"Good to go" : the rescue of Capt. Scott O'Grady, USAF, from Bosnia / Mary Pat Kelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelly, Mary Pat, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

O'Grady, Scott.

Military campaigns.

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Aerial operations, American.

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [1996]

Summary:

So perfectly executed was the mission to rescue Capt. Scott O'Grady that it amazed even the men responsible. Just five hours after radio contact was first made with Basher 52 - O'Grady's call sign the Air Force captain was safely on board the USS Kearsarge. The downed F-16 fighter pilot's rescue from a Bosnian mountainside by Col. Martin Berndt's 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit electrified the nation in June 1995 and renewed many Americans' faith in the military. This book tells the story of the mission in the words of the men who commanded, planned, and carried it out. To get the inside accoun

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Deny Flight; 2. The Shoot-Down; 3. Forward Deployed; 4. Vigil; 5. ""I'm Alive"" ; 6. ""Good to Go"" ; 7. Rescue; 8. Smoky SAM ; 9. Touch Down ; 10. Miracles and Lessons Learned; 11. The Party ; Appendix A ; Appendix B; Appendix C

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.