ON A STEEL HORSE I RIDE: A HISTORY OF THE MH-53 PAVE LOW HELICOPTERS IN WAR AND PEACE

摘要

I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that On a Steel Horse I Ride is worthy of a Pulitzer Prize based on the depth and breadth of its research, the quality of its writing and the importance of its subject. In 769 fact-filled, emotion-charged pages, Darrel Whit-comb presents the 40-plus-year saga of the Sikorsky MH-53J Pave Low helicopter. Only someone with his combat flying experience and dedicated research capability could have written this book, and only the Air University Press would have had the good sense to publish it in such polished form. The MH-53J Pave Low is truly a steel horse of legendary might, assigned to the most difficult tasks in combat, and capable of pulling them off time after time, war after war. The ability to do so rests of course upon the air and ground crews that operated them, and their adaptability to new conditions, climates and equipment.