Bully Able Leader

Lt. Gen. George Loving

ISBN 10: 0811710262 / ISBN 13: 9780811710268

Published by Stackpole Books, US, 2011

About this Item

The Korean War, 1950-1953, was the first war in which jet aircraft played a central role. Once-formidable fighters such as the P-51 Mustang, F4U Corsair, and Hawker Sea Fury, relinquished their air superiority roles to a new generation of faster, jet-powered fighters. For the initial months of the war, the P-80 Shooting Star, F9F Panther, and other jets under the UN flag dominated North Korea's prop-driven air force of Soviet Yakovlev Yak-9 and Lavochkin La-9s. The Chinese intervention in late October 1950 bolstered the Korean People's Air Force of North Korea with the MiG-15 Fagot, one of the world's most advanced jet fighters. The fast, heavily armed MiG out flew first-generation UN jets. The United States Air Force moved quickly to counter the MiG-15, with three squadrons of its most capable fighters.Lt. Gen. George G. Loving, USAF, also flew 151 combat missions in World War II, becoming a P-51 ace. He later served as commander of the Sixth Allied Tactical Air Force and the U.S. Fifth Air Force. His awards include the Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, and Air Medal with 24 Oak Leaf Clusters, and he is the author of Woodbine Red Leader.Here, he tells us exactly what it was like to fly the F-80 Shooting Star against MiGs and ground targets in exciting detail.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bully Able Leader
• Publisher: Stackpole Books, US
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0811710262
• ISBN 13: 9780811710268
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Valuable insights of the flying environment that earmarked this first war of extensive use of jet combat aircraft. --Col. Joe McCue, USAF (Ret.), Air Power History

Action-packed memoir by an American pilot and squadron commander in the Korean War

What it was like to fly the F-80 Shooting Star against MiGs and ground targets

Author flew 112 combat missions in five major campaigns in 1950-51

"Bully Able Leader" was the author's radio call sign

About the Author

Lt. Gen. George G. Loving, USAF (Ret.), also flew 151 combat missions in World War II, becoming a P-51 Mustang ace. He later served as commander of the Sixth Allied Tactical Air Force and the U.S. Fifth Air Force. His awards include the Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, and Air Medal with 24 Oak Leaf Clusters. His previous book is Woodbine Red Leader (978-0-89141-813-9). Loving lives in Williamsburg, Virginia.