From Hot Air to Hellfire: The History of Army Attack Aviation - Hardcover

Bradin, James W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0891415114 ISBN 13: 9780891415114

Publisher: Presidio Press, 1994

Synopsis

Recounts the use of attack helicopters in Korea, Vietnam, and in the Persian Gulf War, and discusses the technical and political aspects of their development

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Bradin reveals how the Army, forced to provide its own air cover after the Air Force shifted concentration to strategic bombing, turned to the helicopter and, working with Bell Helicopter and other civilian companies, made the craft a major component of its striking power. Well-researched and packed with interesting information, Bradin's book tracks the buraucratic turf wars and technological advances that led to such helicopter-borne weapons as the AH-1 Cobra and the world's most sophisticated attack chopper, the AH-64 Apache. Bradin reviews the craft deployed in Vietnam, Grenada, Panama and Iraq. His discussion of the performance of Army attack aviation during Operation Desert Storm is impressively detailed. The book is important reading for helicopter-warfare buffs. Bradin, a retired Army colonel, commanded armor and aviation units during two Vietnam tours. Photos.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Presidio Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0891415114
• ISBN 13: 9780891415114
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256