BOOK - SCREAM OF EAGLES (ACCOUNT OF TOP GUN FIGHTER PILOTS (BOX44)

 COURTESY OF GIBSONS TACTICAL TAVERN                                                                       MILITARY SURPLUS LISTING INDIVIDUALLY PICTURED

ISBN 0-671-74566-2

COPYRIGHT: 1990 BY ROBERT K. WILCOX

COVER PHOTO COPYRIGHT: GEORGE HALL/CHECK SIX

PUBLISHED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH JOHN WILEY AND SONS, INC.

FIRST POCKET BOOK S PRINTING JANUARY 1992

POCKET BOOKS (A DIVISION OF SIMON & SCHUSTER INC. 1230 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NY 10020) 

SCREAM OF EAGLES: THE DRAMATIC ACCOUNT OF THE U.S. NAVY'S TOP GUN FIGHTER PILOTS: HOW THEY TOOK BACK THE SKIES OVER VIETNAM

                   THE MEN OF THE AIR WAR TRAINED TO FIGHT, TRAINED TO WIN,                                                                          THEY'RE TOP GUN PILOTS

 DAN PEDERSEN: WITH MOVIE STAR LOOKS AND A JOHN WAYNE VOICE THE AVIATOR HAD LEARNED A PILOT MUST PUSH HIMSEL AND WEAPONS SYSTEMS AS FAR AS THEY CAN GO. HE USED HIS EXPERIENCE AND CHARISMA TO MAKE TOP GUN A REALITY.

CAPTAIN FRANK AULT: THE SKIPPER OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER CORAL SEA KNEW THAT THE NORTH VIETNAMESE WERE WINNING THE AIR WAR IN 1966-67. AND HE TOLD WASHINGTON THAT SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE.

ROBERT WILCOX HAS CAPTURED THE REAL NAVY.....HAD ME IN STITCHES AND NEAR TEARS ALMOSST AT THE SAME TIME....IF I WERE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, SCREAM OF DEFENSE WOULD BE REQUIRED READING FOR EVERY MILITARY AVIATOR.

FOSTER S. TEAGUE: A TWO-FISTED, ACTION-ORIENTED FIGHTER PILOT WHO ONCE PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR "BEAR" BRYANT. A CAREER NAVAL OFFICER, HIS MISSION NOW WAS TO PRY SOME RUSSIAN MIGS AWAY FROM THE AIR FORCE--AND BRING TO TOP GUN.

JIM FOSTER--TEAGUE'S BOSS, A FORMER F-8 CRUSADER COMMANDER, TOOK HIS FIRST FLIGHT IN A FIG-17 AND KNEW FROM THE BEGINNING THAT " THE FINESE IN THEIR AIRPLANES WAS YEARS AHEAD OF OURS."

RANDY CUNNINGHAM: HIS FELLOW PILOTS CALLED HIM "BULL IN A CHINA SHOP." BUT HARD WORK AND DARING GOT HIM INTO TOP GUN. WHEN HE RETURNED TO VIETNAM HE WAS A "MAN ON A MISSION".......AND A KILLER IN THE SKIES.

PETE PETTIGREW:  THE FORMER TOP GUN INSTRUCTOR HAD HONED HIS SKILLS AGAINST TOP GUN'S BEST. IN VIETNAM, HE FOUND HIMSELF IN A HORRIBLE DOGFIGHT---MAKING A KILL SO CLOSE THAT HE HAD TO ROLL HIS PHANTOM TO MISS THE DEBRIS.