War for the Hell of It; A Fighter Pilot's View of Vietnam by Ed Cobleigh

War for the Hell of It; A Fighter Pilot's View of Vietnam by Ed Cobleigh

Ed, Fast Eddie, Cobleigh served two tours of duty during the Vietnam air war, logging 375 combat sorties in the F-4 Phantom fighter/bomber. In War for the Hell of It, Cobleigh shares his perspectives in a deeply personal account of a fighter pilot's life, one filled with moral ambiguity and military absurdities offset by the undeniable thrill of flying a fighter aircraft. With well-crafted prose that puts you into the Phantom's cockpit, Cobleigh vividly recounts the unexplainable loss of his wingman, the useless missions he flew, the need to trust his reflexes, eyesight, and aggressiveness, and his survival instincts in the heat of combat. He discusses the deaths of his squadron mates and the contradictions of a dirty, semi-secret war fought from beautiful, exotic Thailand. This is an unprecedented look into the state of mind of a pilot as he experiences everything from the carnage of a crash to the joy of flying through a star-studded night sky, from the illogical political agendas of Washington to his own dangerous addiction to risk. Cobleigh gives a stirring and emotional description of one man's journey into airborne hell and back, recounting the pleasures and the pain. the wins and the losses. and ultimately, the return.

Cobleigh, Ed: - Ed Cobleigh flew fighter planes with the US Air Force, US Navy, Royal Air Force, French Air Force and Imperial Iranian Air Force. He completed 375 combat missions in the Vietnam War. He trained fighter pilots and instructors at the USAF Fighter Weapons School, US Navy Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun) and the RAF Qualified Weapons Instructor Course (Jaguar). Ed has flown the F-104, F-4, A-4, Jaguar, and F-16. War for the Hell of It has been a #1 bestseller. Ed has also taught at the Central Coast Writer's Conference and at Cuesta College where he teaches a class in Raptor Aerodynamics. After his flying career, he served as an Air Intelligence Officer working with the CIA, FBI, and MI6. He has visited 50 countries in various capacities.

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ISBN 13	9781523680726
ISBN 10	1523680725
Title	War for the Hell of It; A Fighter Pilot's View of Vietnam
Author	Ed Cobleigh
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Year published	2016-01-22
Number of pages	276
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