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Novels on helicopter operations in Vietnam.

Image: Bookcover of Thunderbird Lounge Thunderbird Lounge
Author: Robert Brandt
Format: Paperback, 306pp.
ISBN: 1553690060
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Pub. Date: November 2001
From the Publisher:
This is a story as seen through the eyes of one 1st Lieutenant Army aviator, during the early US military commitment to support the Republic of South Vietnam. It depicts the daily life of these soldiers and aviation crew members as they went about proving the importance of the helicopter in modern warfare.
Image: Bookcover for Outlaws in Vietnam Outlaws in Vietnam
Author: David L. Eastman
Format: Paperback: 456 pages
ISBN: 091433997
Publisher: Peter Randall
Pub. Date: November 2001
Edition Desc:
Book Description:
Ride a Huey with the Outlaws of the 175th Aviation Company (AML) in the Mekong Delta from 1966 to 1967. David Eastman's lively account reveals an untold story of competence, camaraderie, and fellowship. Often referred to as the one combat element of the US Army that did not succumb to the stress of the war in Vietnam.
Image: Bookcover for An Eagle's Eye View Eagle's Eye View: The Combat History of Army Helicopter Tail #67-17658
Author: Terry Willman
Format: Paperback, 104pp
ISBN: 0929690575
Publisher: Heritage Publishers, Incorporated
Pub. Date: October 2001
Edition Desc:
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The Combat History of Army Helicopter Tail #67-17658 as told through the journal kept by its Crew Chief...Over fifty photos (including Hamburger Hill) that are related to 658s history while in Vietnam.
Image: Bookcover for Winged Sabers: The air Cavalry in Vietnam Winged Sabers: The Air Cavalry in Vietnam
Author: Lawrence Johnson
Format: Paperback, 192pp.
ISBN: 0811729885
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Pub. Date: January 2001
From the Publisher:
The Air Cavalry Troops who served in Vietnam were an unusually courageous and resourceful lot. Constantly facing death, they developed a bravado and camaraderie that made them a force to be reckoned with. Winged Sabers is a comprehensive, multi-faceted volume on the men, the machines, and the missions that shaped this unique group.
Bookcover: Low Level Hell Low Level Hell
Author: Hugh L. Mills
Format: Paperback, 336pp.
ISBN: 0891417192
Publisher: Presidio Press
Pub. Date: September 2000
From the Publisher:
The aeroscouts of the 1st Infantry Division had three words emblazoned on their unit patch: Low Level Hell. It was then and continues today as the perfect concise definition of what these intrepid aviators experienced as they ranged the skies of Vietnam from the Cambodian border to the Iron Triangle. The Outcasts, as they were known, flew low and slow, aerial eyes of the division in search of the enemy. Too often for longevity's sake they found the Viet Cong and the fight was on. These young pilots (19-22 years-old) "invented" the book as they went along.
Image Bookcover: Red Bird Down Red Bird Down
Author: Bruce E. Carlson
Format: Paperback, 490pp.
ISBN: 0970156006
Publisher: Redbird Publications
Pub. Date: May 30, 2000
Book Description
"RED BIRD DOWN" is a deeply moving Psychological/Emotional study of a young man's coming of age in Vietnam as an Aero-Scout helicopter pilot.
Bookcover: Lest We Forget Lest We Forget : The Kingsmen, 101st Aviation Battalion, 1968
Author: William C. Meacham
Format: Paperback, 354pp.
ISBN: 0804119171
Publisher: Ivy Books
Pub. Date: December 1999
From the Publisher:
It takes a special kind of man — and a special kind of courage — to routinely risk one's life for others. . . .
    Lt. "Wild Bill" Meacham was a former enlisted man turned UH-1 pilot assigned to Bravo Company, 101st Aviation Battalion, an assault helicopter company whose lift ships were called the Kingsmen.
Image: Bookcover of Modern Military Helicopters Modern Military Helicopters
Author: Tim Ripley
Format: Hardcover, 144pp.
