After Vietnam (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780813160597)

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The Air Force Way of War: U.S. Tactics and Training After Vietnam by Laslie, Brian D.

The Air Force Way of War: U.S. Tactics and Training After Vietnam

$40.00
The Air Force Way of War: U.S. Tactics and Training After Vietnam by Laslie, Brian D.

The Air Force Way of War: U.S. Tactics and Training After Vietnam

$40.00
Format: Hardcover
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On December 18, 1972, more than one hundred U.S. B-52 bombers flew over North Vietnam to initiate Operation Linebacker II. During the next eleven days, sixteen of these planes were shot down and another four suffered heavy damage. These losses soon proved so devastating that Strategic Air Command was ordered to halt the bombing. The U.S. Air Force's poor performance in this and other operations during Vietnam was partly due to the fact that they had trained their pilots according to methods devi

Author: Brian D. Laslie
ISBN-10: 0813160596
ISBN-13: 9780813160597
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 06/05/2015
Pages: 260
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d
By Brian D. Laslie
By Brian D. Laslie
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Brian D. Laslie is deputy command historian at the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) as well as an Adjunct Professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy.

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