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Grumman F-14 Tomcat End of the Line - Not the Legend

Author : Lou Benoit
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Grumman F-14 Tomcat End of the Line - Not the Legend written by Lou Benoit and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-07-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grumman Corporation built 712 F-14 Tomcats, each bearing a story, along with the crews that flew them. The objective of this book was to locate the final disposition of all F-14s. The accounting covers those that crashed, which were scrapped, and those that remain as exhibits. Clearly learning the details and a few histories of several F-14s was, in a word, haunting. Others are the known and accepted consequences common to Naval Aviation and fighter aircraft operations. The highest honor was to document the F-14 crew members whose lives were lost in service to the United States Navy or with Grumman Aerospace. In remembrance of their service and sacrifice in the line of duty to the United States Navy, a respectfully compiled list of the 68 F-14 pilots and RIO's was necessary. Lastly, a short chapter covering the Iranian Tomcats is open for review. Unfortunately, Iran has not been forthcoming with the status and statistics of their Tomcats, and a qualified accounting may never be known. If you want to know where your favorite F-14 Tomcat resides, where to find one on exhibit, and a few surprises - it's in this book.

Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat

Author : Tom Cooper
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178200761X
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Iranian F-14 Tomcat Units in Combat written by Tom Cooper and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So formidable an opponent did the Iraqi airforce consider the F-14 that during the Iran-Iraq war, they ordered their pilots not to engage F-14s and the presence of one in an area was usually enough to empty it of Iraqi aircraft. Officially losses where tiny; only one F-14 was lost in aerial combat (to a MiG-21), one to a control problem and one downed by a ground-to-air missile. This book looks at the F-14's Iranian combat history and includes first hand accounts from the pilots themselves. It will consider key engagements and the central figures involved, illustrating the realities, successes and failures of the Iranian air campaign.

Tomcat Alley

Author : David F. Brown
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780764304774
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Tomcat Alley written by David F. Brown and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1998 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tomcat Alley contains over seven-hundred images depicting the venerable F-14 Tomcat, bureau number by bureau number. Each U.S. Navy Tomcat is traced from date of delivery through February 1998. After a brief introduction, informative captions provide details concerning every Tomcat model, modification, and the fate of each aircraft including those stricken due to operational accidents, retired to the bone-yard, or resting as gate guards at military installations around the country. The majority of Tomcats are shown in full-color with images displaying every paint scheme worn by the F-14, including many water-based schemes applied during various tactical exercises and deployments. Images also include every squadron commanders aircraft, nose art, tail colors, over 150 patches and insignia, bicentennial schemes, and Tomcats which participated in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Additionally, the Su-22, MiG-23, and Hi-8 killers are depicted along with movie star Tomcats from Final Countdown, Topgun, and Executive Decision.

Apache Tomcat 7 User Guide

Author : The Apache Software Foundation
Publisher : Fultus Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1596822716
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book Apache Tomcat 7 User Guide written by The Apache Software Foundation and published by Fultus Corporation. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apache Tomcat (or Jakarta Tomcat or simply Tomcat) is an open source servlet container developed by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). Tomcat implements the Java Servlet and the JavaServer Pages (JSP) specifications.

How Tomcat Works

Author : Budi Kurniawan
Publisher : Brainy Software
ISBN 13 : 9780975212806
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book How Tomcat Works written by Budi Kurniawan and published by Brainy Software. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on using Tomcat 4 and 5, covering such topics as developing Java web servers, containers, loaders, security, and configuration work.

Grumman Navy F-111B Swing Wing

Author : Tommy Thomason
Publisher : Ginter Books
ISBN 13 : 9780942612417
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book Grumman Navy F-111B Swing Wing written by Tommy Thomason and published by Ginter Books. This book was released on 1999-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1960, both the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy were developing requirements for new fighters. The Air Force was planning to replace the F-105 with a long-range, low-level supersonic, all-weather Tactical Strike Fighter to be operated from unpaved runways of 3,000 feet or less in length and capable to transatlantic ferry without refueling. The Navy needed an all-weather, carrier-based Fleet Defense Fighter with a big radar and six long-range air-to-air missiles. In 1961, these similar "Fighter" requirements were merged by the Secretary of Defense into one program, TFX, to save development costs and operating costs.

