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Red Eagles: America's Secret MiGs (2011)

by Steve Davies(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1846033780 (ISBN13: 9781846033780)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Osprey Publishing

review 1: A nice look into the secret MiG squadron that flew in the 70's and '80's out of Tonopah, NV and Area 51 by Air Force, Navy and Marine pilots. Told in nearly chronological order there is a lot of information, with a huge cast of characters that is sometimes difficult to keep straight (booking the index page at the end with the list of pilots helps). The narrative flow isn't all that great with lot's of quoted storytelling from the participants rather than the author. There are also a lot of acronyms that someone outside of the military will have to adjust to. But, the information presented is extremely interesting. Planes flown included the MiG 17 Fresco, MiG 21 Fishbed and MiG 23 Flogger. From the technical specs and playing computer games such as Harpoon, I always t... morehought the MiG 23 was a more dangerous plane. But, from this book none of the pilots really liked it and preferred the MiG 21.The eBook was formatted well, but with several spelling errors. There are also several photos in two different sections of the book.
review 2: This is an interesting story, but, unfortunately, it is not told in a way to hold your interest. It reads like a text book, complete with far too many military abbreviations, and very little flair for the men that were involved. It didn't appear to me that any effort went into making this a story that civilian aviation nerds like myself could enjoy. And that's a real shame, because the base subject matter is really interesting to me. You'll learn a lot, but most likely be bored doing it. less

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