ISBN: 0004721349
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers, Inc.
Pub. Date: November 1998
From the Publisher:
"Modern Military Helicopters" is an up-to-date handbook based on Jane's unrivalled data-base. Fully illustrated and listing every variant, including the latest Russian designs, it is the definitive pocket guide available today.
Image: Bookcover for Choppers Choppers
Author: J.D. D. Coleman
Format: Paperback, 332pp.
ISBN: 0312966350
Publisher: Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC
Pub. Date: April 1998
From the Publisher:
In the fall of 1965 the NVA changes its strategy, and sends its best troops on an assault that will rip Vietnam in half. Halfway around the world, a new American air-mobile force feverishly assembles and trains. And in a place called Pleiku, the two sides come together in a horrific bloody crash.
Bookcover: The Price of Exit The Price of Exit
Author: Tom Marshall
Format: Paperback, 362pp.
ISBN: 0804117152
Publisher: Ballantine Publishing Group
Pub. Date: April 1998
From the Publisher:
"The risk of a fatal catastrophe was constant. The NVA was the enemy, but the ultimate opponent was, quite simply, death. . . ."
For assault helicopter crews flying in and around the NVA-infested DMZ, the U.S. pullout from Vietnam in 1970-71 was a desperate time of selfless courage.
Bookcover: Rescue under Fire Rescue under Fire
Author: John L. Cook
Format: Hardcover, 208pp.
ISBN: 0764304615
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Pub. Date: February 1998
From the Publisher:
It is almost impossible to capture, in a single word, the enormous impact Dustoff had on the Vietnam War. However, John Cook has done it in a most compelling, sensitive manner. Here, for the first time, is one of the most incredible stories produced by Vietnam. This is the story of the men who risked everything to fly their evacuation helicopters into the teeth of the most intense fighting the war produced to achieve a single goal - evacuate the wounded.
Bookcover: AH-1 Cobra in Action AH-1 Cobra in Action
Author: Wayne Mutza
Format: Paperback, 50pp.
ISBN: 0897473825
Publisher: Squadron Sig. Pub.
Pub. Date: January 1998
Product Description
At only 36 inches wide, the AH 1A might be the skinniest helicopter ever developed. The thin face presented less area for opponents to see or fire on, and led to the Cobra's success. Fitted with 2.75 inch rockets, mini guns, and TOW anti tank rockets, Cobras still serve today.
Image: Bookcover of Firebird Firebirds
Author: Chuck Carlock
Format: Paperback, 320pp.
ISBN: 0553577050
Publisher: Bantam Books, Incorporated
Pub. Date: August 1997
Chuck Carlock volunteered to become a helicopter pilot in August 1966, convinced that by the time he finished training, the Vietnam War would be over. Little did he know that he would see some of the war's most intense action, including the Tet offensives. Carlock portrays countless dangers, from an elusive enemy and treacherous terrain to blinding weather, faulty equipment, and friendly fire. He rides the pendulum between fear and fearlessness during his many brushes with death. Along with the danger and tension, Carlock tells us about the camaraderie and humor shared by men who lived on the edge.
Image: Bookcover for Primer of the Helicopter War Primer of the Helicopter War
Author: Charles Holley
Format: Hardcover, 182pp.
ISBN: 0944372112
Publisher: Nissi Publishing
Pub. Date: June 1997
Edition Desc: 1 edition
From the Publisher:
Ah, the romance of the helicopter, one of the truly attractive icons of the Vietnam War. They were vastly different from other aircraft and so were there pilots. This coffee table-sized book, a labor of love, captures the spirit.
Bookcover: Centaur Flights Centaur Flights
Author: Richard Spaulding
Format: Paperback, 291pp.
ISBN: 0804115605
Publisher: Ivy Books
Pub. Date: January 1997
Richard D. Spalding was ready to fly with the Centaurs, Buffalo Bill's old outfit, as part of D Troop, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 25th Infantry Division. The Cobra—an AH-1G helicopter armed with rockets, machine guns and cannon—was the first U.S. Army helicopter designed as an attack helicopter, and Spalding soon found himself pitched into a fierce new kind of aerial warfare.
