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America's Secret MiG Squadron : The Red Eagles of Project CONSTANT PEG by Gaillard R. Peck Jr. (2014, Trade Paperback)

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Publisher: Osprey Publishing. As a F-4 Phantom II piolot in Veitnam, Col. Gail Peck had been shocked by the technicalolgical abilities of the Soviet-built aircraft, and at the poor level of training available to US pilots to aid them in their battles with the Soviet MidGs in the skies over Veitnam.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-101472804848

ISBN-139781472804846

eBay Product ID (ePID)201673867

Product Key Features

Original LanguageEnglish

Book TitleAmerica's Secret Mig Squadron : the Red Eagles of Project Constant Peg

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited States / 20th Century, Military / United States, Military / Aviation

Publication Year2014

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorGaillard R. Peck Jr.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight18.2 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2015-300351

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"As one of the project's masterminds and its first commander, Peck delivers an account replete with first-person detail...The authenticity of Peck's narrative as well as the effectiveness of the project he helped conceive speak for themselves: During Operation Dessert Storm, American F-15 and F-16 pilots, many using tactics perfected during Constant Peg sorties, downed 40 Iraqi fighters, including numerous MiGs, without a single loss.." Air & Space/Smithsonian "...the fascinating history of the men who trained to fly and maintain covertly obtained MiGs, for thr first time providing an insider's perspective, personal anecdotes, and photographs, revealing how Colonel Peck battled bureaucracy and skepticism to ultimately establish the premier fighter pilot training center -- the real Top Gun." --Savannah Jones, www.sirereadalot.org "chapters pack in a history of the pilots, the missions, and the military concepts behind them, making this a fine survey of the little-known Red Eagles project recommended for any military holding." - The Midwest Book Review, "As one of the project's masterminds and its first commander, Peck delivers an account replete with first-person detail...The authenticity of Peck's narrative as well as the effectiveness of the project he helped conceive speak for themselves: During Operation Dessert Storm, American F-15 and F-16 pilots, many using tactics perfected during Constant Peg sorties, downed 40 Iraqi fighters, including numerous MiGs, without a single loss." -- Air & Space/Smithsonian "chapters pack in a history of the pilots, the missions, and the military concepts behind them, making this a fine survey of the little-known Red Eagles project recommended for any military holding." -- The Midwest Book Review "...the fascinating history of the men who trained to fly and maintain covertly obtained MiGs, for thr first time providing an insider's perspective, personal anecdotes, and photographs, revealing how Colonel Peck battled bureaucracy and skepticism to ultimately establish the premier fighter pilot training center -- the real Top Gun." -- Savannah Jones, www.sirereadalot.org

Dewey Decimal358.4/30973

Table Of ContentDedication /Acknowledgments /Foreword /Prologue /Introduction /Chapter 1: Why the need for a MiG training program? /Chapter 2: How was the MiG airfield created in record time? /Chapter 3: Who built the airfield, restored the MiGs, and then flew them? /Chapter 4: The aircraft we flew /Chapter 5: The challenges we faced /Chapter 6: Red Eagles' stories/ Chapter 7: Was there a reward for the USA? /Chapter 8: Life after MiGs - the Aggressors /Chapter 9: Closing Thoughts /Postscript /Appendix /Glossary of Acronyms and Terms /Index

SynopsisFor more than a decade at the height of the Cold War, the US Air Force operated a covert, top secret training program called CONSTANT PEG. In 2006 the program was eventually declassified and the incredible story of America's secret MiGs emerged. For the first time one of the original "Red Eagles" - Col. Gailliard Peck Jr - reveals what it was like to learn to pilot secretly obtained Soviet aircraft, enabling American pilots to train against the hardware they would have to face if the Cold War ever ran hot. America's Secret MiG Squadron is the story of a group of incredibly brave military pioneers who put their lives on the line to establish a training program that would prepare the US Air Force for a potential Cold War battle with Soviet aircraft. As a F-4 Phantom II piolot in Veitnam, Col. Gail Peck had been shocked by the technicalolgical abilities of the Soviet-built aircraft, and at the poor level of training available to US pilots to aid them in their battles with the Soviet MidGs in the skies over Veitnam. Working with the support of Gen. Hoyt S. Vendenberg, Jr and under conditions of extreme secrecy the CONSTANT PEG program was launched with Peck as the original Red Eagle. This is the fascinating history of the men who trained to fly and maintain covertly obtained MiGs, which for the first time provids an insiders persepective, personal anecdotes and photographs, revealing how Peck battled bureaucracy and skepticism to ultimately establish the premier fighter pilot training center - the real Top Gun., For more than a decade at the height of the Cold War, the US Air Force operated a covert, top secret training program called CONSTANT PEG. In 2006 the program was eventually declassified - and the incredible story of America's secret MiGs emerged. For the first time one of the original "Red Eagles" - Col. Gaillard Peck Jr - reveals what it was like to learn to pilot secretly obtained Soviet aircraft, enabling American pilots to train against the hardware they would have to face if the ColdWar ever went hot. America's Secret MiG Squadron is the fascinating history of the men who trained to fly and maintain covertly obtained MiGs, for the first time providing an insider's perspective, personal anecdotes, and photographs, revealing how Peck battled bureaucracy and scepticism to ultimately establish the premier fighter pilot training center - the real Top Gun.

LC Classification NumberUG1242.F5