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Topgun
- An American Story
- Narrado por: Jim Meskimen
- Duración: 9 h y 48 m
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On the 50th anniversary of the creation of the "Topgun" Navy Fighter School, its founder shares the remarkable inside story of how he and eight other risk-takers revolutionized the art of aerial combat.
When American fighter jets were being downed at an unprecedented rate during the Vietnam War, the US Navy turned to a young lieutenant commander, Dan Pedersen, to figure out a way to reverse their dark fortune. On a shoestring budget and with little support, Pedersen picked eight of the finest pilots to help train a new generation to bend jets like the F-4 Phantom to their will and learn how to dogfight all over again.
What resulted was nothing short of a revolution - one that took young American pilots from the crucible of combat training in the California desert to the blistering skies of Vietnam, in the process raising America's Navy combat kill ratio from two enemy planes downed for every American plane lost to more than 22 to 1. Topgun emerged not only as an icon of America's military dominance immortalized by Hollywood but as a vital institution that would shape the nation's military strategy for generations to come.
Pedersen takes listeners on a colorful and thrilling ride - from Miramar to Area 51 to the decks of aircraft carriers in war and peace - through a historic moment in air warfare. He helped establish a legacy that was built by him and his "Original Eight" - the best of the best - and carried on for six decades by some of America's greatest leaders. Topgun is a heartfelt and personal testimonial to patriotism, sacrifice, and American innovation and daring.
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"Capt. Dan Pederson became one of a handful of aviators who convinced Navy brass that a change in tactics was essential....The lives he saved though Topgun training earn him the title of American Hero."—Washington Times
"It's hard to read Dan Pedersen's Topgun and not think of Tom Cruise rock-'n'-rollin' through the California mountains in the similarly named motion picture more than 30 years ago...a pleasure to read."—Wall Street Journal
"With the hot-seat velocity and cockpit realism of a military combat thriller, the author delivers exacting details and emotional acuity....A noble, thrillingly realized combat aviation memoir from one of America's finest."—Kirkus Reviews
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A 28 year history of Air Force fighter duty.
- De David H Milton en 07-09-22
De: Steven K Ladd
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Punk's War
- The Punk Series, Book 1
- De: Ward Carroll
- Narrado por: Paul Heitsch
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
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Punk’s War reveals the inner workings of the US Navy as only an insider can. An authentic and riveting thriller, it is a highly acclaimed novel of a fighter pilot’s experience in the era just before 9/11. As the US military enters another postconflict period, the themes of leadership during crisis and accomplishing the mission make Punk’s War more relevant than ever.
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Excellent glimpse into Naval aviation
- De Edward Rieck en 05-23-22
De: Ward Carroll
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Fighter Pilot
- The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds
- De: Robin Olds, Christina Olds, Ed Rasimus
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 17 h y 2 m
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A larger-than-life hero with a towering personality, Robin Olds was a graduate of West Point and an inductee in the National College Football Hall of Fame for his All-American performance for Army. In World War II, Olds quickly became a top fighter pilot and squadron commander by the age of 22—a double ace with twelve aerial victories. But it was in Vietnam where the man became a legend.
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Top Notch Audiobook
- De R. A. Frank en 10-08-10
De: Robin Olds, y otros
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Devotion
- An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice
- De: Adam Makos
- Narrado por: Dominic Hoffman
- Duración: 14 h y 44 m
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Devotion tells the inspirational story of the U.S. Navy’s most famous aviation duo, Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown, and the Marines they fought to defend. A white New Englander from the country-club scene, Tom passed up Harvard to fly fighters for his country. An African American sharecropper’s son from Mississippi, Jesse became the navy’s first Black carrier pilot, defending a nation that wouldn’t even serve him in a bar.
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BUY A HIGHER CALL FIRST - IS MUCH BETTER
- De Count B en 06-29-18
De: Adam Makos
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Tomcat Fury
- A Combat History of the F-14
- De: Mike Guardia
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 4 h y 33 m
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For more than three decades, the Grumman F-14 Tomcat was the US Navy’s premier carrier-based, multirole fighter jet. From its harrowing combat missions over Libya to its appearance on the silver screen in movies like Top Gun and Executive Decision, the F-14 has become an icon of American air power. Now, for the first time in a single volume, Tomcat Fury explores the illustrious combat history of the F-14, from the Gulf of Sidra to the Iran-Iraq War to the skies over Afghanistan in the Global War on Terror.
