Termite Hill (Military History (Ibooks)) (Mass Market Paperback)

by Tom Wilson (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
"With Termite Hill, Tom Wilson joins the top rank... This is a gripping and authoritative recreation of the air war in Vietnam by an author who was there." -W.E.B. Griffin, author of Brotherhood of War and The Corps; "Tom Wilson is a brilliant storyteller. He was there, and he puts you there, too. If you like flying, you will like Termite Hill. This is how it really was." -Larry Bond, author of Red Phoenix and Vortex; "Wilson is every bit as good as Coonts, Brown and Clancy. I found myself right there flying combat again." -Col. Glenn Davis, USAF Ret.

Product Description

In 1966, the tide of the air war above North Vietnam is turning against the United States. F-105 Thunderchiefs, and the elite fighter pilots who fly them, are being slaughtered. To destroy the greatest array of sophisticated anti-aircraft weapons ever assembled, the Pentagon creates the Wild Weasel. The mission of Lt. Colonel Mack MacLendon?s 357th Tactical Fighter Squadron is to fly these technological demons straight into the teeth of North Vietnam?s deadly air defenses and destroy the SAMs and Soviet MiGs that have killed their friends, and now seek their death.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: I Books (June 25, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743434811
• ISBN-13: 978-0743434812
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #707,531 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tom Wilson has put me back in the cockpit., April 4, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Termite Hill (Mass Market Paperback)

Tom Wilson's book takes me back to the sights, sounds and smells of Southeast Asia. He makes me feel the skin of an F-105 Thunderchief through my gloves and smell the familiar odor of the JP-4 fuel as I perform my pre-flight walk around inspection. I feel the drips of salty perspiration rolling down my face from under my helmet as I sit at the end of the runway waiting while the armorors pull the pins from my bombs. The tension builds. For those who haven't done it, this is the way to experience the daily life of those pilots who fought and died in the skies over North Vietnam. The ready comes home alive

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Telling it like it was, July 24, 2005

By	Been there (Texas) - See all my reviews

Bear Wilson tells it like it was. The political restriction, the spineless generals, and the intense defenses. The professionalism of the pilots, the bears and all the maintenance troops are truly reflected in this book. If you read only one book about the air war over North Viet Nam, this should be the one.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great story, greatly told history, January 20, 1998

By	Jim Howerton([e-mail]) (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Termite Hill (Mass Market Paperback)

As a kid I walked the flightlines at Wheelus, Spangdahlem and Nellis with my father. The desire to fly fighters was instilled so deeply as to be there still. Though my eyesight failed my dream, Tom Wilsons trilogy brought me as close as I will ever come. Through page after page the sights, sounds and smells returned to me as if it were only yesterday. I only wish my father had lived to enjoy what is not only a great story but a greatly told history.... Thank You Mr. Wilson,