Mike Jackson retired from the Air Force as a lieutenant colonel in 1991 following 23 years on active duty. Formerly, he was executive director of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. He and coauthor Tara Dixon-Engel are founders of the American Veterans Institute. Colonel Jackson and Ms. Dixon-Engel live near Dayton.
Foreword | p. 7 |
Preface-A Charmed Life | p. 9 |
The FACs of Life | p. 13 |
Troops in Contact | p. 20 |
A Cocoon Called Tipp | p. 41 |
An Officer and a Gentleman? | p. 53 |
The Year of Fifty-three Weeks | p. 66 |
I Will Survive | p. 84 |
Flying Blind | p. 6 |
Bamboozled | p. 111 |
Life with Charlie | p. 121 |
The Rockets' Red Glare | p. 143 |
Rats! | p. 161 |
Naked in Da Nang | p. 171 |
Heaven and Hell | p. 219 |
Spring Forward, Fall Back | p. 246 |
Epilogue: "We Never Got Our Parade" | p. 277 |
Co-Author's Note | p. 281 |
Afterword | p. 284 |
Acknowledgments | p. 290 |
Glossary | p. 292 |
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