Vipers in the Storm: Diary of a Gulf War Fighter Pilot (Aviation Week Book) - Hardcover

Rosenkranz, Keith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071346708 ISBN 13: 9780071346702

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US, 1999

Synopsis

F-16 fighter aircraft are known officially by the name Falcon. The pilots who fly them call them Vipers. This is a firsthand account of 30 combat missions in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. It is a detailed and accurate documentation of aerial warfare during the Gulf War.

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Review:

"Rosenkranz deftly tells of his own mixed feelings about possible combat...offers a near-epic account of the flight of his unit...describes with insight and clarity the feelings of the men who have been trained to fight a war but have never done so...a vivid picture of an airman's service in the last gulf war."

From the Back Cover:

THE INSIDE STORY OF THE DESERT STORM AERIAL WARFARE, TOLD BY ONE OF ITS HEROES

During Operation Desert Storm, the author piloted his F-16 in 30 combat missions, from the bombing of Iraq's nuclear research facility to attacks on the notorious "Highway of Death." In Vipers in the Storm, he recounts these experiences in searing "you-are-there" detail, giving readers one of the most riveting depictions ever written of man and machine at war.

Vipers in the Storm accurately reflects the decisive role that the United States Air Force played in defeating Saddam Hussein's military and liberating Kuwait. It is a superb account of modern air warfare. Most of all, it is a reminder of how enormously fortunate we are that there are young Americans like Keith Rosenkranz able and willing to defend the nation.
-- from the Foreword by Vice President Dick Cheney

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0071346708
• ISBN 13: 9780071346702
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 325