Title: Officers in flight suits
Subtitle: the story of American Air Force fighter pilots in the Korean War
First published: 1996
Description: The United States Air Force fought as a truly independent service for the first time during the Korean War. As a result, the fighter pilots reigned supreme. Korea, then, is the perfect laboratory for studying the culture of fighter pilots, a culture based on self-confidence and risk-taking, one which has promoted what John Darrell Sherwood calls "flight suit attitude.".

In Officers in Flight Suits, Sherwood explores the flight suit officer's life, drawing on memoirs, diaries, letters, novels, unit records, and personal papers as well as interviews with over fifty veterans who served in the Air Force in Korea. The book provides an illuminating portrait of fighter pilot culture, demonstrating how this culture affected their performance in battle and their attitudes toward others, particularly women, in their off-duty activities.
Subjects: History, United States. Air Force, Fighter planes, United States, American Aerial operations, Fighter pilots, Korean War, 1950-1953, Korean war, 1950-1953, aerial operations, United states, armed forces, officers, United states, air force, Military, Korean War, Aerial Military operations, American
Places: United States
LC classification: DS920.2.U5 S53 1996