Guest sleepy Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 I'll report soon as to whether or not Hydro is off his rocker. Pollack and Friedman's From Beirut..., along with Walker Percy's Love in the Ruins, are on the way. The next round from Amazon might include Longitudes and Attitudes, but for now I thought that sounded too much like a Buffet tune. Percy has nothing to do with anything military or aviation, but I like his words, both fiction and non-fiction. One smart dead mofo, yo. EDIT: style and flair [ 07. June 2006, 14:31: Message edited by: sleepy ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aflyer Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Shack on "Flyboys" and "Once an Eagle". "One Bullet Away" by Nathaniel Fick is a good one about a Marine LT on the ground in Afghanistan and Iraq. It made me appreciate what the grunts go through on any given day (having not been there myself). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insubordinate & Churlish Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 My dad is a big fan on the C-130 and I would like to buy him a book about the Herk (history, missions, stories etc) for his birthday. Any good suggestions? Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucky60k Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 There are certainly newer books but "Mighty Hercules-The First Four Decades" by Lindsey Peacock has a lot of good pictures and good coverage of the Herk in the US and with other Air Forces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerkDerka Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 http://www.spectrumwd.com/c130/book/ HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest STLCFII Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 I read Trash-Hauler's Ball in about two days. I just couldn't put it down. It is a fictional story, but I heard it is fairly accurate. http://www.amazon.com/Trash-Haulers-Ball-T...6583102?ie=UTF8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MeowMix Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 What good Herk movies are out there? Or trash hauler movies for that fact? Saw this film in a window in Luxembourg this summer, downloaded it, pretty good, not many Herks though. :( http://www.cinemotions.com/modules/Films/f...rs-du-Ciel.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitman Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 It's not really an aviation book but there are tons of military references and a couple of flying ones. I just finished "Transfer of Power" by Vince Flynn in about 2 days. The book was full of action and I couldn't put it down. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. Flynn also writes a few others with the same main character. They all deal with the same theme of islamic terrorists and some sort of crisis. Transfer of Power had a lot about Seals, Delta, FBI, and a couple AFSOC references too. These are next on my Vince Flynn list: Term Limits The Third Option Separation of Power Executive Power Memorial Day Consent to Kill Also, "Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of Warfare" is a great read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest picaresquepilot Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 The Wild Blue - Ambrose Fate is the Hunter - Gann and the FAR/AIM, I just can't get enough of that book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilEagle Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 I'm a big Boyd fan, so I second whitman on "The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War" Also: "First Light" by Geoffrey Wellum RAF Spit pilot in WW2 -- awsome read "Fighter Boys" by Patrick Bishop Good overall coverage about the effect that the RAF (and Eagle squadrons) had on the Battle of Britain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Any of Tom "Bear" Wilson's trilogy starting with "Termite Hill", "Tango Uniform" and "Lucky's Bridge". Same with any of Mark Berent's novels. Both sets are historical novels set during Vietnam. Wilson's deal with the Thud and start of the Wild Weasel mission and Berent's deal mostly with Phantoms and some F-100 action. Jonesy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C17Driver Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Into the Mouth of the Cat; The Story of Lance Sijan, Hero of Vietnam by Malcolm McConnell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChkHandleDn Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 "The New Tigers" by Herbert Molloy Mason I'm surprised no one has mentioned this one yet considering it's about going through UPT (in the 60s and 70s). It's a very good read nevertheless. The New Tigers on Amazon [ 20. January 2007, 12:16: Message edited by: lagguer ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonystude Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Haven't seen it mentioned on here, but for a British WWII perspective, check out 'First Light' by Geoffrey Wellum -- goes through his experiences in pilot training at the very start of WWII, then the Battle of Britain and finally flying from Ta'Qali during the Siege of Malta... http://www.amazon.com/First-Light-Geoffrey...ie=UTF8&s=books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickhistory Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 FNG post to break the cherry. This seemed an innocuous way to do so: Concur on "Once an Eagle." My all time favorite read. Recent reads: "Roberts Ridge," mentioned previously, very well done. "Vulcan 607," RAF long-range bombing of Stanley Airport during Falklands War in 1982. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ghost Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 If your looking for the Vietnam flying book with a twist try Flying Through Midnight by John Halliday. It is a well written book about flying C-123s over Laos out of Thailand. I randomly picked it up recently and finished in one sitting. ghost [edit for spelling] [ 25. January 2007, 07:34: Message edited by: ghost ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M2 Posted January 25, 2007 Author Share Posted January 25, 2007 Robert Young Pelton's License To Kill on private military contractors is interesting, especially in light of the recent shootdown of a Blackwater helicopter and the execution of four of the people onboard. Cheers! M2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChkHandleDn Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 "Now They Call Me Infidel" by Nonie Darwish. Very eye opening book about Islam and the Middle Eastern culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marjackson82 Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 "I always wanted to fly" by Colonel Wolfgang W.E. Samuel was pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jimmy Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 "On Killing" by Lt. Col. Dave Grosman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marjackson82 Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 Do you guys order these books online? I wrote all of them down and went down to the local public library and they only had two of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitman Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Warthog: Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War was written by William Smallwood, the same guy who wrote Strike Eagle and is also pretty good. "2" I've been reading it for less than 2 days and I'm almost finished. I never knew how much the RFOA-10G could do in combat! Incredible. Seems like the author did a good job interviewing real pilots and making it very realistic but can any of the hog drivers vouch for this book? Anyway, it's a great read! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busdriver Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Read This Keep in mind it was written in 1989. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yerfer Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 (edited) War for the hell of it. Any one ever read this book? Its by Ed Cobleigh. He flew F4's in Vietnam. I'm about half way through it and can't put it down. Great reading. Tells a load of awesome stories about his experience and what it was like being a fighter pilot in Vietnam. Pretty informative. Anyone on their way to flying, or thats already flying, its worth the read. Edited May 17, 2007 by yerfer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhc257 Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Read This Keep in mind it was written in 1989. I stumbled across that paper about two weeks ago when I finished reading Coram's biography on Boyd. Man talk about Prescience! Now they've got a paper up about 5th generation warfare, but I haven't had time to read that one. I've got a list I put together a few months ago of all the recommended books on this thread. When I ever regain access to my computer, I'll post it so people can have it handy. I'll add Sun Tzu and Clausewitz to the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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