Topgun
An American Story
New York : Hachette Books, 2019.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xiv, 305 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
"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.
Contents:
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).
Subjects:
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.
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.
ISBN:
9780316416269 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Pedersen, Dan | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |