Summary of Dan Hampton's The Hunter Killers

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#1 The F-105 was a powerful and big aircraft designed to fly fast and dangerously low. It was used in a different war for completely different reasons. The pilots were tasked with obliterating the SAM sites that killed Ross Fobair three days earlier.

#2 The Thud was a well-designed and roomy plane. It was set up around a T-shaped center console. Every few seconds Vic glanced inside the cockpit and cross-checked a gauge or switch. He didn’t bother with the big attitude indicator or horizontal situation indicator in the middle console just forward of the stick.

#3 Vic flew alongside the leader, keeping an eye on the hills on the right side of the formation. As they flew through the passes, Vic felt the pure joy of flying. Suddenly, voices crackled through his helmet. Someone was hit.

#4 The first twelve Takhli jets were all from the Ace of Spades, the 563rd Tactical Fighter Squadron. They were flying against Site 7, supposedly one of the SAMs that shot down Leopard Two, the F-4C from Ubon, three days earlier.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 29, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669377870

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The F-105 was a powerful and big aircraft designed to fly fast and dangerously low. It was used in a different war for completely different reasons. The pilots were tasked with obliterating the SAM sites that killed Ross Fobair three days earlier.

#2

The Thud was a well-designed and roomy plane. It was set up around a T-shaped center console. Every few seconds Vic glanced inside the cockpit and cross-checked a gauge or switch. He didn’t bother with the big attitude indicator or horizontal situation indicator in the middle console just forward of the stick.

#3

Vic flew alongside the leader, keeping an eye on the hills on the right side of the formation. As they flew through the passes, Vic felt the pure joy of flying. Suddenly, voices crackled through his helmet. Someone was hit.

#4

The first twelve Takhli jets were all from the Ace of Spades, the 563rd Tactical Fighter Squadron. They were flying against Site 7, supposedly one of the SAMs that shot down Leopard Two, the F-4C from Ubon, three days earlier.

#5

As the other three jets approached the river, they were met with anti-aircraft fire from Yen Bai. Vic was flying Rambler One, and he was barely fifty feet above the trees. He tensed up for what was coming.

#6

The lead Thud, Vic Mancuso, was so low over the valley that his exhaust was shooting dirt rooster tails into the air. The corner of his right eye picked up the bright orange flash of Valiant’s cluster bomb attack.

#7

The Red River was in plain sight beyond Number Four’s wing. It was wide, flat, and muddy, and it stretched eastward to the green fields beyond. Rambler One bumped up slightly, then banked left.

#8

The four BLU-27s fell away and the jet kicked up slightly as the extra weight came off. In the blink of an eye, twelve canisters peeled away from the bellies of the other fighters. Vic had to pass through a U-shaped flat area between the rivers, and anti-aircraft fire was everywhere.

#9

The thrill of flying faded as he thought of the guys who went down. Dead or worse. Too far into Indian Country to be rescued. Alone. The 563rd deployed to Takhli