Persian Tomcats

Author : Mitchell Boling
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Persian Tomcats written by Mitchell Boling and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-06 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 2003, and the United States is in the midst of its invasion of Iraq. Watching from across the border, The Islamic Republic of Iran is very interested in the activity. The Iranians see an opportunity to seize control of Iraq from the Americans and quell a centuries-long border dispute. They intend to conquer Iraq once and for all, but first, they must force out the Americans. To do so, they begin gearing up their F-14 "Persian Tomcat" fighters with a new weapon. Using these fighters, purchased from the U.S. decades earlier, will Iran find success? Not if the USAF 55th Fighter Squadron "Shooters" has anything to say about it. A story about piloting and maintaining the F-16 Viper, we join First Lieutenant Victoria "Shirley" MacMillan as she completes the USAF F-16 "Basic" course, becoming a full-fledged "Viper Driver." She is assigned to the Shooters at Shaw Air Force Base, where she meets Staff Sergeant Christopher Gray, an aircraft maintainer in the 55th Aircraft Maintenance Unit. The two of them play key roles in the conflict to come, attempting to stop Iran's Persian Tomcats. Join the pilots and aircraft maintainers of the U.S. and Iran as they navigate the "choreographed chaos" of flight line operations. Additionally, follow along as the pilots of both countries experience the beauty, exhilaration, and dangers of flying high-performance jet fighters. While flying fighter jets is an exhilarating, dangerous profession, performing maintenance on them is difficult and sometimes overwhelming. Without the professionalism and dedication of the aircraft maintainers, the pilots would never be able to take to the skies. This story illustrates the special bonds that form between pilots and their maintainers, as one cannot perform their job without the other.

Flying beyond the stall

Author : Douglas A. Joyce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781626830196
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Flying beyond the stall written by Douglas A. Joyce and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability Demonstrator was unique among experimental aircraft. A joint effort of the United States and Germany, the X-31 was the only X-plane to be designed, manufactured, and flight tested as an international collaboration. It was also the only X-plane to support two separate test programs conducted years apart, one administered largely by NASA and the other by the U.S. Navy, as well as the first X-plane ever to perform at the Paris Air Show. Flying Beyond the Stall begins by describing the government agencies and private-sector industries involved in the X-31 program, the genesis of the supermaneuverability concept and its initial design breakthroughs, design and fabrication of two test airframes, preparation for the X-31's first flight, and the first flights of Ship #1 and Ship #2. Subsequent chapters discuss envelope expansion, handling qualities (especially at high angles of attack), and flight with vectored thrust. The book then turns to the program's move to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center and actual flight test data. Additional tasking, such as helmet-mounted display evaluations, handling quality studies, aerodynamic parameter estimation, and a "tailless" study are also discussed.The book describes how, in the aftermath of a disastrous accident with Ship #1 in 1995, Ship #2 was prepared for its outstanding participation in the Paris Air Show. The aircraft was then shipped back to Edwards AFB and put into storage until the late 1990s, when it was refurbished for participation in the U. S. Navy's VECTOR program. The book ends with a comprehensive discussion of lessons learned and includes an Appendix containing detailed information.

Top Gun

Author : Dwight Jon Zimmerman
Publisher : Motorbooks
ISBN 13 : 0760363544
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Top Gun written by Dwight Jon Zimmerman and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fly with the best in Top Gun: 50 Years of Naval Air Superiority—the definitive, highly illustrated, in-depth look at the Navy's famous fighter unit, including its history, technology, and culture. Top Gun: 50 Years of Naval Air Superiority begins with a fascinating behind-the-scenes account of the blockbuster film that helped America shake off the trauma of the Vietnam War and once again take pride in its military. The book then launches into the even more incredible story of why and how such men consistently capture the imagination of children, adults, pilots, and audiences around the world. Chapters spotlight pivotal military movies and television shows that presaged the movie Top Gun, including edge-of-the-seat vignettes and anecdotes of pilots and their lifestyles, the origin of the Navy’s fighter pilot program and its rigorous training, and how it inspired the Air Force’s counterpart, Red Flag. Other chapters highlight what it takes to be a pilot in other branches of the armed forces, and takes a look back in time at the most notorious (and feared) pilots of World War I and World War II from all around the globe. Fast forward to the jet age, when the first aces flew hair-raising missions over Korea and Vietnam, and learn how past and contemporary aerial dogfighting really works. The book also reveals the many technological advances that transformed aerial combat from the dangerous, unsynchronized machine guns that bounced bullets off propellers in World War I to today, where air-to-air missiles are launched by pilots who have no visual contact with an adversary, and finally illustrates how drones are adding a new dimension to the meaning of Top Gun. Finish with an in-depth look at Naval Station Fallon, one of the most modern and renowned American naval stations, located outside Fallon, Nevada. Top Gun: 50 Years of Naval Air Superiority concludes with a look at Top Gun 2, the highly anticipated sequel to one of the biggest action movies of all time and the one that made Tom Cruise a worldwide superstar. Featuring over 200 photos, new interviews and stories from aces, engineers, commanders, and more, and written by best-selling author and president of the Military Writers Society of America, Dwight Zimmerman, Top Gun: 50 Years of Naval Air Superiority is the must-have guide to the fastest, deadliest, most storied aerial combat squadron the world has ever known.

