That Others May Live: Inside the World's Most Daring Rescue Force - Couverture souple

Brehm, Jack; Nelson, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0091877911 ISBN 13 : 9780091877910

Editeur : Ebury Press, 2001

Synopsis

Pararescue Jumpers, an elite American military unit, are skilled paramedics, can recover victims from just about anywhere, and know how to use a machine gun from a helicopter door. This book follows Brehm and others at PJ school, and at home, in 1978 to 2001. Daring missions are detailed in full.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Imagine jumping out of an aeroplane at 40, 000 feet, accelerating through the air until you reach terminal velocity at 127 mph, then deploying your 'chute at a mere 1000 feet in order to minimise your vulnerability to ground fire. . . Imagine jumping from 800 feet, having an instant to pull the release and even then bouncing along the ground like tumbleweed because you're carrying so much of the plane's forward momentum. Or performing the against-all-odds rescue operation described in the best-selling THE PERFECT STORM. Or climbing down a mountain in a blizzard with someone strapped to your back. The PJs, America's most elite military unit are Pararescue Jumpers, originally formed after WWII by the US Air Force/Air National Guard to rescue troops from behind enemy lines (and, in peacetime, civilians in danger around the world). They can recover victims from deserts or at the poles, far out to sea, or just offshore in 150mph winds. They swim in 100 foot seas. They are highly skilled paramedics. They also know how to operate a machine gun from a hellicopter door. In THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE we follow Brehm and his fellow PJs from PJ school in 1978 to the present day. The daring missions are relived in full detail.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ebury Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0091877911
• ISBN 13: 9780091877910
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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