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Willy Victor and 25 Knot Hole by Jarvis, Bruce (J. Bruce), author is a hobbies available to read on EtoBox.
<p>In the early hours of April 17, 1952 World War III nearly began. The Distant Early Warning line (DEW) was still an idea to be addressed by the U.S. government and its top military brass. “Willy Victor and 25 knothole” is about that vital cog of airborne defense against the real threat of a sneak attack (atomic and/ or airborne) against the American mainland. Bruce Jarvis, former naval flight crew member, recounts the operations of his Airborne Early Warning Squadron (AEWRON) experience, flying in a Lockheed Super Constellation Warning Star ( Navy designation Willy Victor-2) in support of the DEW line that became fully operable in the year 1957. It introduces readers to the flyers’ lives during the Cold War, and with little fanfare (but much moxie) recalls the unknown heroism of some of the front line troops in the form of a fictional but typical crew of naval airmen, of the now defunct conflict between Russia and the United States. Although the crew is fictional, their stories are true.</p><p>The entire U.S. air defense effort was conceptualized by what is known as the Lincoln Summer Study Group in 1952. It was in response to the panic in NORAD ( the North American Defense Comma
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- Author
- Jarvis, Bruce (J. Bruce), author
- Publisher
- [United States]: Xlibris Corporation
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781479713677
- Category
- hobbies
- Subjects
- Engineering, Stem
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (100 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14