Hankins Michael W. Flying Camelot: The F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia 9781501760655

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Автор: Hankins Michael W.
Название: Flying Camelot: The F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia
ISBN: 9781501760655
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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История

Военная история

Военные действия и оборона

Военно-воздушные силы и военные действия

Воздушные судна: общезначимые вопросы

ISBN-10: 1501760653
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 280
Вес: 0.50 кг.
Дата издания: 15.12.2021
Серия: Battlegrounds: cornell studies in military history
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 25 b&w halftones - 25 halftones, black and white
Размер: 23.37 x 20.32 x 3.30 cm
Ключевые слова: Air forces & warfare,Aircraft: general interest,History,Military history,Warfare & defence, HISTORY / Military / Aviation,POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International),TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / History
Подзаголовок: The f-15, the f-16, and the weaponization of fighter pilot nostalgia
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Поставляется из: Англии
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Flying Camelot brings us back to the post-Vietnam era, when the US Air Force launched two new, state-of-the art fighter aircraft: the F-15 Eagle and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. It was an era when debates about aircraft superiority went public—and these were not uncontested discussions. Michael W. Hankins delves deep into the fighter pilot culture that gave rise to both designs, showing how a small but vocal group of pilots, engineers, and analysts in the Department of Defense weaponized their own culture to affect technological development and larger political change.

The design and advancement of the F-15 and F-16 reflected this groups nostalgic desire to recapture the best of World War I air combat. Known as the Fighter Mafia, and later growing into the media savvy political powerhouse Reform Movement, it believed that American weapons systems were too complicated and expensive, and thus vulnerable. The groups leader was Colonel John Boyd, a contentious former fighter pilot heralded as a messianic figure by many in its ranks. He and his group advocated for a shift in focus from the multi-role interceptors the Air Force had designed in the early Cold War towards specialized air-to-air combat dogfighters. Their influence stretched beyond design and into larger politicized debates about US national security, debates that still resonate today.

A biography of fighter pilot culture and the nostalgia that drove decision-making, Flying Camelot deftly engages both popular culture and archives to animate the movement that shook the foundations of the Pentagon and Congress.

Дополнительное описание:

Introduction
1. The Fighter Pilot with a Thousand Faces
2. You Can Tell a Fighter Pilot (But You Can't Tell Him Much)"
3. What We Mean When We Say "Fighter"
4. "The Right Fighter"
5. "The Lord's Work"
6. Writing Heresy
7. "Zealots

Flying Camelot: The F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia, Hankins Michael W.