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Chariots of the damned :helicopter special operations from Vietnam to Kosovo

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Main Author: McKinney, Mike
Other Authors: Ryan, Mike, 1960-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2002.
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:
Special forces (Military science) > History.
Military helicopters > United States.
Aeronautics, Military > United States > History.
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Physical Description:213 p.: ill.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0312291183
Author Notes:Major Mike McKinney is an instructor pilot in the US Air Force who currently flies the MH-53 Pave Low. He has over 2,500 hours in the UH-1H, UH-1N and the MH-53 and has participated in operations Restore Democracy in Haiti (1994), Deliberate Force in Bosnia (1995), and with the Allied Force in Kosovo (1999). He has served with the 20th SOS at Hurlburt Field and 21st SOS at RAF Mildenhall, UK. He lives in Florida with his wife, Sherry, son AJ and daughter Rachel.

Mike Ryan is the President of the American advanced concepts company Avpro Aerospace. He has co-authored two other aviation books, Warplanes of the Future and X-Planes . He frequently appears on TV as a defense and aerospace expert and is a technical consultant to the film industry. Ryan serves in the British reserve forces as an army officer. He is married with two children.

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