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Book Synopsis Beneath the Wild Blue: The Story of an Air Force Family by : Marian McCarthy
Download or read book Beneath the Wild Blue: The Story of an Air Force Family written by Marian McCarthy and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of World War II, Francine
Book Synopsis Beneath The Wild Blue by : Marian Milner McCarthy
Download or read book Beneath The Wild Blue written by Marian Milner McCarthy and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-14 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of World War II, Fritzi and Joe Stoddard marry and fly off into the wild blue yonder, where he becomes a test pilot and Fritzi the quintessential Air Force Wife. Along the way, Fritzi gives birth to four children--two girls and two boys--while Joe moves up in rank and pays his dues as a pilot and officer. For a few short years, the Stoddards are a shiny, adventurous American Air Force family, living wherever Joe's career takes them and blooming wherever they are planted. When they are transferred to a base in Italy, the Stoddards revel in the opportunity to explore Europe together. During the fireworks of an Italian festival, tragedy strikes, plunging the family into a free-fall of denial and grief. How will they navigate a future none of them ever imagined? "McCarthy populates this often moving story with a cast of fully drawn, authentic characters, shifting the narrative perspective seamlessly to see the world through each of their eyes. Fritzi, in particular, is a captivatingly complex figure who's defiantly independent but also endearingly vulnerable...this novel offers an insightful look into the rigors of military life and some moments of powerful emotion." -- Kirkus Review "Beneath the Wild Blue provides us with a stunning portrait of a family of six under the constant stress that is such a key element of military life. Temporary assignments (TDY) can suddenly drop out of nowhere, requiring the family's service member to abandon his or her family without any notice, often for weeks at a time. The family is under so much stress that older children are routinely drafted as surrogate parents. The spouse of the service member is expected to accomplish the impossible, and if that doesn't happen, the resulting snafu is recorded on the member's 'efficiency report, ' the key document that leads to promotions, plum assignments and higher pay." - James Kenney
Book Synopsis The Wild Blue by : Col Walter J Boyne
Download or read book The Wild Blue written by Col Walter J Boyne and published by . This book was released on 1990-07-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wild Blue is a panoramic saga of 35 years of Air Force exploits--in battles, bedrooms and the skies. From the Berlin Airlift to Korea, Vietnam and the Middle East, four men of the Air Force do a dangerous job--for country, family, self--and sometimes just for the hell of it.
Book Synopsis Wild Blue Yonder by : Jack B. Rochester
Download or read book Wild Blue Yonder written by Jack B. Rochester and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-07-20 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 650 Vietnam War novels have been published, mostly dark tales from the war zone. In Wild Blue Yonder, Airman Nathaniel Hawthorne Flowers goes not to Vietnam but Germany, straight into a military Catch-22. His assignment: writing stories for the Stars and Stripes newspaper that will never see print. Nate's adventure deepens as he and his fellow troops try to understand why they're there, the military mindset, and the massive social disruption roiling 1960's America. Existential, psychedelic, funny, and laced with rock 'n' roll, Wild Blue Yonder is the story of Nate's quest for personal and spiritual values while trying to learn the meaning of family, friendship, and the love of the girl he left behind.
Book Synopsis The Wild Blue by : Stephen E. Ambrose
Download or read book The Wild Blue written by Stephen E. Ambrose and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-05-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the men chosen by the Army Air Forces to man the B-24 bombers which made a vital contribution to the Allied victory.
Book Synopsis The Wild Blue by : Col Walter J Boyne
Download or read book The Wild Blue written by Col Walter J Boyne and published by . This book was released on 1986-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweeping and filled with all the thrill and glamour of flight, The Wild Blue is a panoramic novel of the men, women, and machines that made the U.S. Air Force the elite and gutsy flying corps it is today.O.P materials for The Wild Blue (see Advance Notice, contents page).
Download or read book The Wild Blue written by Walter J. Boyne and published by Ivy Books. This book was released on 1987 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wild Blue is a panoramic saga of 35 years of Air Force exploits--in battles, bedrooms, and the skies. From the Berlin Airlift to Korea, Vietnam and the Middle East, four men of the Air Force do a dangerous job--for country, family, self--and sometimes for the hell of it.
Book Synopsis Beyond the Wild Blue by : Walter J. Boyne
Download or read book Beyond the Wild Blue written by Walter J. Boyne and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-06-26 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the most important leaders and the most courageous victories to the earliest machines of flight and the most advanced Stealth technology, Walter J. Boyne's Beyond the Wild Blue presents a fascinating look at 50 turbulent years of Air Force history. From the prop-driven armada of World War II to the most advanced Stealth weaponry, from pioneers like General Henry "Hap" Arnold to glorious conquests in the Gulf War, Beyond the Wild Blue is a high-flying study of the triumphs (and failures) of leadership and technology. In three new chapters, Walter Boyne covers an eventful ten years, including 9/11, the invasion of Afghanistan, and the second Gulf War, describing in detail the technological advancements that led to highly efficient airstrikes in Iraq. He also takes stock of the Air Force's doctrine and mission statements as this unique sector of the military grapples with an ever-changing world.
