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Topgun : an American story  Cover Image Book Book

Topgun : an American story / Dan Pedersen.

Summary:

"The founder of the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons program, aka "TOPGUN," shares the untold story of how he and eight other young pilots revolutionized the art of aerial combat and created the center for excellence and incubator of leadership that thrives to this day."--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780316416269
  • ISBN: 0316416266
  • ISBN: 9780316416283
  • ISBN: 0316416282
  • Physical Description: xiv, 305 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Hachette Books, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Admission price -- First tribe -- The Navy way -- Fight club -- Where are the carriers? -- The path to disillusionment -- Yankee Station education -- Starting Topgun -- The original bros -- Secrets of the tribe -- Proof of concept -- Topgun goes to war --The last missing man -- The peace that never was -- End of the Third Temple -- Return with honor -- Topgun and the Tomcat -- Black shoes -- The best and the last -- One more goodbye -- Saving Topgun -- Will we have to lose a war again? (or, back to the future in an F-35).
Subject: Pedersen, Dan, 1935-
Navy Fighter Weapons School (U.S.) > Biography.
Navy Fighter Weapons School (U.S.) > History.
United States. Navy > Officers > Biography.
Fighter pilots > United States > Biography.
Fighter plane combat > United States > History.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Aerial operations, American.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Personal narratives, American.

Available copies

  • 11 of 12 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Cass County. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 12 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cass County Library-Harrisonville 358.435 PED 2019 (Text) 0002205639236 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center 358.435 PED 2019 (Text) 0002205639244 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Barry Lawrence - Shell Knob Library 358.4 PED (Text) 37884103077529 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Bowling Green Public Library 358.4 Ped (Text) 35030000005324 Adult Non-Fiction Checked out 05/06/2024
Henry County - Main Library 358 .43 P34D (Text) I0000000276999 Non-Fiction Available -
Jefferson County Library-Windsor BIO PEDERSEN (Text) 30065010101092 Biography Available -
Keller Public Library-Dexter A 358.4 Ped (Text) 139648 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Riverside Regional-Main B PED (Text) 30000005243492 Adult Biography Available -
Salem Public Library 358.435 Ped (Text) 38264100502911 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Scenic Regional-Wright City 358.435 PED (Text) 3006733940 NonFiction Available -


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