TOMCAT! The Gurmman F-14 Story is an exciting oral history of the
most versatile air supremacy fighter in the world . . . much of it
written from the vantage point of the airplanes cockpit!\nTold in
an anecdotal format, this new book is richly marbled with the salt
air of fleet experience. Perhaps the F-14 programs greatest success
is its overwhelming acceptance by the youngsters in the fleet.
Anecdotes about the Tomcat legend abound . . . expecially in the
chapters devoted to its employment by the fleet in the oceans of
the world.\nOf particular interest are the chapters dealing with
the sale of Tomcats to Iran and the subsequent integration of the
airplane into Irans armed forces. On-the-scene eye witness accounts
provide a unique perspective of this fascinating aspect of the
Tomcat story.\nTOMCAT! contains over 150 photographs, most in color
and never bfore published, and most of them taken by Tomcat
aircrews with hand-held cameras. These provide a fascinating
backdrop for the oral history contained in the book.\nThis is not a
garden variety history about an airplane. It is a sometimes
heart-stopping stroy of how a controversial airplane finally made
it into the hearts and minds of the fleet . . . after stumbling at
the starting gates of an outmoded defense acquisition system. It is
the story of the best air supremacy fighter in the world!\nRear
Admiral Paul Gillcrist, USN (Retired), commanded a fleet fighter
squadron on three carrier combat deployments to the Tonkin Gulf
during which he flew 167 combat missions over Vietnam. For these he
was awarded seventeen combat decorations. In his thirty-three year
flying career as a fleet pilot and Navy test pilot as well, he flew
71 different U.S. and foreign tactical airplanes including the U.S.
Air Forces F-104, F-105, F-106, F-15, F-16, YF-17 and F-20. He flew
the Navys F-4, F-5, F-8, F-11, F-14 and F/A-18 as well as several
key foreign tactical airplanes. During his carrier flying career,
which spanned an amazing twenty-seven years, he commanded a fighter
squadron, a carrier air wing and was the wing commander for all
Pacific Fleet fighter squadrons. He flew from sixteen carriers, and
in his last flying assignment accumulated over four hundred flight
hours in the Tomcat culminating, at age 51, in becoming the first
flag officer to land the Tomcat on an aircraft carrier - the U.S.S.
KITTYHAWK on 21 October 1980. The author of FEET WET, Reflections
of a Carrier Pilot, Admiral Gillcrist is eminently qualified to
write the F-14 story!
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