From the carrier launch in total darkness to the gut-dropping rolls through enemy antiaircraft fire; Peter Hunt puts you in the pilot’s seat for the flight of your life. Moments after the first Gulf War began; attack pilot Pete Hunt was catapulted into the night sky from the deck of the USS Ranger. For the next six weeks; Hunt executed dozens of bombing missions into Kuwait and Iraq; including all-weather low-level attacks; A-6 Intruder missions so hazardous that they would never be flown in combat again. Whether Hunt was dropping laser-guided bombs on precision targets; supporting the Marines on the ground; or conducting attacks along the infamous “highway of death;†America’s mission was clear – to force the invading Iraqi army out of Kuwait. Operation Desert Storm - America’s first full-scale conflict since Vietnam - proved to the world that the U.S. military was still battle-ready after decades of Cold War and set the stage for military interventions for years to come. Hunt’s gripping depiction of A-6 Intruders in combat is a thought provoking account of what America asks of her military every day. This…Gulf War memoir is excellent; it really does put the reader in the cockpit...Peter Hunt’s enthusiastic account is one of the best of the type this reviewer has read in recent years. Peter Mersky; The Hook – Journal of Carrier Aviation Book Review; February 2003.
#5372937 in Books 2011-06-20 11.00 x .27 x 8.50l; #File Name: 1461133238116 pages
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