num_pages: 120
description: Tail-End Charlie is a real life, non-ﬁction adventure about Navy combat action over the skies of North Vietnam. Told in the ﬁrst person, the reader feels as if he or she is in the cockpit of an F-4 Phantom II ﬁghter evading multiple surface-to-air missile attacks, dodging anti-aircraft-artillery shells, and landing on an aircraft carrier at night. Anyone who has ever dreamed? ef being a ﬁghter pilot will want to read these incredible stories of survival while ﬂying over the most heavily defended area in the entire world. You will also ride along with Navy Top Gun ﬁghter pilots as they launch heat seeking missiles against enemy ﬁghters, e deliver the first laser guided bombs and land on a pitching I carrier deck in the middle of a typhoon. Tail-End Charlie takes you behind the scenes to ﬁnd out what happens when America sends her first line of defense into enemy waters. The USS Midway also plays a predominant role in these stories giving readers a glimpse into the fascinating action behind every launch and recovery cycle on this proud ship. From the exhilarating catapult shot to heart-thumping arrested landings, You are there with the aircrews and ﬂight deck personnel as they survive the hazards of working on, what was at that time, the most dangerous piece of real estate in the world.
language: English
title: Tail-End Charlie: And Other Tales of Aerial Combat Over North Vietnam
titlecomplete: Tail-End Charlie: And Other Tales of Aerial Combat Over North Vietnam
ratings_count: 1
publisher: 1st Book Library