Read any good books lately?

"Bury Me Upside Down"

If you're willing to allow dead tree over Kindle, Osprey's F-100 and B-57 Units of the Vietnam War were both good reads with lots of personal stories...

Thanks.  Looking for something along the lines of Chickenhawk, only for fixed-wing fellas.

Paul Preston,The Spanish Holocaust.It,s about atrocities that were perpetrated by both sides during the Spanish Civil War.Absolutely horrific what went on due to deep seated hatreds and resentments.

Also,just started

The Second World War by Antony Beevor

Sorry Stu,I missed the part about Vietnam,good books though.

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"Bury Me Upside Down"

It's no work of literary genius, but it's about maybe three dozen guys and a half dozen airplanes controlling the first fifty kilometers or so of North Vietnam. From 4000 feet. All day.

My F-100F also came Friday. Sprue shots over in the Vietnam Air War GB, which is in "Aircraft" until it gets moved....

My problem with reading books is that it often results in me putting away the project I am working on in favor of starting a kit of the genre represented by the book I am reading.  Was about to start an airliner, and started reading Popes  "Life in Nelson's Navy" about sailing ships circa 1800, and I really want to build something of that kind of thing.  Harder to get back to what is on bench. I guess I should prioritize my reading to only read stuff related to what is on (or going on) my bench!

Not about Vietnam per se, but I just finished Kelly Johnson's autobiography. Its a great read.

When Thunder Rolled: An F-105 Pilot over North Vietnam, Ed Rasimus- One of my favorites, Palace Cobra is the followup, not quite as good

+1 to Bury Me Upside Down

Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds

Thud Ridge, Jack Broughton if you never read it

Snake Pilot: Flying the Cobra Attack Helicopter in Vietnam, Randy Zahn- Like Chickenhawk, not quite as philosophical but also not quite as good

All of those should be available on Kindle for relatively cheap. Hope that helps

The Gooney Bird by William C. Anderson (Maj. USAF), 1969.

If you haven't read Ernie Old's biography, "Fighter Pilot" please do not call yourself a Vietnam Air War fan again...just sayin'...

Read Fighter Pilot......Kinda why I'm looking for more.  Really liked it.

Just finished "Bury us...".

Very good book, and a lot of new info about the FAC operation.

"The Far Side Gallery"...

On the Vietnam air war, "One Day in a Long War" is the most recent read on that subject that I can highly recommend. I see that "Thud Ridge" was already mentioned as well. Of course right now I am reading "1776" by David McCollough, an absolutely superb read about the beginning of the American Revolution.

Recently finished "Phantom Reflections" and thought it was a good read. As mentioned, "When Thunder Rolled" and "Palace Cobra" were very good too.