LE SHOPPING
Signed Copies of Hangar Flying and Below the Zone by Merrill A. McPeak
- Item Number
- 285
- Estimated Value
- 50 USD
- Sold
- 45 USD to ladden
- Number of Bids
- 7 - Bid History
Item Description
General Merrill A. "Tony" McPeak was the 14th Chief of Staff of the US Air Force. Hangar Flying is a memoir of his early service in fighter squadrons, a story about military flying in the tumultuous 1960s.
Below the Zone deals with the 1970s and 1980s, two decades McPeak spent climbing the promotion ladder from major to four-star general. This is a book about leadership and management in an organization that had to meet high performance standards as the US continued its long confrontation with the Soviet Union.
General Merrill A. (“Tony”) McPeak entered the Air Force in 1957 as a Distinguished Graduate of the San Diego State College ROTC program. A career fighter pilot, he spent two years with the Air Force’s elite aerobatic team, the Thunderbirds, performing before millions of people in nearly 200 official air shows in the U.S. and overseas. He flew 269 combat missions in Vietnam. Senior leadership assignments included command of the 20th Fighter Wing in NATO, the Twelfth Air Force (and concurrently U.S. Southern Command Air Forces) and the Pacific Air Forces. He was Air Force chief during a period of very active US involvement overseas, including Operation Desert Storm. While leading the Air Force, he conceived and executed the most extensive reorganization in its history, creating a service better suited to meet the nation’s defense needs. In 1992, San Diego State University honored General McPeak with its first ever Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1995, George Washington University gave him its Distinguished Alumni Award, the “George.” He was among the initial seven inductees to the Oregon Aviation Hall of Honor. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, New York City, and in 2008 was a national co-chairman of Obama for President. In 2010, President Obama appointed General McPeak to the American Battle Monuments Commission. The Commissioners subsequently elected him Chairman.
Donated By:
Merrill McPeak
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE OF PORTLAND stores data...
Your support matters, so ALLIANCE FRANCAISE OF PORTLAND would like to use your information to keep in touch about things that may matter to you. If you choose to hear from ALLIANCE FRANCAISE OF PORTLAND, we may contact you in the future about our ongoing efforts.
Your privacy is important to us, so ALLIANCE FRANCAISE OF PORTLAND will keep your personal data secure and ALLIANCE FRANCAISE OF PORTLAND will not use it for marketing communications which you have not agreed to receive. At any time, you may withdraw consent by emailing Privacy@frontstream.com or by contacting our Privacy Officer. Please see our Privacy Policy found here PrivacyPolicy.