1 option
Topgun : an American story / Dan Pedersen.
Van Pelt Library UG626.2.P43 A3 2019
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pedersen, Dan, 1935- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pedersen, Dan, 1935-.
- Pedersen, Dan.
- Navy Fighter Weapons School (U.S.)--Biography.
- Navy Fighter Weapons School (U.S.).
- Navy Fighter Weapons School (U.S.)--History.
- United States. Navy--Officers--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Navy.
- Fighter pilots--United States--Biography.
- Fighter pilots.
- Fighter plane combat.
- History.
- Fighter plane combat--United States--History.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations, American.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives.
- Armed Forces--Officers.
- Military operations, Aerial--American.
- Local Subjects:
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Personal narratives -- American.
- Nonfiction.
- Autobiographies.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 305 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Top gun
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Hachette Books, 2019.
- Summary:
- "The founder of the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons program, aka "TOPGUN," shares the untold story of how he and eight other young pilots revolutionized the art of aerial combat and created the center for excellence and incubator of leadership that thrives to this day."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue. Palm Desert, California, 2018
- Admission price
- First tribe
- The Navy way
- Fight club
- Where are the carriers?
- The path to disillusionment
- Yankee Station education
- Starting Topgun
- The original bros
- Secrets of the tribe
- Proof of concept
- Topgun goes to war
- The last missing man
- The peace that never was
- End of the Third Temple
- Return with honor
- Topgun and the Tomcat
- Black shoes
- The best and the last
- One more goodbye
- Saving Topgun
- Will we have to lose a war again? (or, Back to the future in an F-35)
- Topgun officers in charge and commanding officers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780316416269
- 0316416266
- OCLC:
- 1051136557
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.