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"Airpower is credited with success in Afghanistan, Desert Storm, and Serbia, but in Vietnam all of America's aerial might could not defeat a vastly outnumbered Third World force on bicycles. With a panoramic sweep and shocking frankness unrivaled in the current literature, Ken Werrell, one of today's most experienced airpower historians, reveals the true extent of the technological evolution that fueled this transformation. Chasing the Silver Bullet traces in unprecedented detail the evolution of the Air Force's entire inventory since the Korean War, from the ill-fated F-105 fighter-bomber to…
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2 editions- Hardcover · English · 2003Smithsonian · 346 pages · 9781588341167
- Other · English · 2014Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press · 9781935623564
Military AirplanesArmamentPrecision guided munitionsMilitary AeronauticsResearchHistoryAirplanes, militaryAeronautics, military