Phantom Reflections: An American Fighter Pilot in Vietnam

by Mike McCarthy

Book Overview

Hair-raising descriptions of aerial combat as seen from the cockpit of a fighter jet Thoughtful reflections on what it meant to fight in Vietnam

As the Vietnam War raged thousands of miles away, Mike McCarthy completed his flight training in the United States, eager to get into the war and afraid it would end before he could participate. He needn't have worried. By 1967, he was flying his F-4 Phantom II fighter with the U.S. Air Force's 433rd Tactical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811735540
• ISBN13: 9780811735544
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"