Military Term For Killing Enemy

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Introducing the ultimate companion for military enthusiasts and history buffs alike, the “Military Term For Killing Enemy” resource guide. Delve into the fascinating world​ of military terminology ⁣and gain a comprehensive understanding of the various terms used‍ to describe enemy elimination in armed conflicts throughout history.

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1. Extensive Terminology Coverage:‌ This resource guide⁢ provides​ an⁢ extensive collection of military terms related to killing the ⁤enemy, ranging from⁤ ancient warfare to modern combat. Explore terms such⁢ as “neutralization,” “elimination,” “assassination,” “annihilation,” and many more,⁣ offering a broad spectrum of descriptive language used by‌ military professionals.

2. Definitions and Historical Context: Each term is accompanied by a​ detailed ‌definition, enabling ‍readers to grasp the precise meaning and usage. ​Additionally, historical context is presented, shedding light on ‌the time ‍periods, tactics, and strategies associated‍ with the‌ term’s usage, further enhancing the understanding of warfare methods.

3. Illustrative Examples: ⁤To ensure clarity, numerous real-life examples‍ and case studies are‌ included throughout the guide. These ‌examples demonstrate how

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Fly with the best in Top Gun: 50 Years of Naval Air Superiority—the definitive, highly illustrated, in-depth look at the Navy’s famous fighter unit, including its history, technology, and culture.

Top Gun: 50 Years of Naval Air Superiority begins with a fascinating behind-the-scenes account of the blockbuster film that helped America shake off the trauma of the Vietnam War and once again take pride in its military. The book then launches into the even more incredible story of why and how such men consistently capture the imagination of children, adults, pilots, and audiences around the world.

Chapters spotlight pivotal military movies and television shows that presaged the movie Top Gun, including edge-of-the-seat vignettes and anecdotes of pilots and their lifestyles, the origin of the Navy’s fighter pilot program and its rigorous training, and how it inspired the Air Force’s counterpart, Red Flag.

Other chapters highlight what it takes to be a pilot in other branches of the armed forces, and takes a look back in time at the most notorious (and feared) pilots of World War I and World War II from all around the globe. Fast forward to the jet age, when the first aces flew hair-raising missions over Korea and Vietnam, and learn how past and contemporary aerial dogfighting really works.

The book also reveals the many technological advances that transformed aerial combat from the dangerous, unsynchronized machine guns that bounced bullets off propellers in World War I to today, where air-to-air missiles are launched by pilots who have no visual contact with an adversary, and finally illustrates how drones are adding a new dimension to the meaning of Top Gun.

Finish with an in-depth look at Naval Station Fallon, one of the most modern and renowned American naval stations, located outside Fallon, Nevada. Top Gun: 50 Years of Naval Air Superiority concludes with a look at Top Gun 2, the highly anticipated sequel to one of the biggest action movies of all time and the one that made Tom Cruise a worldwide superstar. 

Featuring over 200 photos, new interviews and stories from aces, engineers, commanders, and more, and written by best-selling author and president of the Military Writers Society of America, Dwight Zimmerman, Top Gun: 50 Years of Naval Air Superiority is the must-have guide to the fastest, deadliest, most storied aerial combat squadron the world has ever known. 

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INTRODUCTION

Whether you spell it “Topgun” (the Navy program) or Top Gun (the 1986 movie), the image evoked by the term is the same: that of elite US Navy fighter pilots—the best of the best. Top Gun, the blockbuster movie that starred Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, and Val Kilmer—along with, of course, the F-14 Tomcat— exposed the wider public to the United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program.

In 2019, the Topgun program will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. But the history of Topguns—fighter pilots who are the best of the best— has its origin in 1914 over the skies of Western Europe during World War I. In that conflict, brave men flew their flimsy fabric-and-wood aircraft and dueled like aerial knights.

Fly with the best in Top Gun: 50 Years of Naval Air Superiority—the definitive, highly illustrated, in-depth look at the Navy’s famous fighter unit, including its history, technology, and culture.

