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North Korea is at it again. Kim Jong Un raids and kills several UN weapons inspectors and holds three others hostage at one of his suspected nuclear sites. The U.S. unilaterally mounts a SEAL Team raid to rescue the hostages while simultaneously launching a massive air attack to destroy the facility. The U.S. and South Korean presidents play "tit for tat" trying to resolve a major upheaval in Seoul. Brad Mitchell, the 80th Squadron Commander is shot down and rescued by the SEALS. They make their way through the jungle to escape, though without the hostages. Things ease back to normal - as normal as can be on the Korean peninsula.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
North Korea is at it again. Kim Jong Un raids and kills several UN weapons inspectors and holds three others hostage at one of his suspected nuclear sites. The U.S. unilaterally mounts a SEAL Team raid to rescue the hostages while simultaneously launching a massive air attack to destroy the facility. The U.S. and South Korean presidents play "tit for tat" trying to resolve a major upheaval in Seoul. Brad Mitchell, the 80th Squadron Commander is shot down and rescued by the SEALS. They make their way through the jungle to escape, though without the hostages. Things ease back to normal - as normal as can be on the Korean peninsula.
Autorenporträt
Colonel Dana Duthie's assignment as an Air Force Forward Air Controller is the basis for many of the experiences in Convoy Cover His Air Force career spanned 24 years, from pilot training in Georgia and instructor in Texas to the skies over Southeast Asia in the OV-10, and from the F-4 phantom in Germany to the F-16 Falcon in South Carolina, Korea and Germany. The theme of Convoy Cover spawned from his tour with the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron in Thailand and Cambodia. He also paid his dues with three headquarters assignments and professional schooling. Colonel Duthie retired in 1992. He lives in Broomfield and Steamboat Springs, Colorado with his wife, and two children and four grandchildren nearby. One grandson is currently assigned as a Yellow Shirt on the USS Carl Vinson, nuclear carrier in the Pacific.