Description: AIR COMMANDO ONE: Heinie Aderholt and America's Secret Wars by Warren A. Trest. NEW First Edition unstated, full number line hardcover, 2000. Air-dropping agents deep behind enemy lines in clandestine night missions during the Korean War, commanding secret flights into Tibet in 1960 to support the anticommunist guerilla uprising, participating in plans for the 1962 Bay of Pigs invasion--even before the escalation of the Vietnam War, Brigadier General Harry C. "Heinie" Aderholt worked at the heart of both the US 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 the 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 this charismatic, unconventional military leader who has become a legend of the Cold War Air Force. NEW First Edition unstated, full number line hardcover, unread with pages and edges clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Jacket shows no corner or edge wear and no tears. Very light scuffing and rubbing. Not a remainder. 6.25" x 9.25." Photos, acronyms, and text. 322 pgs.
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Book Title: Air Commando One
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Smithsonian Institute Press
Item Length: 9.25 in
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Adults
Inscribed: No
Edition: First Edition
Vintage: Yes
Publication Year: 2000
Type: History
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Author: Warren A. Trest
Personalized: No
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Acronyms
Genre: Aviation, Biographies & True Stories, History, Military, War & Combat
Topic: Air Commando, CIA, Cold War, First Air Commando Wing, Secret Wars, US Air Force, Vietnam War, air war / aviation, special operations
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Width: 6.25 in
Number of Pages: 322 pgs
