Michael W. Hankins

Flying Camelot

The F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia

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Produktbeschreibung

"A study of the influence of fighter pilot culture and the technological development of the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft and the ensuing debates surrounding national defense strategy in the 1970s and 1980s"--

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Produktdetails

• Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies in Military History
• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 159mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781501760655
• ISBN-10: 1501760653
• Artikelnr.: 62072218

Autorenporträt

Michael W. Hankins is the Curator of US Air Force History at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Follow him on X @Hankenstien.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The Fighter Pilot with a Thousand Faces
2. You Can Tell a Fighter Pilot (But You Can't Tell Him Much)"
3. What We Mean When We Say "Fighter"
4. "The Right Fighter"
5. "The Lord's Work"
6. Writing Heresy
7. "Zealots of the Classic Variety"
8. Kicking Vietnam Syndrome
Conclusion