Sierra Hotel: Flying Air Force Fighters in the Decade after Vietnam

by U.S. Office of Air Force History, U.S. Air Force, Office of Air Force History

Those old enough to remember the decade after Vietnam will recall those years as exciting but difficult ones to be a fighter pilot. Struggling to come to terms with poor performance by U.S. forces in Vietnam, we seemed to have thewrong jets, unreliable weapons, and inadequate training. On top of this we faced the specter of the next war coming in Europe against the Warsaw Pact, which outnumbered us two to one. We called the Soviet and Soviet-trained...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1508674000
• ISBN13: 9781508674009
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"