7 Best aviation books like Above Average: Naval Aviation The Hard Way by D.D. Smith

Cover of Above Average: Naval Aviation The Hard Way by D.D. Smith

Above Average: Naval Aviation The Hard Way

By: D.D. Smith

4.59

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

Revised and updated version! STEPHEN COONTS, NY Times best-selling author of Flight of the Intruder…

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1. War For the Hell of It: A Fighter Pilot's View of Vietnam

By: Ed Cobleigh

4.43

Format: 250 pages,

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2. Skybreak: The 58th Fighter Squadron in Desert Storm

By: Mike Guardia

4.37

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

The top MiG Killers of Operation Desert Storm. August 1990: Iraqi forces under the command of Sa… read more

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  • aviation
  • nonfiction
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3. Eagles Over Britain (After Dunkirk #2)

By: Lee Jackson

4.46

Format: 455 pages, Kindle Edition

The German Luftwaffe attacks Britain from the skies. With no allies, she stands alone. Her fate h… read more

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4. Blood Warm Waters: A WWII Submarine Adventure Novel (USS Bull Shark Naval Thriller series Book 8)

By: Scott Cook

4.38

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Death rises from the deep and tropical seas burn as the tide of war continues to rise…Art Turner an… read more

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5. HUEY WAR: VIIETNAM FROM THE BACKSEAT

By: Bruce Nesmith

4.40

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

HUEY WARA UH-1H Huey helicopter is a flimsy machine. It’s the 1960s equivalent of a World War I bip… read more

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6. Project Omega: Eye of the Beast: SOG: My Tour

By: James Acre

4.49

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the Kindle edition of my book, published in 1999, and now out of print. It is my memoir of … read more

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7. Turning the Storm (After Dunkirk #3)

By: Lee Jackson

4.54

Format: 566 pages, Kindle Edition

As World War II reaches a tipping point, one heroic family is determined to help turn the tide. … read more

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8. Flight Quack: The true story of the Vietnam War’s most decorated flight surgeon, who became a CIA assassin

By: Alan S. Levin

4.53

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

"Why do I need a gun? I'm a doctor!" Over fifty years ago, I was a Harvard-trained pediatrician … read more

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9. The Sluggo Chronicles: Memoirs of an Old Bomber Pilot

By: Patrick Daly

4.11

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

"Slip the surly bonds of earth" with Sluggo. Enjoy the hijinks and antics of this old and bold BUFF… read more

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10. Ever Vigilant: Tales of the Vietnam War

By: Michael J. Hebert

4.29

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

War is carried out by young people trained for the task. It occurs at the edge, or just over the ed… read more

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11. Vietnam: No Regrets: One Soldier's Tour of Duty

By: J. Watkins

4.30

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

“In the 30+ years since its conclusion, countless volumes have been crafted regarding the Vietnam W… read more

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12. Dead Men Flying, A Remembrance : Going to War in the A-4 - Rolling Thunder over Hanoi

By: Michael Mullane

4.56

Format: 436 pages, Kindle Edition

A masterpiece of becoming an aerial warriorReview by Stephen Coonts, author of Flight of the Intrud… read more

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  • aviation
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13. A Reluctant Warrior: The Military Draft, the Navy F4 Phantom, Vietnam, and Top Gun

By: Kenneth Volker

4.29

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

A memoir of a Navy pilot during the war in Vietnam.This story is written from the author’s memory a… read more

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  • aviation
Cover of Firefly: A Skyraider's Story About America's Secret War Over Laos by Richard E. Diller

14. Firefly: A Skyraider's Story About America's Secret War Over Laos

By: Richard E. Diller

4.20

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

It is 1969 and Dick Diller is on his way to flying warplanes in the Vietnam conflict. He is commiss… read more

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  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • military history
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15. Combat Jet Pilot

By: Lynn High

4.42

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

An account of the over 450 combat missions flown by the author in the Vietnam War. The author is a … read more

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16. Turn and Burn: A Fighter Pilot’s Memories and Confessions

By: Darrell J. Ahrens

4.24

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

In “Turn and Burn” the author takes the readers with him in the cockpit as he shares the fulfillmen… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military history
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17. All Aces, No Jokers: The Wartime Memoirs of an American Fighter Pilot

By: Thomas Littleton

4.48

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

All Aces, No The Wartime Memoirs of an American Fighter Pilot is the must-read first-person accoun… read more

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18. Triple Sticks: Tales of a Few Young Men in the 1960s