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I read this when it came out, also good as an audio.
- De S. H. Moore en 08-18-20
De: Mike Guardia
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Never Call Me a Hero
- A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway
- De: N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss, Timothy Orr
- Narrado por: Mike Ortego, Cassandra Campbell, Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
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An extraordinary firsthand account of the Battle of Midway by one of its key participants, timed to the 75th anniversary: American dive-bomber pilot "Dusty" Kleiss helped sink three Japanese warships (including two aircraft carriers), received the Navy Cross, and is credited with playing a decisive individual role in determining the outcome of a battle that is considered a turning point in World War II.
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Love the story, disagree with the title.
- De STC en 08-21-17
De: N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss, y otros
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Lords of the Sky
- Fighter Pilots and Air Combat, from the Red Baron to the F-16
- De: Dan Hampton
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 17 h y 25 m
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The New York Times best-selling author of Viper Pilot and retired USAF F-16 legend Dan Hampton offers the first comprehensive popular history of combat aviation - a unique, entertaining, and action-packed look at the aces of the air and their machines, from the Red Baron and his triplane in World War I to today's technologically expert flying warriors in supersonic jets.
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Great history, but ending goes off-topic
- De Lugal en 07-31-14
De: Dan Hampton
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And I Lived to Tell the Tales
- The Life of a Fighter Pilot
- De: Ed Cobleigh
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 8 h y 3 m
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Lt. Col. Ed “Fast Eddie” Cobleigh flew as a fighter pilot with the US Air Force, the US Navy (TOPGUN), the Royal Air Force, the Imperial Iranian Air Force, and the French Air Force. This is his story--a prequel and a sequel to his number-one best-selling memoir, War for the Hell of It: A Fighter Pilot’s View of Vietnam.
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One of The Great Tales of Flying , a GREAT READ
- De Steve Dietrich en 08-16-23
De: Ed Cobleigh
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Hogs in the Sand
- A Gulf War A-10 Pilot's Combat Journal
- De: Buck Wyndham
- Narrado por: Jim Seybert
- Duración: 15 h y 46 m
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The mighty, iconic A-10 Warthog was first thrust into battle in Operation Desert Storm. The men who took it through walls of flak and surface-to-air missiles to help defeat the world's fourth-largest army were as untested as their airplanes, so they relied on personal determination and the amazing A-10 to accomplish their missions, despite the odds.
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Weak
- De KL en 12-29-22
De: Buck Wyndham
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Skybreak
- The 58th Fighter Squadron in Desert Storm
- De: Mike Guardia
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 5 h y 49 m
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August 1990: Iraqi forces under the command of Saddam Hussein invaded the tiny emirate of Kuwait. In response, the US military led a coalition of thirty-four nations in what became known as Operation Desert Storm—a violent air and ground campaign to eject the Iraqis from Kuwait. At the tip of the spear were the men of the US Air Force’s 58th Fighter Squadron. Based on hours of interviews and archival research by author Mike Guardia, this book reveals an intimate, no-holds-barred account of modern aerial combat…as told by the men who lived it.
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Desert Storm Fighter Action
- De David T. Gato en 07-23-24
De: Mike Guardia
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F-35
- The Inside Story of the Lightning II
- De: Tom Burbage, Betsy Clark, Adrian Pitman, y otros
- Narrado por: Rob Reider
- Duración: 17 h y 18 m
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F-35 is the only inside look at the most advanced aircraft in the world and the historic project that built it, as told by those who were intimately involved in its design, testing, and production. Based on the authors' personal experience and over 100+ interviews, F-35 pulls back the curtain on one of the most heavily criticized government programs in history from start to finish.
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Boring a story about process
- De BingoJones en 09-05-23
De: Tom Burbage, y otros
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TOPGUN's Top 10
- Leadership Lessons from the Cockpit
- De: Guy M Snodgrass
- Narrado por: Guy M Snodgrass
- Duración: 2 h y 18 m
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Learn how to be a leader in your own life and career with expert advice from one of the Navy's elite TOPGUN instructors.
