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Adversary: : America's Aggressor Fighter Squadrons, Hardback Book

Adversary: : America's Aggressor Fighter Squadrons Hardback

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Adversary takes an inside look at the dedicated adversary tactics units within the U.S.

Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. Every unit in this highly specialized group, from the Navy's well known TOPGUN program to the US Air Force's elite 414th Combat Training Squadron is reviewed.

The Marine Corps Sniper squadron and Navy reserve units are also covered.

Over the course of a two year time-frame, authors Rick Llinares and Chuck Lloyd were afforded unprecedented access to each of the five remaining aggressor squadrons.

Join the authors as they go inside the best air combat training units anywhere in the world.

Fly with USAF F-16 Vipers, Navy F/A-18 Hornets and Marine F-5E Tigers during actual training missions.

Hear directly from actual aggressor pilots as they describe what it's like to simulate the bad guy.

Learn how they fly their 'Soviet fighters' against American airman in mock air battles.

The book covers the history of the adversary programs in the American military as well as exploring the current air combat environment Modern threat aircraft flown by the former Soviet Union as well as the three American aggressor fighters are also included.

Playing the role of the 'bad guy' in the dangerous environment of aerial combat is not an easy task.

Adversary pilots must first be superb fighter pilots.

They must also be excellent teachers of the art of air combat, masters of their trade.

Their job is to teach, to take the best fighter pilots in the world and make them even better.

Adversary tells their story in dramatic photography and fascinating text.

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