Describes the characteristics of the A-10 Warthog, recounts its role in the Persian Gulf War, and shares the impressions and experiences of Gulf War pilots

Warthog: Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War

History

Smallwood, William L.

Military

Brassey's

Taking readers into the cockpit of the U.S. Air Force's F-15E, the pilot-author of Warthog: Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War recounts the all-too-human experiences of war in the skies over Baghdad.

Strike Eagle: Flying the F-15E in the Gulf War

A valentine for one of the ugliest, albeit most lethally effective, warplanes ever built--as well as for the men who flew them during the Desert Storm campaign. Drawing on interviews with over one hundred A-10 pilots who served in the Persian Gulf during the 1990-91 hostilities, Smallwood (himself an aviator and Korean War vet) offers riveting perspectives on aerial combat. Setting the stage with an informative briefing on how, in the 70's, the Air Force developed the A-10 (a.k.a. ``Warthog'') as a means of supporting ground troops with massive firepower, he moves into anecdotal vignettes detailing the ways in which so-called ``hog drivers'' and their commanders whiled away the weary hours of the calm before the storm in Saudi Arabia's inhospitable clime. At the heart of his narrative, however, are vivid accounts of how A-10s accomplished their tank-busting missions and then some once the battle was joined. Tasked, among other objectives, to take out missile launchers and artillery emplacements far behind the front lines (assignments normally reserved for jet fighters), the slow-moving, heavily armed Warthogs were credited with over half the bomb damage inflicted on Iraqi forces and installations. Employing improvisational tactics, A-10s also flew reconnaissance and assisted in rescues of coalition pilots; they even scored air-to- air kills, downing a couple of enemy choppers. Indeed, the plane's ungainly Gatling-gun platform performed so well that pilots demanded their craft be redesignated ``RFOA-10'' (for ``reconnaissance/fighter/observation/attack''). 
"An absorbing tale of how a decidedly ugly duckling became a military hero of some consequence." â€”Kirkus Reviews

Potomac Books Inc.

A seventh-grade life science textbook emphasizing "environmental considerations" and integrating laboratory investigations with the text.

Life science (Challenges to science)

McGraw=Hill

A life science textbook emphasizing environmental considerations and ecosystems.

Life Science (Challenges to Science)

Science & Math

Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School

Review questions appear at strategic points throughout chapters on traditional biological subjects as well as topics of current concern and controversy

Biology

Silver Burdett Pr

Silver Burdett Science

Children's Books

Valentino

Mallinson, George G.

Mallinson, Jacqueline B.

Science, Nature & How It Works

The Air Force Academy candidate book: How to prepare, how to get in, how to survive

Beacon Books

Air Force Academy Candidate Book: How to Prepare, How to Get In, How to Survive

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Taking readers into the cockpit of the U.S. Air Force's F-15E, the pilot-author of Warthog: Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War recounts the all-too-human experiences of war in the skies over Baghdad.

Middle East

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