Red Eagles

Author : Steve Davies
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781846033780
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (337 download)

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Download or read book Red Eagles written by Steve Davies and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2008-09-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the late 1960s until the end of the Cold War, the United States Air Force acquired and flew Russian-made MiG jets, culminating in a secret squadron dedicated to exposing American fighter pilots to enemy technology and tactics. Red Eagles tells the story of this squadron from the first tests of MiGs following the Vietnam War when the USAF had been woefully under-prepared in aerial combat. These initial flights would develop into the "black" or classified program known internally as Constant Peg. At a secret air base in Nevada, ace American fighter pilots were presented with a range of differnet MiG jets with a simple remit: to expose "the threat" to as many of their brethern as possible. Maintaining and flying these "assets" without without spare parts or manuals was an almost impossible task, putting those flying the MiGs in mortal danger on every flight. Despite these challenges, in all more than 5,900 American aircrews would train against America's secret MiGs, giving them the eskills they needed to face the enemy in real combat situations. For the first time, this book tells the story of Constant Peg and the 4477th Red Eagles Squadron in the words of the men who made it possible.

Tomcat Rio

Author : Dave Baranek
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510748237
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Tomcat Rio written by Dave Baranek and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Topgun to Squadron Command You’re in the cockpit of the legendary F-14 Tomcat fighter, blazing along at twice the speed of sound seven miles above the ocean and the carrier that hurled you off its deck. You’re practicing dogfighting with “aggressors,” guys on your side flying F-16s. You’re patrolling the tense skies above Iraq, and with the push of a button you can launch the 100-mile Phoenix missile that can blow a foe to scrap before you even see him. You are an expert in fighter tactics and aircraft carrier operations, and it all leads to your command of an F-14 fighter squadron of more than three hundred people. Sounds like a week’s worth of daydreams, but it’s all real-life in the career of Dave “Bio” Baranek, and he shares it with you in the exciting, superbly crafted new book, Tomcat Rio. Dave – callsign “Bio” – pulled his readers into the exciting world of the F-14 and the Navy’s TOPGUN program with his popular books Topgun Days and Before Topgun Days. Now he’s back with the rest of the story, as he reaches the top level of expertise and proves it, not just in graded competitions but also where it counts, where you shoot at them and they shoot at you. Dave also shares the challenges he faced. A deadly foe called complacency. Learning a whole new mission late in his career. The unexpected trials that come with leading a squadron in the dynamic environment of Naval Aviation. This third volume is full of adventures, lessons, and inspiration. If you are a casual reader, you’ll turn the last page as a dedicated Tomcat fan. To make it all even more real, Tomcat Rio includes dozens of Bio’s best and most acclaimed photos. Photographer George Hall hailed one shot as “one of the best Tomcat photos ever taken.” In words and pictures, Bio immerses you in rich detail. He pipes you aboard as a member of an F-14 squadron. You share the camaraderie of Type A personalities. You plan risky missions, going toe-to-toe against America’s most volatile foes. You can almost smell the pungent jet exhaust, almost feel the gut-wrenching G’s of a dogfight, as Tomcat Rio pitches you into the thick of it as only Bio can tell it. Strap in! You’re going for one fantastic ride.

