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Summary: One of the Better Ones
Review: "Fighter Wing" as you can expect, offers a guided tour of a composite air wing, an air force combat unit compromising squadrons of mixed aircraft. With the end of the cold war, USAF brought together the once separate Strategic Air Command with the fighters and support planes of Tactical Air Command, creating a new Air Combat Command with a flexible range of assets in terms of equipment and manpower. New units now include both bombers like the B-1b and F-111 as well as fighters like the F-16. Clancy goes further than that, also surveying the essential technologies of military aviation (vectored-thrust, low-bypass engines; radar absorbsent material; reduced radar cross-section; smartbombs; etc..) from the basics to the cutting edge. While anybody could have put this package togther, I doubt that they could have done as good a job as Clancy who never loses touch with the fact that he's not a fighter pilot or even any military material himself, and always knwos just how to get across to the reader. It's sort of like a textbook you don't mind reading. The survey concludes in a hypothetical airwar set in (or over) Viet Nam. (Guess who wins...)
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Summary: This is Your United States Air Force
Review: "Fighter Wing" as you can expect, offers a guided tour of a composite air wing, an air force combat unit compromising squadrons of mixed aircraft. With the end of the cold war, USAF brought together the once separate Strategic Air Command with the fighters and support planes of Tactical Air Command, creating a new Air Combat Command with a flexible range of assets in terms of equipment and manpower. New units now include both bombers like the B-1b and F-111 as well as fighters like the F-16. Clancy goes further than that, also surveying the essential technologies of military aviation (vectored-thrust, low-bypass engines; radar absorbsent material; reduced radar cross-section; smartbombs; etc..) from the basics to the cutting edge. While anybody could have put this package togther, I doubt that they could have done as good a job as Clancy who never loses touch with the fact that he's not a fighter pilot or even any military material himself, and always knwos just how to get across to the reader. It's sort of like a textbook you don't mind reading. The survey concludes in a hypothetical airwar set in (or over) Viet Nam. (Guess who wins...)
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Summary: The new United States Air Force
Review: After the end of the cold war the USAF, just like the other service's has had to endure budget cuts. forcing them to reorganize... This book explores that reorganization and the new formation that has evolved from it... The Composite Wing. It's strange that Clancy calls this book Fighter Wing, since the whole book is devoted to explaining this new concept, wherein the wing consists of one squadron each of F-15E's, F-15C's, F-16C/D Block 52's, B-1B's, and KC-135 tankers. Some parts of the book may be considered boring but it's still a good read
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Summary: Once again I couldnt put it down>
Review: As a Ssgt in the USAF and working in Transportation it is great to get the detail of what goes on on the flight line and in the air. And as Tom said in not so many words( DONT #@&% WITH THE USAF)
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Summary: Turn 'n' burn!!!!!!
Review: Fighter Wing is a must-have for anyone who is interested in aircraft, the Air Force or Tom Clancy. It has detailed descriptions of the world's premier aircraft including the F-15E, F-16C/D, and B-1B. Notably missing were the F-111 series, the B-52H and also the F-117 (that's where Fighter Wing's rating fell from a 10 to a 9). Fighter Wing also had extremely detailed narratives on the AMRAAM missile, and several other weapon systems. Sure as a Canadian I can't say I share any American pride or jingoism, but I don't mind it either. It almost makes me want to go for dual citizenship and join the USAF
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Summary: This is a great book.
Review: Fighter Wing is book on aircraft in the U.S. airforce and how the U.S.airforce works.It is a very good book if you want to learn about the U.S. airforce.required)
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Summary: KICK a**
Review: I don't have much to say. In short, this book is one of the most detailed and interesting air force books I have ever read while still being entertaining. I hope to some day be in the air force and this book gave me as much, and maybe more info than the entire drawer full of air force books I have. BUY THIS TODAY!!!
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Summary: An easy and fun to read technical analysis of a combat wing
Review: I found this book was extremely informative and easy to read. The volume of information about US aircraft and weaponry just coming into service contained in this book is amazing both in that it is easy to understand as well as highly technical (to a layperson). The only complaint a reader can have is that it appears very Jingoistic (All American equipment is best) but then maybe this is true and not just Jingoism. A number of technical details in the book I would have expected to have been classified.
A thoroughly enjoyable and informative read and one I have recommended to friends and bought for family.
Bruce C Gordon
Johannesburg
South Afric
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Summary: Not a Smooth Landing
Review: If you have read any of the other books in the series then you know what to expect with this one. The book follows the familiar format, it details out the machinery used, the troops, the division make up of the topic in the armed forces, a few interviews and it ends with some fictionalized short stories describing the expected types of encounters this area would face in the future. All in all a basic book on a fighter wing that gives you all the basics. The Clancy style of writing, lots of facts and plodding movement work well in this type of book given that you buy it to learn about the subject.
Overall it is a good effort and if you have been happy with the other books in the series you will enjoy this one. My only complaints were that there did not seam to be enough photos of the equipment for me. Sure they had all the main items, but I wanted a picture of every jet covered in the book. I also would have liked to have seen a comparison of the other counties main combat fighters - something he did with his Submarine and Aircraft Carrier books. I was also disappointed in that he did not cover all the Air Force equipment, missing were the A10 and B52 to name a few. And one last little complaint - what was with his ending every chapter with some junior high school type rah-rah cheer. We are talking about the military; do we need this type of comic book love-fest mentality?
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Summary: Good technical information, but...
Review: If you're looking for a book with good technical information on Air Force planes, weapons, and doctrine, Fighter Wing is great. Sometimes, though, Clancy's analyzation of certain things is odd and sometimes just wrong. This book may be good for those not familiar with the topics described, but by being familiar with them myself, I found little information to my value. Overall it was a good read and it kept me entertained for the most part... but it's not for experts.
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