The NimrodsAuthorHouse, 24.09.2007 - 248 Seiten The Nimrods is an important new book for two reasons. First, it is an accurate true-life story, told by an A-26 navigator/co-pilot who flew 182 combat missions in the Vietnam War, about a magnificent band of A-26 pilots and navigator/co-pilots who flew--from 1966 to 1969--countless high-intensity nighttime dive-bombing missions in “The Secret War in Laos” (Steel Tiger, Barrel Roll and along the Ho Chi Minh Trail). To illustrate the intensity of the dive-bombing missions in the Vietnam War, the writer describes, in detail, more than twenty separate unforgettable missions—and more importantly—the personalities and psychological reactions of all of the unforgettable characters who were a part of the 609th Special Operations Squadron. Second, the book is highly relevant to the current Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Global War on Terror, because it addresses the lessons learned in the Vietnam War (and World War II and the Korean War) and advocates that Americans and their allies apply those lessons learned to terrorism and renewed threats of nuclear war from tyrants and terrorists around the world. This is a book whose time has come. The views of our military veterans and their families who have endured the life-threatening and life-changing experiences of combat are made known to the American public and our allies. Recommendations from The Iraq Study Group Report, and President Bush’s new Iraq strategy, are reviewed and analyzed. The book articulates a new way forward and a new vision that can be embraced by the entire world, and contrasts the vision of America and its allies with the vision of Osama bin Laden and the radical Islamic terrorists who threaten the security of the entire world. |
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... 26 Memorial Appendix B: Nimrod History Document Appendix C: Nimrod Photographs Appendix D: Family Photographs Operation Final Flight ................................................................. ..................................
... flight operations in support of U.S. Marines and U.S. Army combat units operating in South Vietnam, and in support of Royal Laotian and Hmong combat units opposing NVN and Pathet Lao (communist) forces in Laos. Nimrod A-26 combat crews ...
... panel was revised and dual flight controls were provided in the cockpit. The top and sides of each aircraft was painted in a dark green jungle camouflage pattern, and the bottom of each aircraft was painted black. The 10 Roger D Graham.
... flight controls, and the throttle, RPM and mixture controls were positioned between the pilot and co-pilot seats. Officially, I held navigator, bombardier, and parachutist ratings. Unofficially, the A-26 pilots we 12 Roger D Graham.
... flight standards ) . It was a strange time for Air Force crews and their families . My wife , Dianne , and I were married in 1963 and our only daughter at the time , Kimberly , was only two years old . Dianne and I had expected to be at ...
Inhalt
Lasting Impressions | 95 |
Lessons Learned Current Global War on Terror | 109 |
The Need for a New Vision that can be Embraced by the Entire World | 135 |
The Continuing Threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction WMD | 145 |
Conclusion | 149 |
APPENDICES | 165 |
AB26 Memorial | 167 |
Nimrod History Document | 171 |
Unforgettable Nimrods and A26 Combat Missions Part I | 33 |
The Joy of Meeting Dianne in Hawaii | 71 |
The Psychology of Returning to the War | 75 |
Unforgettable Nimrods and A26 Combat Missions Part II | 77 |
The Joy of Returning to the Family | 91 |
Nimrod Photographs | 203 |
Family Photographs | 223 |
Operation Final Flight | 229 |
Back Cover | 237 |