Warriors at 500 Knots by Robert F Kirk

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Soft Cover

202 pages

CONTENTS

Forewordxiii

Prefacexv

Duty, Honor, Countryxix

1. First In Country Flight1

2. A Milk Run23

3. Run to the Coast33

4. The Failed Run45

5. Hitting the Ground57

6. Escorting B-52s and North Vietnam69

7. Loss of a Friend81

8. Deadly Mission103

9. Hell at 500 Knots113

10. Hill Tops131

11. Jerry's Big Watch143

12. Vertigo, Not Home Yet153

13. Hung Bomb167

14. The Trip Home177

Epilogue199

The F-4 Phantom II Fighter-Bomber201

ON THE BACK COVER

I flew two tours of duty in the areas encompassed by this book; one in the F-4 aircraft, one as an 0-1 FAC. I found all events described in this book to be accurate and forcefully depicted just as I remember them. This book should be read by all who have an interest in the war in Southeast Asia. Robert Kirk has done us all a favor by telling it "Like it was," in a time of great national confusion.

Colonel Paul Fisher, Jr. USAF (Ret)

If you want to find out some facts about Vietnam or the war effort, then Google it. If you want to live a mission, feel the humid jungle air, or feel the bombs fall off the F-4D during a bomb run then Robert Kirk's book is for you. You will hear the talk between controllers and alert crews as they scramble to go to combat. You will feel the sweat run down your neck, a 5-G turn off a jungle target, and the impact of the loss of a friend.

Lt. Colonel Niles Bughman USAF (Ret)

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