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The Extraordinary Report of the First Crazy Weasels, the Music group of Maverick Aviators Who Flew probably the most Dangerous Missions of the Vietnam Warfare A gripping chronicle of the band of maverick aviators who authorized on for the suicidal, dangerous top-secret "Wild Weasel" missions through the Vietnam Warfare - which used controversial and groundbreaking tactics to combat Soviet missile technology - from New York Times best-selling publisher Dan Hampton. On July 24, 1965, Soviet advisors to North Vietnam launched an SA-2 surface-to-air missile (SAM), blowing an American F-4 Phantom out of the sky - the first of several kills using this menacing system. To counter this new weaponry, stunned Pentagon officials created a categorized program - "Wild Weasel I" - pairing experimental equipment with an extremely select band of electronic warfare officers and fighter pilots to combat this deadly threat. The men who does this became the "Hunter Killers" - which is time to know their names. Fifty years later Dan Hampton offers a cockpit view of the highly classified armed forces program that was a radical departure from typical fighter jet techniques. These courageous, daring, and skilled warriors risked their lives to battle the SAMs and save their sibling aviators. Using firsthand accounts and declassified documents from both attributes of the turmoil, The Hunter Killers requires listeners into the skies and up near the bloody duels that left half the Weasels deceased or captured. At its middle will be the men who risked everything to battle the most dangerous antiaircraft weapons the world experienced seen. Acclaimed Texas historian Stephen L. Moore's Texas Rising, the state partner to the epic History series of the same name, brings to life the violent Texas frontier and the Rangers' heroic deeds through the Texas Revolution. Texas Increasing is an unforgettable history of the iconic band of fighters.
