Air Commando One: Heinie Aderholt and America's Secret Air

Air Commando One: Heinie Aderholt and America's Secret Air Wars
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Air-dropping agents deep behind enemy lines in clandestine night missions during the Korean War, commanding secret flights into Tibet in 1960 to support the anticommunist guerilla uprising, participating in plans for the 1962 Bay of Pigs invasionâ€”even before the escalation of the Vietnam War, Brigadier General Harry C. â€œHeinieâ€ Aderholt worked at the heart of both the U.S. Air Force and CIA special operations worldwide. In 1964 he became commander of the famed First Air Commando Wing, fighting to build up special operations capabilities among the American and South Vietnamese airmen. In 1966 and 1967 he and his men set the record for interdicting the flow of enemy trucks over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos and North Vietnam.

Drawing on official records, personal papers, and interviews with Aderholt and many who worked with him, Air Force historian Warren A. Trest details the life and career of this charismatic, unconventional military leader who has become a legend of the Cold War Air Force. He tells how Aderholtâ€™s vigorous support of low-flying, propeller-driven aircraft and nonnuclear munitions pitted him against his superiors, who were steeped in doctrines of massive retaliation and â€œhigher and fasterâ€ tactical air power. In the mid-1960s Aderholtâ€™s clash with Seventh Air Force Commander General William W. Momyer reflected a schism that still exists between the traditional Air Force and its unconventional special operations wings. The book also integrates U.S. Air Force and CIA accounts of some of the most pivotal events of the past fifty years.
Country USA
Brand Smithsonian Books
Manufacturer Smithsonian Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 22 b&w photographs
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2000-04-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781560988076

Country	USA
Brand	Smithsonian Books
Manufacturer	Smithsonian Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	22 b&w photographs
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2000-04-17
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781560988076

Air Commando One: Heinie Aderholt and America's Secret Air Wars

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