The Aviators, W.E.B. Griffin
The Aviators, W.E.B. Griffin
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The Aviators

Author: W.E.B. Griffin

Narrator: Eric G. Dove

Unabridged: 13 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/20/2012

Synopsis

1964. The Vietnam War has begun to escalate, its new style of battle demanding new weapons and tactics and men who can use them. Overnight, it seems, the U. S. Army must scramble to create its first-ever Air Assault Division, a force critical to its chances of success, but the obstacles facing it are staggering—untrained men, mysteriously failing aircraft, vicious inter-service rivalries.As the hostilities increase, the warriors and the women who love them are swept into the struggle, their personal and professional lives twisting and intertwining as they race against time—and the fortunes of war…

About W.E.B. Griffin

W. E. B. Griffin is also the author of the bestselling Corps, Brotherhood of War, Badge of Honor, Men at War, and Honor Bound series. He has been invested into the orders of St. George of the U.S. Armor Association and St. Andrew of the U.S. Army Aviation Association, and is a life member of the U.S. Special Operations Association; Gaston-Lee Post 5660, Veterans of Foreign Wars; China Post #1 in Exile of the American Legion; and the Police Chiefs Association of Southeast Pennsylvania, South New Jersey, and Delaware. He is an honorary life member of the U.S. Army Otter & Caribou Association, the U.S. Army Special Forces Association, the U.S. Marine Corps Raider Association, and the USMC Combat Correspondents Association.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Glen on January 01, 2019

Soap opera about the formation of the first helicopter squadrons of Vietnam. Interesting, but too much soap opera for me.......more

Goodreads review by Nikki on July 23, 2014

I loved this book. I am currently living at Fort Rucker with my husband while he goes through flight school. I volunteer at the US Army Aviation Museum on base. I've learned a lot about the history of army aviation and got a kick out of reading a fictionalized version of it.......more

Goodreads review by Gilbert on November 11, 2022

I would not be surprised to learn that Griffin originally wrote The New Breed and The Aviators as a single novel that his editor suggested he break into two. It is essentially the same story told from the POVs of two separate groups of soldiers. Fit the two POVs together and you have a much more com......more

Goodreads review by Keith on July 04, 2020

We can't issues partial stars so I gave this four. It's really a three and change story but I felt three would be too low. This book goes back in time and parallels the previous novel this time mostly from the viewpoint of Captain Johnny Oliver the aide-de'-camp of General Bellmon. This novel with th......more

Goodreads review by Richard on August 02, 2012

How could I not like a WEB Griffin Brotherhood of War novel? This is a little different from the rest. It is the first time in which two novels overlap in content and timespan. Together with 'The New Breed', this book presents the story of a rebel takeover in the Republic of the Congo. Most of the origin......more

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