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Dedicated
to USAF men and women, past and present,
who go into harms way to save lives.
Their motto is "That Others May Live"
Books About PJs and Air Rescue
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THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE – THE REAL LIFE HEROES OF THE PERFECT STORM BY SENIOR MASTER SERGEANT JACK BREHM AND PETE NELSON.
‘YOU GOTTA PICK SOMEONE UP IN A HELICOPTER, PEOPLE ARE SHOOTING AT YOU – YOU GOING TO SIT DOWN AND REST? YOU GOING OUT ON SICK CALL? IT’S NOT AN OPTION. MAYBE YOU DIE – SO WHAT? AT LEAST YOU DIED DOING SOMETHING WORTHWHILE.’ SENIOR MASTER SERGEANT JACK BREHM IS A PARARESCUE JUMPER OR ‘PJ’. LITTLE-KNOWN, MULTI-SKILLED AND ASTONISHINGLY BRAVE, THE PJ’S PRIMARY MISSION IS THE RESCUE OF PILOTS SHOT DOWN BEHIND ENEMY LINES. THESE ARE THE UNSUNG HEROES WHO SWIM THROUGH MONSTER-SIZED WAVES OR WHO DANGLE PRECARIOUSLY OVER RAGING SEAS. IT WAS JACK BREHM WHO COORDINATED THE RESCUE EFFORTS THAT WERE CHRONICLED IN THE BESTSELLING BOOK THE PERFECT STORM.
Senior Master Sergeant Jack Brehm is a pararescue jumper, or a PJ. He is one of the select few members of the US Air Force who have made it through the intensive, gruelling physical and mental endurance tests known as the Pipeline. Little-known, multi-skilled and astonishingly brave, the PJs’ primary mission is the rescue of pilots shot down behind enemy lines. They are the unsung heroes who swim through monster-sized waves or who dangle precariously over raging seas. It was Jack Brehm who coordinated the rescue efforts that were chronicled in the bestselling book The Perfect Storm.
That Others May Live not only tells the story of Jack’s life but also shares the stories of fellow PJs, living and dead, who made careers of saving apparently doomed lives, at huge risk to themselves. Thrilling, shocking and utterly compelling, this is real-life heroic action-adventure at its fascinating best. Published: 2001
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An
inside look at the Air Force's pararescue operations in Afghanistan
chronicles the exploits of the 71st Rescue Squadron as the PJs rescue
the crew of a crashed plane from a site 10,000 feet in the Hindu Kush
mountains, make a nighttime parachute jump into the heart of an Afghan
minefield, and take part in Operation Anaconda. Author: Michael Hirsh Publisher: Nal Caliber Category: History ISBN: 0451212959 Format: Hardcover and Softcover Publication Year: 2004
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This behind-the-scenes look at an elite pararescue unit based in Alaska examines their training, the extreme conditions under which they work, and actual life-and-death situations to which they respond--which include high mountain rescue. AN AWESOME TRUE ADVENTURE! The Heroic Story of Parajumpers On The Edge Of The World... by Bob Drury, Published by Simon & Schuster, 2001... From jacket of book... Because of their low profile, the Air Force's parajumpers, or PJs, are the Special Forces you've never heard of. Now their remarkable achievements are revealed for the first time in this thrilling account of one season in the life of Alaska's 210th Pararescue Swuadron, the only PJ team devoted to civilian rescues. The lives of countless men and somen-mountaineers trapped on immense 20,320 feet Denali massif, fishermen adrift in the chaos of Bering Strait, lost hunters wandering the endless tundra, and even Navy Seals freezing to death on a glacier the size of Rhode Island- are the responsibility of this uncommonly trained, close-knit unit of thirty citizen-soldiers.............. Author: Bob Drury Publisher: Simon & Shuster Category: History ISBN: 0684864797 Format: Hardcover and Softcover Publication Year: 2001 |
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Special Forces: War on Terrorism in Afghanistan Eric Micheletti, well known editor of Raids Magazine in France is an internationally respected special Forces expert. In this spectacular new book he gives a day by day objective and highly documented explanation of the use of American, British, French and Australian Special Forces in the campaign in Afghanistan from 2001-2003. Smaller units from Canada, Denmark, Norway, New Zealand, Germany, Turkey and other countries are shown as well. All of the key
operators are profiled: US Army Special Forces, Special Operations
Aviation, Rangers, Delta, PSYOPS, Civil Affairs, USN Seals, USAF
Special Operations, Air Combat Controllers, Pararescue, and the CIA.
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In today's war on terror,
they make it happen. Flying into enemy territory under cover of
darkness, evading radar by flying feet above the ground, landing where
the enemy least expects them, and armed and ready to fight their way
out again---these sky raiders deliver US fighters, US firepower, and
secret operatives the world over---and they've been doing it since
WWII. In FROM A DARK SKY, author Orr Kelly takes you
into the top secret world of the US Air Force Special Operation
Teams---men who are trained to swim like Navy SEALS, attack like the
Army's DELTA FORCE, and fight like hell anytime and everytime. In
WWII, they were know as Carpetbaggers, making daring drops from B-24
bombers into Europe and ripping through the jungles of Burma and the
Philippines in light, fixed-wing aircraft. In Vietnam, they were
"sheep-dipped"---stripped of their commissions, their uniforms, and
any formal connection with the USAF---before launching secret missions
in converted trainers and O-1 Bird Dogs. In recent times, these elite
warriors have spearheaded America's invasion of Panama and led the way
into Iraq. Whether their specialty is combat control or pararescue,
whether they are Carpetbaggers, Ravens, or Nimrods---they are the
elite of the Air Force and FROM A DARK SKY is their
compelling story. With photos. Author: Orr Kelly Publisher: Category: History ISBN: Format: Paperback 348 pages Publication Year: 1977 |
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The Rescue of Streetcar 304 is Fields’ exhilarating narrative of the 40-hour ordeal that followed, and what turned out to be one of the largest air rescues of the Vietnam War. Fields recounts close encounters with Pathet Lao guerillas and nearly being killed time and again by friendly bombs. He describes in riveting detail the radio chatter between participants and the stress effects of coping with fear, no food, the jungle heat, wild animals, and sleep deprivation. Before it was over, the U.S. Air Force had flown 189 sorties to rescue Fields, and in the process four pilots had ejected, seven planes were lost or heavily damaged, and one pilot became a POW for five years. Author:
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