Chariots Of The Damned: Airborne Rescues From Vietnam To Kosovo

Chariots Of The Damned: Airborne Rescues From Vietnam To Kosovo by Mike McKinney & Mike Ryan


ISBN
9780007107728
Published
Released
01 / 07 / 2002
Binding
Paperback
Pages
320
Dimensions
153 x 234mm

'Chariots Of The Damned' provides some fascinating insights into previously little-explored helicopter operations, ranging from the end of the Vietnam War to recent rescue operations in Kosovo.

When F-16 pilot Scott O'Grady was shot down over Bosnia, a rescue mission was launched immediately. It involved nearly 100 aircraft, but succeeded in plucking him to safety in broad daylight. The pilot of the only F-117 Stealth bomber to have ever been shot down was spirited away with equal success. The USAF's elite Special Operations Group is the product of many years of hard experience, but only now is it possible to reveal how many of its most famous missions were conducted.

Mike McKinney and Mike Ryan investigate the origins of the Special Operations Group and the experience of early rescue missions in Vietnam. The grisly fate awaiting captured American fliers spurred the USAF to develop new weapons and tactics to fight their way through intense enemy anti-aircraft fire. Sometimes the rescue of a single man would escalate into a major military operation. (One was later filmed as 'BAT-21' starring Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe.) If the ultimate Vietnam rescue mission, the Son Tay raid, was a failure, it did demonstrate how far techniques and equipment have evolved.

From disaster at Desert 1 to the Gulf War, Bosnia and the tragedy in Somalia, 'Chariots Of The Damned' take you on an edge of the seat ride into some of the most incredible battles of recent times.

Chapters include:
- Disaster at Koh Tang Island (Vietnam)
- The Son Tay Raid (Vietnam)
- Desert 1: the Iranian Hostage Rescue Op
- SOG operations in Panama and Grenada
- Gulf War rescue missions
- Hawks down: the Somalia catastrophe
- SOG in the Balkans

Mike McKinney is one of the first US Special Forces pilots ever to have written such accounts whilst still a serving officer. His firsthand knowledge of operations in the Gulf and the Balkans is clearly evident in this excellent book.
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