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  • Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
  • Seitenzahl: 270
  • Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2021
  • Englisch
  • Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 20mm
  • Gewicht: 431g
  • ISBN-13: 9781098397333
  • ISBN-10: 1098397339
  • Artikelnr.: 62648482
Autorenporträt
Lt Colonel John E Norvell is a graduate of Hobart College, Geneva NY. He earned an M.A. from The Maxwell School at Syracuse University. He is a former Assistant Professor of American Social and Military History at the US Air Force Academy, retired Air Force Lt. Colonel, and decorated air combat veteran of the Vietnam War. He has over 1,000 hours in the F4 Phantom II and 400 as an Instructor Nav in other jet aircraft. Before his retirement, he served as the Executive Officer for the Historian of the United States Air Force in Washington, DC. After his retirement from the Air Force, he served as director of alumni relations at Hobart College. He has also written for various newspapers and history journals around the county. He is a member of The Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia The Company of Military Historians The Air Force Navigator Observer Association The F-4 Phantom II Society The Red River Valley " River Rats" Association The Order of the Daedalians. David Garbe has worked in video production for over 30 years. He is a aviation enthusiast, and particularly fond of the F-4 Phantom. His hobbies include photography, restoration projects, and airshows. He and his wife Wendy live in Upstate New York. He has restored F-4D 720 which he takes to airshows. Colonel C. Richard "Dick" Anderegg, was the Director, Air Force History and Museums Policies and Programs, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. Prior to assuming thist position, Mr. Anderegg was an air and space power strategist in Project Checkmate during the planning and execution of operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. He served as an active-duty Air Force officer for 30 years, during which he commanded an F-15 squadron, was twice a fighter group commander and twice a fighter wing vice commander. Mr. Anderegg was a former F-4 Fighter Weapons School instructor pilot and flew more than 3,700 hours in the F-4C/D/E/G and the F-15A/C/E, including 170 combat missions during the Vietnam War. Following his retirement from the Air Force at the rank of colonel, Mr. Anderegg wrote "The Ash Warriors," a history of the Mount Pinatubo eruptions and subsequent evacuation of Clark Air Base, and "Sierra Hotel," a history of the cultural changes that occurred in the U.S. Air Force fighter force during the decade after the Vietnam War.