Scream of Eagles

Robert K. Wilcox: Scream of Eagles In the darkest days of the Vietnam War, when the U.S. Navy kill ratio dropped to a deadly 2:1, battle-hardened fighter pilots formed the Fighter Weapons School known as Top Gun. Requisitioning Soviet MiG-17s and MiG-21s for brutally realistic dogfights, the Top Gun instructors dueled each other and their students to achieve an extraordinary new level of fighting expertise. The training paid off in the Vietnam skies. Locking on to enemy aircraft with radar guided weapons systems, executing screaming vertical climbs and multiple G-force turns, the Top Gun pilots drove the Navy's kill ratio up to an astounding 12:1 - and decisively won the air war. Filled with the pilots' first-person accounts, Scream of Eagles takes us inside the cockpit in a narrative more gripping than any fiction. Here is the dramatic true story that inspired the movie Top Gun - and assured the most spectacular air victories in modern warfare. Webmaster's Notes:   More Information:   Home Latest Topic | Air Warfare | Conferences/Air Shows | Fighter Tactics | Fighter Aircraft | Missiles | Fighter Aviation Topic | Fighter History | Warbirds | Magazines | Current News | Links | Physiology | Photo Gallery | Bibliography | SIIVET - Wings | What's New J Lindberg. Copyright © 1997-2006 Fighter Tactics Academy. All rights reserved. Revised: tammikuu 04, 2006.