Thud Pilot: A Pilot’s Account of Early F-105 Combat in Vietnam

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Thud Pilot is the personal account of a combat fighter pilot who flew the Air Force’s premier fighter-bomber in essentially the most dangerous skies over North Vietnam. Within the first five years of the Vietnam War, the F-105 Thunderchief conducted 75 percent of the Air Force bombing missions over North Vietnam. Thud Pilot tells the tale of the courageous men who flew the F-105 from its earliest combat deployment in 1964, and on through 1966, the year of its heaviest losses. The writer’s more significant missions, including his ejection and rescue over North Vietnam are described in detail and are accompanied by map drawings depicting the mission routes from take-off to refueling orbits, the target, and return. The book is filled with a few ‘firsts’ Within the expanding air war over North Vietnam, including ‘Operation Spring High,’ the first counter Surface-to-Air-Missile (SAM) strike Within the history of aerial warfare. The personal viewpoint from years of combat experience reveals just how the political mismanagement and inane Rules of Engagement made them as much the hunted as they were the hunters. Thud Pilot goes beyond the battle air space and shares the emotional affect at the families left in the back of.
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