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Taking Fire - Saving Captain Aikman: a Story of the Vietnam Air War (Hardcover)
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Taking Fire - Saving Captain Aikman: a Story of the Vietnam Air War (Hardcover)
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American military special operations forces-Rangers, SEALs, and
others-have become a well-recognised and highly respected part of
our popular culture. But whom do these elite warriors look to in
their times of greatest need: when wounded on the battlefield, cut
off deep behind enemy lines, or adrift in the expanse of the
world's oceans? They look skyward, hoping to catch a glimpse of
their own personal guardian angel: a U.S. Air Force pararescue
jumper (PJ) who lives, and sometimes dies, by the motto that others
may live. Taking Fire provides an up-close look into the heroism
and mystique of this little known segment of the Air Force Special
Tactics community by focusing on one of the most dramatic rescues
of the Vietnam War. It was June 1972 and Capt. Lynn Aikman is
returning from a bombing mission over North Vietnam when his F-4
Phantom is jumped by an enemy MiG and shot down. He and his
backseater Tom Hanton eject from their crippled aircraft, but
Hanton lands near a village and is quickly captured by local
militia. Badly injured during the ejection, Aikman lands some
distance from the village, and there is a chance that he can be
recovered if American rescuers can reach him before the enemy does.
Now on the ground and drifting in and out of consciousness, Captain
Aikman looks up and suddenly sees his guardian angel in the form of
USAF Pararescue Jumper Chuck McGrath. As Sergeant McGrath is
preparing to hook the downed pilot to a hoist line, he sees it fall
to the ground. Hostile fire on the hovering Jolly Green Giant
rescue helicopter has damaged the hoist mechanism causing the
operator to cut the line. While circling A-1 Skyraiders strafe the
militia to keep them away from Aikman and McGrath, the helicopter
crew races to come up with a plan. It's getting dark, and they'll
only have one chance. Taking Fire is an exciting, highly dramatic
story of life and death over North Vietnam. Much more than a
chronicle the events of 27 June 1972, the book gives the reader an
up-close look at the little known world of the U.S. Air Force's
elite aerial rescue force.
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