Flying the Line: An Air Force Pilot's Journey: Pilot Training, Vietnam, SAC, 1970-1979 - Hardcover

Lacklen, Jay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1626524734 ISBN 13: 9781626524736

Verlag: TWO HARBORS PR, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

Embarking on an insightful journey through the 1970s American military, Jay Lacklen takes you on an enthralling adventure from pilot training to his surreal, nightmarish B-52 bomb run during the Vietnam War. Bringing a fresh perspective to the era, Lacklen shows how the military draft diverted him from a prospective journalism career into an Air Force cockpit. He speaks to the reader as a writer trying to become a pilot rather than the other way around. Ensnaring you with accounts of bomb runs over Cambodia and several episodes of his aircraft on the verge of crashing, Lacklen delves into the darkest moments of a pilot's life with a writer's eye for detail and descriptive ability. Difficult subjects are faced head on, including encounters with hookers in Southeast Asia, a nuanced view of the North Vietnamese Army, and a surprising perspective on the Vietnam War protests including actress and activist Jane Fonda. This is a journey all students of the Vietnam War era should undertake.

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Jay Lacklen is a retired Air Force reserve Lt Col with 12,500 flying hours who teaches Air Force pilot training simulators at Columbus AFB, Mississippi. He flew in all major military actions from Vietnam to the 2003 Iraq War. Lacklen graduated in 1969 from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill with an American history degree and is married with four grown daughters and one grandchild.Author's Home: Columbus, MS

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: TWO HARBORS PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1626524734
• ISBN 13: 9781626524736
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304
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