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Topgun : an American story  Cover Image Book Book

Topgun : an American story / Dan Pedersen.

Summary:

"The founder of the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons program, aka "TOPGUN," shares the untold story of how he and eight other young pilots revolutionized the art of aerial combat and created the center for excellence and incubator of leadership that thrives to this day."--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780316416269 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xiv, 305 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Hachette Books, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Admission price -- First tribe -- The Navy way -- Fight club -- Where are the carriers? -- The path to disillusionment -- Yankee Station education -- Starting Topgun -- The original bros -- Secrets of the tribe -- Proof of concept -- Topgun goes to war -- The last missing man -- The peace that never was -- End of the Third Temple -- Return with honor -- Topgun and the Tomcat -- Black shoes -- The best and the last -- One more goodbye -- Saving Topgun -- Will we have to lose a war again? (or, back to the future in an F-35).
Subject: Pedersen, Dan, 1935-
Navy Fighter Weapons School (U.S.) > Biography.
Navy Fighter Weapons School (U.S.) > History.
United States. Navy > Officers > Biography.
Fighter pilots > United States > Biography.
Fighter plane combat > United States > History.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Aerial operations, American.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Personal narratives, American.
Genre: Autobiographies.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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264 1. ‡aNew York : ‡bHachette Books, ‡c2019.
300 . ‡axiv, 305 pages : ‡billustrations (chiefly colour) ; ‡c24 cm
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50500. ‡tAdmission price -- ‡tFirst tribe -- ‡tThe Navy way -- ‡tFight club -- ‡tWhere are the carriers? -- ‡tThe path to disillusionment -- ‡tYankee Station education -- ‡tStarting Topgun -- ‡tThe original bros -- ‡tSecrets of the tribe -- ‡tProof of concept -- ‡tTopgun goes to war -- ‡tThe last missing man -- ‡tThe peace that never was -- ‡tEnd of the Third Temple -- ‡tReturn with honor -- ‡tTopgun and the Tomcat -- ‡tBlack shoes -- ‡tThe best and the last -- ‡tOne more goodbye -- ‡tSaving Topgun -- ‡tWill we have to lose a war again? ‡g(or, back to the future in an F-35).
520 . ‡a"The founder of the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons program, aka "TOPGUN," shares the untold story of how he and eight other young pilots revolutionized the art of aerial combat and created the center for excellence and incubator of leadership that thrives to this day."--Provided by publisher.
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