Voodoo Warriors : The Story of the Voodoo McDonnell Fast-Jets, Livre de poche par W... 2024

Product Name: Voodoo Warriors : The Story of the Voodoo McDonnell Fast-Jets, Livre de poche par W... 2024
ISBN：9781473837942 2024
Voodoo Warriors : The Story of the Voodoo McDonnell Fast-Jets, Paperback by Walpole, Nigel, ISBN 1473837944, ISBN-13 9781473837942, Brand New, Free shipping in the US

During the mid-1950s the United States Air Force was given its most powerful single-seat, two-engine fighter to date. The Voodoo would be deployed before the end of that decade in the tactical nuclear bomber and tactical reconnaissance roles worldwide, and in homeland defense with the two-seat, all-weather variant. In December 1957 it took the World Air Speed Record to Mach - over one and a half times faster than the sound book looks at the evolution of the original design and its introduction into service. Chapters cover operations in Korea, Vietnam, the Cuban Crisis and in Europe during the Cold War years. Many firsthand accounts from pilots are included and the authors own experiences with the aircraft are relayed with fascinating Voodoo was an elegant, mean-looking fighting machine that epitomized fast flying in the fifties and sixties. It continues to be a revered airplane..