Flying Camelot: The F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia

by Michael W. Hankins

Flying Camelot brings us back to the post-Vietnam era, when the US Air Force launched two new, state-of-the art fighter aircraft: the F-15 Eagle and the F-16 Fighting Falcon.

It was an era when debates about aircraft superiority went public--and these were not uncontested discussions. Michael W. Hankins delves deep into the fighter pilot culture that gave rise to both designs, showing how a small but vocal group of pilots,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501760653
• ISBN13: 9781501760655
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.0" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up