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- catalog abstract ""Even before the escalation of the Vietnam War, Brigadier General Harry C. "Heinie" Aderholt worked at the heart of both 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 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 a charismatic, unconventional military leader who has become a legend of the Cold War Air Force. He tells how Aderholt'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 "higher and faster" tactical air power. In the mid-1960s Aderholt'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 first biography of Heinie Aderholt, Air Commando One tells the story of a renowned leader of counterinsurgency operations. The book also integrates U.S. Air Force and CIA accounts of some of the most pivotal events of the past fifty years."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Air Commando 1".
- catalog contributor b11687380.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""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 a charismatic, unconventional military leader who has become a legend of the Cold War Air Force. He tells how Aderholt'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 "higher and faster" tactical air power. In the mid-1960s Aderholt'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."".
- catalog description ""Even before the escalation of the Vietnam War, Brigadier General Harry C. "Heinie" Aderholt worked at the heart of both 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 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."".
- catalog description ""The first biography of Heinie Aderholt, Air Commando One tells the story of a renowned leader of counterinsurgency operations. The book also integrates U.S. Air Force and CIA accounts of some of the most pivotal events of the past fifty years."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Prologue: The Man and the Mission -- The Call to Arms -- On Assignment with the CIA -- Cold War Rituals -- Shadow Wars and the Tibetan Airlift -- The Secret War in Laos -- The Air Commandos: A Breed Apart -- Faces of a Misbegotten War -- The Tigers of Nakhon Phanom -- Weathering the Storm -- Mission Accomplished.".
- catalog extent "xi, 322 p. :".
- catalog identifier "156098807X".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "358.4/0092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Aderholt, Harry C.".
- catalog subject "Generals United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Special operations (Military science)".
- catalog subject "UG626.2.A335 T74 2000".
- catalog subject "United States. Air Force Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue: The Man and the Mission -- The Call to Arms -- On Assignment with the CIA -- Cold War Rituals -- Shadow Wars and the Tibetan Airlift -- The Secret War in Laos -- The Air Commandos: A Breed Apart -- Faces of a Misbegotten War -- The Tigers of Nakhon Phanom -- Weathering the Storm -- Mission Accomplished.".
- catalog title "Air Commando 1".
- catalog title "Air Commando One : Heinie Aderholt and America's secret air wars / Warren A. Trest.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".