MiG alley to Mu Ghia pass : memoirs of a Korean war ace / by Cecil G. Foster with David K. Vaughan ; foreword by Dolph Overton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foster, Cecil G., 1925-

Contributor:

Vaughan, David Kirk.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foster, Cecil G., 1925-.

Foster, Cecil G.

United States. Air Force.

Fighter pilots--United States--Biography.

Fighter pilots.

United States.

United States. Air Force--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 151 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2001]

Summary:

Cecil G. Foster was born in Midland County, Michigan, on August 30, 1925. He endured economic and emotional hardship during his youth, living in a poor environment, losing his mother before he was six, and being separated from his brothers, sisters, and father. He joined the Army Air Force in 1943 as a private at the height of the World War II buildup and retired in 1975 as a lieutenant colonel. During his 32 years with the Air Force, Foster served in several different capacities--pilot, celestial navigator, radar-navigator-bombardier, intercept director, and squadron commander. A major focus of this work is Fosters Air Force career in the Korean War where he was one of the highest-scoring aces of the air war. His record of nine MiGs destroyed places him twelfth on a list of 38 aces. Every one of the aircraft he destroyed was shot down in the area known as "MiG Alley, " a small section of airspace along th

Contents:

Chapter 1 My Early Days in Michigan 5

Chapter 2 World War II Training 11

Chapter 3 In the Post-War Air Force 17

Chapter 4 Checking Out in the F-86 "Saberjet" 24

Chapter 5 Initial Combat Experiences 29

Chapter 6 My First Combat Victories in Korea 34

Chapter 7 Squadron Life in Korea 44

Chapter 8 Almost an Ace 48

Chapter 9 Ace Status 54

Chapter 10 A Lull in the Action 62

Chapter 11 The Final Victories 66

Chapter 12 A San Antonio "Welcome Home" 73

Chapter 13 Flying F-86s at Perrin 77

Chapter 14 Intercept Pilot, Air Defense Command 83

Chapter 15 Life in North Africa 91

Chapter 16 Great Falls, Montana 97

Chapter 17 The Cuban Crisis 101

Chapter 18 From Great Falls to Germany 106

Chapter 19 The Route to Vietnam 112

Chapter 20 My First Combat in Vietnam 117

Chapter 21 Commander of the 390th Tactical Fighter Squadron 124

Chapter 22 Leaving Vietnam 131

Chapter 23 Into Retirement 139

Chapter 24 Looking Back 144

Military History of Cecil G. Foster 147.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0786409959

OCLC:

46791079