Into the wild blue yonder : my life in the Air Force / Allan T. Stein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stein, Allan T., 1924-

Series:

Centennial of flight series ; no. 13.

Centennial of flight series ; no. 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bomber pilots--United States--Biography.

Bomber pilots.

Air pilots, Military--United States--Biography.

Air pilots, Military.

United States. Air Force--Officers--Biography.

United States.

Stein, Allan T., 1924-.

Stein, Allan T.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 185 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A & M University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Allan T. Stein idolized his uncle, a pilot in the Great War. So in 1943, in the midst of the Second World War, he left Texas A & M University for Lackland Air Field to learn to fly. By the time he retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1969, Stein had flown everything from BT-13s and B-24s to B-52s and C-47s. During World War II, he flew missions over China and the Sea of Japan, and by V-J Day, he had participated in eight campaigns and logged 347 hours in combat. Stein later spent one year in Vietnam as operations officer for the 360 TEWS (Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron), which used refitted C-47s to monitor and locate Vietcong units. He ended his career as inspector general of the Civil Air Patrol." "Stein considers himself to have been an ordinary airman, not a hero. But he was also a seasoned pilot and a conscientious officer with a strong sense of right and wrong. After a young pilot he had certified died in an accident, Stein made it a practice to fail all but the best candidates. He was just as disgusted with the corruption he encountered in the Civil Air Patrol as he was with the tendentious reporters he met in Saigon's Hotel Caravelle." "Although he met his share of cowards and scoundrels, Stein loved to fly and he loved the air force. He was the sort of officer his superiors trusted not to make mistakes, but he was not the sort to rise to high rank. What he offers here is an account of a typical career as an air force officer, complete with its frustrations, moral dilemmas, and the occasional harrowing experience."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Contents:

Preface Realizing the Dream Pilot Training Combat Crew Training Combat World War II in Retrospect Training Command Reese Air Force Base Strategic Air Command and the Cold War Ramey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico Alternate Air Force Headquarters The Vietnamese War The Final Air Force Days Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-299-05294-0

1-60344-597-8

OCLC:

826659960