Download or read book Flight of Passage written by Rinker Buck and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writer Rinker Buck looks back more than 30 years to a summer when he and his brother, at ages 15 and 17 respectively, became the youngest duo to fly across America, from New Jersey to California. Having grown up in an aviation family, the two boys bought an old Piper Cub, restored it themselves, and set out on the grand journey. Buck is a great storyteller, and once you get airborne with the boys you find yourself absorbed in a story of adventure and family drama. And Flight of Passage is also an affecting look back to the summer of 1966, when the times seemed much less cynical and adventures much more enjoyable.
Download or read book Airman written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Air Force and Space Digest written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Man Who Painted the Universe by : Ron Legro
Download or read book The Man Who Painted the Universe written by Ron Legro and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young boy Frank Kovac Jr. fell deeply in love with stargazing, painting glow-in-the-dark constellations on his bedroom wall and inviting friends to an observatory he built in his Chicago backyard. As he reached adulthood, Kovac did not let go of his childhood dreams of reaching the stars. He began scheming to bring the universe home. While working at a paper mill as a young man, Kovac tirelessly built a 22-foot rotating globe planetarium in the woods. Despite failures and collapses, the amateur astronomer singlehandedly built a North Woods treasure, painting more than 5,000 glowing stars—dot by dot in glowing paints. Today, Kovac and his unique planetarium take visitors to the stars every day. The Man Who Painted the Universe: The Story of a Planetarium in the Heart of the North Woods introduces readers to the mild-mannered astronomy enthusiast whose creativity, ingenuity, fervor, and endurance realized a dream of galactic proportions. The story of this stargazer from Wisconsin’s North Woods so inspired two newspapermen, authors Ron Legro and Avi Lank, that they sought to document the story of the Kovac Planetarium for a new generation of stargazers and dreamers.
Book Synopsis Around the World with LBJ by : James U. Cross
Download or read book Around the World with LBJ written by James U. Cross and published by Univ of TX + ORM. This book was released on 2008-05-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “delightful, honest, and entertaining” memoir by an Air Force One pilot and member of Lyndon Johnson’s inner circle (Bill Moyers). When Lyndon Baines Johnson wanted to go somewhere, there was no stopping him. This dynamic president called for Air Force One as others summon a taxi—at a moment’s notice—whatever the hour or the weather. And the man who made sure that LBJ got his ride was General James U. Cross, the president’s hand-picked pilot, top military assistant, and personal confidant. In this book, he goes on the record for the first time, creating a fascinating, behind-the-scenes portrait of America’s complex, often contradictory, always larger-than-life thirty-sixth president. In addition to piloting Air Force One around the globe, he served the president in multiple capacities, including directing the Military Office in the White House; managing a secret two-million-dollar presidential emergency fund; supervising the presidential retreat at Camp David, the president’s entire transportation fleet, and the presidential bomb shelters; running the White House Mess; hiring White House social aides, including the president’s future son-in-law, Charles Robb; and writing condolence letters to the families of soldiers killed in Vietnam. This wide-ranging, around-the-clock access to President Johnson allowed Cross to witness events and share moments that add color and depth to our understanding of one of America’s most demanding and unpredictable presidents.
Download or read book Eagle in the Sky written by Wilbur Smith and published by Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An action-packed story of love, duty and destiny, by global sensation Wilbur Smith. 'A master storyteller' - Sunday Times 'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared' - The Times 'No one does adventure quite like Smith' - Daily Mirror The higher you fly, the harder you fall . . . From a young age it's clear that David Morgan is a 'bird', a natural pilot, most at home in the air. His family want him to take over the family business, but David is determined to follow his destiny, and joins the South African Air Force, where he is commended for his skills. When he meets Debra, a beautiful young Israeli writer, David once again feels the pull of destiny. He joins the Israeli Defence Force and finds himself caught up in the country's struggles. But when the war separates him from Debra, David feels his two destinies pulling him apart. Can he become the man he always dreamed of being, without losing the woman he's fighting for?
Book Synopsis Apollo's Warriors by : Michael E. Haas
Download or read book Apollo's Warriors written by Michael E. Haas and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998-05 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a fascinating insider's view of U.S.A.F. special operations, this volume brings to life the critical contributions these forces have made to the exercise of air & space power. Focusing in particular on the period between the Korean War & the Indochina wars of 1950-1979, the accounts of numerous missions are profusely illustrated with photos & maps. Includes a discussion of AF operations in Europe during WWII, as well as profiles of Air Commandos who performed above & beyond the call of duty. Reflects on the need for financial & political support for restoration of the forces. Bibliography. Extensive photos & maps. Charts & tables.
Book Synopsis So I Bought an Air Force by : W. W. Martin
Download or read book So I Bought an Air Force written by W. W. Martin and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2013 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicaraguan strongman General Anastasio Somoza is making room for the modern jets sent down by his Cold War ally, the United States. Will Martin, a 34-year-old civilian pilot, has just suffered the loss of his family business in Chicago and is looking to make a fresh start. So I Bought An Air Force is the wild but true tale of how Martin buys the Nicaraguan Air Force's fleet of P-51 Mustangs, F-47 Thunderbolts, and C-45 Expeditors and his struggles to get his planes back up to the U.S. With stunning color photographs from the author's personal archive, "So I Bought An Air Force" gives the reader a vivid look at the rough-and-tumble world of 1960s Latin America from the cockpit of some of the hottest American aircraft ever built.
Download or read book The Wild Blue written by Boyne W. Staff and published by Arrow. This book was released on 1987 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