The Origin of Topgun

Pursuant to CNO message DTG241506Z July 1968, during the period 8 August–8 November 1968, a five member review team, directed by Captain Frank W. Ault, USN [redacted]/1310, NAVAIRSYSCOM, (AIR-001), conducted an in-depth review of the entire process by which the Navy’s Air-to-Air Missiles Systems are acquired and employed in order to identify those areas where improvements can and should be made.

Thus, in the dry, acronym-filled text that is the military style, begins the fifty-eight-page report, with six appendices, officially titled “Report of the Air-to-Air Missile System Capability Review (U).” Its author, Navy Captain Frank Ault, lent his name to the document: “the Ault Report,” as it came to be known, forever changed US Naval Air fighter doctrine and tactics.

Top Gun in Print

The real-life heroic exploits of fighter pilots created an insatiable popular demand, and the publishing industry was quick to capitalize on it. English crime writer, journalist, and playwright Edgar Wallace was among the first. The guns of World War I were still firing when his short story, “Tam O’ the Scoots,” appeared in the November 1917 issue of Everybody’s Magazine. Tam was an RAF fighter pilot with a heavy Scottish accent (thus the “Scoots” for “Scouts,” an early reference to fighter planes). He appeared in a variety of magazine short stories that were collected into an anthology published in 1918. The stories were light on accuracy and heavy on action and thrills. Young Charles Lindbergh was one of countless boys captivated by Tam’s high-flying derring-do, inspired by dreams of becoming fighter pilots when they grew up.

So You Want to be A Fighter Pilot

In the wake of Top Gun’s release, a long line of hopeful young men took a shot at becoming fighter pilots, blissfully ignorant of how long the odds were—longer than the lines they stood in at the recruiting office! Recent numbers illustrate the difficulty of making the cut. More than 16,000 young men and women applied to enter the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in 2017. Of that group, about 1,100 were accepted; 240 of those midshipmen were accepted as pilots, and eighty out of those 240 were accepted into the jet training program. Finally, only fifty men and women succeeded in becoming fighter pilots for the US Navy.

A fascinating behind-the-scenes account of the blockbuster film that helped America shake off the trauma of the Vietnam War and once again take pride in its military.

The Original Topguns

World War I was the first conflict in which pilots dueled in aerial combat. It saw the debut of the term “ace” to describe a pilot who scored a minimum of five aerial victories (more on that in Chapter 10). Any count of aces in the war (or any war in which aces were recognized) is at best an estimate, because it wasn’t always possible to determine who downed an enemy plane, to sort out overlapping claims (often resulting in shared “half” credits), or to confirm if a plane was just damaged or shot down. According to a US Air War College study, there were a total of 1,305 aces in World War I from twelve countries. Here are some stories of the exceptional knights of the air from the Great War.

The High-Flying Heroes of World War II

The ear-grating order came through the loudspeaker in the pilots’ ready room. The pilots of Air Group 15 were ordered to man their planes, with one exception: “All except air group commander. He is not, repeat not, to go.” Commander David McCampbell, Air Group 15’s commander, air group (CAG), slumped in his chair as the rest of the pilots filed out of the ready room and up to their F6F Hellcat fighters warming up on the flight deck above. Instead of leading his men into battle, the Navy’s top ace, with twenty-one Japanese kills, would have to cool his heels, a victim of his admiral’s ire.

Once again, the outbreak of war caught the United States unprepared for conflict. This time it was on the Korean Peninsula in June 1950. In the post-World War II demobilization and drawdown, the country’s millions of active-duty personnel and weapons were drastically reduced. Where before the US military comprised millions of men and women in uniform, now there were just a few hundred thousand. And the oncemighty armada that had successfully waged a two-ocean war had for the most part been sold for scrap or to other countries, or mothballed.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Motorbooks; Illustrated edition (May 7, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0760363544
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0760363546
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.9 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.6 x 0.65 x 10.95 inches