By: Bernie Fipp

4.33

Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition

This memoir reads like fiction. The author assures us it is not!Three years before they came togeth… read more

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19. Three Down and Locked: Memoir of a Naval Aviator

By: Larry C. Turner

4.22

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

Every year the U.S. Navy designates some 1,200 Naval Officers as Naval Aviators once they have succ… read more

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20. Above Average: Naval Aviation The Hard Way

By: D.D. Smith

4.59

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

Revised and updated version! STEPHEN COONTS, NY Times best-selling author of Flight of the Intruder… read more

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  • aviation
  • military history
  • naval history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Our Lives "On the Line": The Air War over North Vietnam for a Navy pilot and his Airwing. by Kenneth Adams

21. Our Lives "On the Line": The Air War over North Vietnam for a Navy pilot and his Airwing.

By: Kenneth Adams

4.32

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

This covers the air war over North Vietnam from August 1966 through November 1968 for a young Naval… read more

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Cover of One Trip Too Many - A Pilot's Memoirs of 38 Months in Combat Over Laos and Vietnam by Wayne A. Warner

22. One Trip Too Many - A Pilot's Memoirs of 38 Months in Combat Over Laos and Vietnam

By: Wayne A. Warner

4.52

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

One Trip Too Many, A Pilot’s Memoirs of 38 Months in Combat over Laos and Vietnam, is an autobiogra… read more

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  • aviation
Cover of And I Lived to Tell the Tales: The Life of a Fighter Pilot by Ed Cobleigh

23. And I Lived to Tell the Tales: The Life of a Fighter Pilot

By: Ed Cobleigh

4.38

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Lt. Col. Ed “Fast Eddie” Cobleigh flew as a fighter pilot with the US Air Force, the US Navy (TOPGU… read more

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Cover of Better Lucky Than Good : From Outlaw Biker to Airline Pilot, And Beyond (From Outlaw Biker to Airline Pilot and Beyond Book 1) by Dale Arenson

24. Better Lucky Than Good : From Outlaw Biker to Airline Pilot, And Beyond (From Outlaw Biker to Airline Pilot and Beyond Book 1)

By: Dale Arenson

4.63

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

Jump inside the cockpit of an airplane and take an exhilarating trip across the United States. With… read more

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25. From F-4 Phantom to A-10 Warthog: Memoirs of a Cold War Fighter Pilot

By: Steven K. Ladd

4.53

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

This behind-the-scenes account of a USAF career is “an absorbing read, written with the classic hum… read more

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  • aviation
  • nonfiction
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26. Green Ink: Memoirs of a Fighter Pilot

By: RADM H. Denny Wisely USN Retired

4.42

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

The biography of a navy fighter pilot who started out from immature, shaky beginnings. He found him… read more

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  • nonfiction
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27. Black Cat 2-1: The True Story of a Vietnam Helicopter Pilot and His Crew

By: Bob Ford

4.53

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

“This moving memoir about the gritty life of a military helicopter pilot fills a gap in the genre o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • military history
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28. Flight Line: The Adventures of a Vietnam-Veteran AC-130 Crew Chief

By: Thomas R. Combs

4.42

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

The year is 1969. Neil Armstrong walks on the moon. Upstate New York hosts an outdoor concert calle… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Beyond Mach 3: A Pilot’s Journey Through The U-2 and SR-71 (1950 to 1970) A Memoir by Buddy Brown

29. Beyond Mach 3: A Pilot’s Journey Through The U-2 and SR-71 (1950 to 1970) A Memoir

By: Buddy Brown

4.55

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

Immerse yourself in sky-high adventure and the unwavering bravery of a legendary pilot who broke ba… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Neptune's Asylum: Sea Stories from the 1980s U.S. Navy by Kim Kipling

30. Neptune's Asylum: Sea Stories from the 1980s U.S. Navy

By: Kim Kipling

4.24

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

Have you ever served in the U.S Navy? Do you know someone who has? Have you ever wondered what ship… read more

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31. Tailhooker: Pre-Flight to Vietnam

By: Willard G. Dellicker

4.27

Format: 150 pages, Kindle Edition

Tailhooker refers to a military pilot who has landed on an aircraft carrier using a tail hook to ca… read more

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4.37

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4.20

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Darrell J. Ahrens

4.24

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4.59

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H.W. "Buzz" Bernard

4.52

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Scott Cook

4.30

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Chris Glatte

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