Bookcover: Marine Helo Marine Helo
Author: David M. Petteys
Format: Paperback, 239pp.
ISBN: 0967179300
Publisher:  
Pub. Date: September 1995
 
Bookcover: Wings of the Eagle Wings of the Eagle
Author: W. T. Grant
Format: Paperback, 340pp.
ISBN: 080411062X
Publisher: Ivy Books
Pub. Date: March 1994
From the Publisher:
As a member of the "Kingmen", the 17th Assault Helicopter Company, chopper pilot W.T. Grant regularly went into hot landing zones in Vietnam in 1968. This is his story of rescue in the bloody jungles, flying McGuire rig extractions under enemy fire, inserts into combat zones exploding with mortar shells, and night operations in enemy-infested A Shau Valley.
Bookcover: Bent and Battered Rotors Bent and Battered Rotors
Author: Wayne Mutza
Format: Paperback
ISBN:  089747306X
Publisher: Squadron Signal Publications
Pub. Date: December 1993
Edition Description: 1st ed
Bookcover: Snake Driver! Cobras in Vietnam Snake Driver! Cobras in Vietnam
Author: Bob Rosenburg
Format: Paperback, 1st ed., 2026pp.
ISBN: 0804105383
Publisher: Ivy Books
Pub. Date: September 1993
Edition Description: 1st ed
This is the saga of the Cobra—the attack helicopter—its development and introduction into Vietnam during the summer of '67, and the stories of the men who flew it. For a Cobra pilot—a Snake Driver—every launch meant he was going headlong into combat.
Image: Bookcover of Cleared Hot! Cleared Hot!
Author: Bob Stoffey
Format: Paperback, 328pp.
ISBN: 0312929412
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, Inc.
Pub. Date: December 1992
Synopsis
Highly decorated Col. Bob Stoffey — a Marine Corps pilot for over twenty-five years, who served multiple tours in Vietnam, CLEARED HOT! is his story — a fast-paced, high-casualty flight into heart-stopping danger. Full of vivid detail, this combat diary uncovers the real heroes of the Vietnam War, the behind-the-scenes Marine Corps pilots who helped our boys return home...then went back for more.
Image: Bookcover for Hunter-Killer Squadron Hunter-Killer Squadron
Author: Matthew Brennan
Format: Paperback, 336pp.
ISBN: 0671744534
Publisher: Pocket Books
Pub. Date: 01 March 1992
From the Publisher:
The 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, was the legendary recon force that by itself killed more than one-half of the enemy soldiers claimed by the entire 1st Air Cav Division. They did it by hunting the enemy from the air and striking with split-second teamwork and a hell-for-leather style unmatched in the Vietnam War.
Bookcover: Acceptable Loss Acceptable Loss
Author: Kregg P. J. Jorgenson
Format: Paperback, 243pp.
ISBN: 0804107920
Publisher: Ivy Books
Pub. Date: September 1991
From the Publisher:
After watching most of his buddies die in a firefight when his LRRP team was overrun by the NVA, Jorgenson volunteered to serve on a Blue Team in the Air Cavalry—under intense enemy fire— racing to aid fliers downed and down for the count. Jorgenson survived 54 missions as point man in just 10 months in Vietnam.
Image: Bookcover of Headhunters: 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Headhunters
Author: Matthew Brennan
Format: Hardcover, 306 pages
ISBN: 0891413006
Publisher: Presidio Press
Pub. Date: November 1987

Image: Bookcover for Chickenhawk Chickenhawk
Author: Robert Mason
Format: Paperback, 480pp.
ISBN: 0140072187
Publisher: Viking Penguin
Pub. Date: 04 September 1984
From the Publisher:
Robert Mason's best selling account of his service as a chopper pilot in Vietnam—a no-holds-barred autobiography that reveals the war's shattering legacy in the heart of a returning vet.

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