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A MUST LISTEN
- De Raquel Nunez en 10-16-22
De: Guy M Snodgrass
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A War Like No Other
- How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War
- De: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 13 h y 58 m
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Hanson compellingly portrays the ways Athens and Sparta fought on land and sea, in city and countryside, and details their employment of the full scope of conventional and non-conventional tactics, from sieges to targeted assassinations, torture, and terrorism. He also assesses the crucial roles played by warriors such as Pericles and Lysander, artists, among them Aristophanes, and thinkers including Sophocles and Plato.
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"A War Like No Other" is a Book Like No Other
- De MajorChris en 02-06-20
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We Were Soldiers Once... and Young
- Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
- De: Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 16 h
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In November 1965, some 450 men of the First Battalion, Seventh Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Col. Hal Moore, were dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley. They were immediately surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers. Three days later, only two and a half miles away, a sister battalion was chopped to pieces. Together, these actions at the landing zones X-Ray and Albany constituted one of the most savage and significant battles of the Vietnam War. How these men persevered makes a vivid portrait of war at its most inspiring and devastating.
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The truth
- De Bobbyg en 10-08-19
De: Harold G. Moore, y otros
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Band of Brothers
- E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne, from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
- De: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Narrado por: Tim Jerome
- Duración: 12 h y 37 m
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Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, was as good a rifle company as any in the world. From their rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to D-Day and victory, Ambrose tells the story of this remarkable company, which kept getting the tough assignments. Easy Company was responsible for everything from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. Band of Brothers is the account of the men of this remarkable unit.
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High Expectations Met
- De Audrey en 02-12-13
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Topgun
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- JUSTIN
- 05-13-22
Wonderfully Written
I thoroughly enjoyed this from beginning to end. I was worried that it might not live up to the hype of the previous rave reviews, but it certainly did.
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- 09-26-19
A Must Listen
As a student of history, I loved the context Dan provided. I saw much of the Navy and the Vietnam war in a perspective I was not fully aware of. As a civilian the author dispenses a knowledge of combat and struggles related to deployment and command that are transformative to the uninitiated.
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- Sulaem
- 06-12-20
Legends and pioneers abound
Not just a book about flying, it's about the heart of heroes and scrapping to create postive change in the middle of stifling beauraucracy.
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- Jeremy Rapp
- 06-16-22
Important Historical Story
Awesome historical story of the lessons we learned in Vietnam, recreated during the Gulf War, then forget again and need go relearn.
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- Brad
- 12-11-22
What a Great Book
As an aerospace fan loved this book. The story at how Top Gun School got started is amazing.
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- darren
- 01-02-23
Good History of Top Gun
It was fun to hear a first hand story of Top Gun, I would recommend.
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- spark0315
- 10-26-22
Inspiring and Cautionary Memoir
What a wonderful book on leadership, camaraderie, and resilience. I bought this book out of curiosity borne out of the love for the Top Gun movies, especially the sequel. It was well worth the listen - I highly recommend it.
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- Grama Vic
- 04-21-24
Like watching a great movie
I'm a reader of nonfiction books, most don’t hold interest. This book, was like watching a great movie, it kept my interest chapter after chapter and was difficult to break away.
So interesting to learn what goes on behind the scenes.
And of course Dan ❤️Beth, truth is greater than fiction.
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- 06-11-19
Excellent for nuggets and old timers
Trucked through this book over a few days of heavy office work, and was incredibly refreshed by the insights on how to handle rigid organizational thinking, leadership, and crafting change from the bottom of an organization.
Dan Pederson delivers a story that stretches from the age of dark blue straight winged first generation jets, to the modern fifth generation, and drills home the idea that though technology changes and evolves, it is the decision-making, agression and experience of the person flying the jet who has the most ability to dictate what happens after the merge - though not intended, that message spoke right thru my mid thirties doldrums.
the delivery of the reader is pretty great, if not slightly marred by thier unfamiliarity with aviation and naval terms: hearing "Eh Eh Eh" instead of triple A throughout the Vietnam segments was the most glaring, but overall a fine job.
highly recommend.
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- Arnold
- 09-15-19
great book
loved it. couldn't stop listening to it. would love to chat with the writer about his life
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