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Topgun : an American story Cover Image Book Book

Topgun : an American story

Pedersen, Dan 1935- (author.).

Summary: "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.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780316416269
  • ISBN: 0316416266
  • ISBN: 9780316416276
  • Physical Description: print
    regular print
    xiv, 305 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Hachette Books, 2019.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Prologue. Palm Desert, California, 2018 -- 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) -- Topgun officers in charge and commanding officers.

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Subject: 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
HISTORY Military United States
Navy Fighter Weapons School (U.S.)
United States. Navy.
Vietnam War (1961-1975)
Armed Forces Officers
Fighter pilots
Fighter plane combat
Military operations, Aerial American
United States
Fighter pilots Biography
Fighter plane combat
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Aerial operations
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Genre: Biography.
Biography.
History.
Personal narratives -- American.
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.

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      Peachtree City Library 		358.435 PEDERSEN ( Send Text)
 31022009317956 ADULT Checked out
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      Peachtree City Library 		358.435 PEDERSEN ( Send Text)
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