Topgun Days

Author : Dave Baranek
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1626369402
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Topgun Days written by Dave Baranek and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dave Baranek (callsign "Bio") was one of 451 young men to receive his Wings of Gold in 1980 as a naval flight officer. Four years later, seasoned by intense training and deployments in the tense confrontations of the cold war, he became the only one of that initial group to rise to become an instructor at the navy's elite Fighter Weapons School. As a Topgun instructor, Bio was responsible for teaching the navy's and Marine Corps's best fighter pilots how to be even better. He schooled them in the classroom and then went head-to-head with them in the skies. Then, in August 1985, Bio was assigned to combine his day-to-day flight duties with participation in a Pentagon-blessed project to film action footage for a major Hollywood movie focusing on the lives, loves, heartbreaks, and triumphs of young fighter pilots: Top Gun. Bio soon found himself riding in limousines to attend gala premieres, and being singled out by giggling teenagers and awed schoolboys who recognized the name "Topgun" on his T-shirts. The book ends with his reflections on his career as a skilled naval aviator and his enduring love of flight.

Zero Error Margin

Author : Des Barker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zero Error Margin written by Des Barker and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fighting Her Father's War

Author : Megan Maki
Publisher : Rose Hill Press
ISBN 13 : 9780692183892
Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (838 download)

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Download or read book Fighting Her Father's War written by Megan Maki and published by Rose Hill Press. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lieutenant Samantha "Spike" Hunt thought she knew what she was getting into when she transferred from flying radar planes into F-14 Tomcat fighters. But when her aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson, travels back in time to 1941, she must not only fight for her right to fly the world's best fighter plane, she must also fight in the opening air battles of World War II. She must fight her father's war.

Lions of the Sky

Author : Francesco Chierici
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781640620674
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Lions of the Sky written by Francesco Chierici and published by . This book was released on 2018-12 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tiny's voice screamed over the radio, "Fox-3! Smoke in the air. Tiny's still spiked, breaking left."Tiny fired a retaliatory shot and was turning for all he was worth in a desperate, last-ditch attempt to evade the incoming Chinese missile.Slammer jerked his trigger then pressed the mic switch, "Fox-3!" The AMRAAM left his plane with a surprisingly loud scream. A moment later the sky was latticed with smoke trails as Quick and Lips followed suit. He watched their missiles travel downrange with disbelief. The Rhinos were now too close to merging to take evasive maneuvers. Any turn away at this range would just put the Flankers on their tails.Committed to a head-on pass, he pulled his throttles to idle to reduce the infrared signature from his engines and held his breath, watching for any more missiles coming his way.Five missiles - four American and one Chinese - closed in on their prey with a combined closure rate of Mach 6, or 4,000 knots. Roughly one mile per second.It would be the longest six seconds of Slammer's life.

Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II

Author : Steve Davies
Publisher : Haynes Publishing UK
ISBN 13 : 9781785210815
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II written by Steve Davies and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2017-06-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dubbed 'Warthog' - or just 'Hog' - by those who fly and maintain it, the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is the world's undisputed close air support attack jet. As tough as it is ugly, it has built a fearsome reputation as a tank buster and infantry killer in conflicts around the globe, and its GAU-8 Avenger 30mm cannon strikes fear into the hearts of all unlucky enough to be on the wrong side of it.he A-10 was clutched from the jaws of retirement by the 1991 Gulf War. At the time of the conflict, the United States Air Force was making plans to shed it's A-10 fleet, citing obsolescence and redundancy. As the ensuing conflict showed, nothing could have been further from the truth, and no other airframe could have provided the US and Coalition commanders with the sort of forward air control, close air support, combat search and rescue, and tank busting capabilities that the Hog did. Since then the A-10 has delivered capabilities to battlefield commanders in the Balkans (1990s), Afghanistan (2001 onwards) and the second Gulf War (2003 onwards), and Libya (2011). A-10s have flown around 11 per cent of Operation Inherent Resolve sorties (striking IS targets in Iraq) since combat operations began in August 2014.

Do Joint Fighter Programs Save Money?

Author : Mark A. Lorell
Publisher : Rand Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780833079329
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (793 download)

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Download or read book Do Joint Fighter Programs Save Money? written by Mark A. Lorell and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These appendixes explain the methodology used in an analysis of whether multi-service joint aircraft acquisition programs actually save Life Cycle Cost.