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An Aggressor Bibliography
These sources have information about the USAF Aggressor squadrons and program. Please contact me if you know of additional sources that should be added.
Books
Anderegg, C. R. Sierra Hotel: Flying Air Force Fighters in the Decade after Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, 2001.
Davies, Steve. Red Eagles: America's Secret MiGs. Rev. and updated ed. ed. Botley, Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2012.
Kinzey, Bert, and Ray Leader. Colors & Markings of USAF Aggressor Squadrons. Blue Ridge Summit, PA: TAB Books; Airlife Pub., 1988.
Kinzey, Bert. F-5 E & F Tiger II in Detail & Scale: USAF & USN Aggressor Aircraft. Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers.
Laming, Tim. Fight's On! Airborne with the Aggressors. Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1996.
Laslie, Brian D. The Air Force Way of War: U.S. Tactics and Training after Vietnam. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Llinares, Rick, and Chuck Lloyd. Adversary: America's Aggressor Fighter Squadrons. Atlgen, PA: Schiffer Pub., 1999.
Parsons, Dave, and Derek Nelson. Bandits! A Pictorial History of American Adversarial Aircraft. Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1993.
Peck, Gaillard R. America's Secret MiG Squadron: The Red Eagles of Project CONSTANT PEG. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2014.
Peebles, Curtis. Dark Eagles: A History of Top Secret U.S. Aircraft Programs. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1995.
Rininger, Tyson V. Red Flag: Air Combat for the 21st Century. St. Paul, MN: MBI Pub., 2006.
Skinner, Michael, and George Hall. Red Flag : Air Combat for the '80s. New York: Berkley Books, 1989.
Stewart, Chuck. Aggressor Aircraft. London: Osprey Aerospace, 1990.
Wilcox, Robert K. Wings of Fury: From Vietnam to the Gulf War the Astonishing True. New York: Pocket Books, 2014.
Theses
Burroughs, Richard O. "The USAFE Aggressor F-16 Transition: A Time for Change." MA thesis, Air War College, 1989.
Donovan, Matthew P. "Full Circle? The Transformation of Dedicated Adversary Air Training in the USAF." MA thesis, The School of Advanced Airpower Studies, 1998.
Fuerst, Nickie J. "Does the United States Air Force Need an Aggressor Force?", MA thesis, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1993.
Krempel, Donald M. "Can the Aggressors Continue to Be Effective in the F-5e?" MA thesis, Fort Leavenworth, KS : US Army Command and General Staff College, 1984.
Mendell, Robert W. USAFE Aggressors for the Future. Washington, D.C.: National Defense University, National War College, 1984.
Van Gilder, Walter L. "Realistic Training: The Key to Success in Aerial Combat." MA thesis, US Army Command and General Staff College, 1979.
Articles
Boyne, Walter J. "Enemies for Hire " Air Force Magazine, June 2014, 42-45.
McCullough, Amy. "Red Air For Hire," Air Force Magazine, April/May 2018, 34-40.
Pennington, Reina. "Grounded: The Aggressor Squadrons." Air & Space/Smithsonian, Feb/Mar 1995, 26-37. download PDF
Press, Mike. "The Human Factor: The United States Versus the Soviet Fighter Pilot." Air University Review 38, no. 1 (1986): 72-78.
"The Aggressors," Airman Magazine, Nov 2016.
West, Gary. "Aggressively Speaking." USAF Fighter Weapons Review 35, no. 2 (1987): 31-34.
Links, web sites, etc.
The USAF Aggressor Association: https://www.gomersrule.com
Wikipedia
IMO all these are weak entries that need work.
Aggressor squadron
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggressor_squadron
List of United States Air Force aggressor squadrons (with links to individual units)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_aggressor_squadrons
Films and videos
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