Aces In Command: Fighter Pilots as Combat Leaders - Softcover

Eddie Rickenbacker, Hub Zemke, Boots Blesse, and Robin Olds are in the pantheon of American fighter aces. Their names are familiar to many, but there has never been a book that examined their brilliant leadership ability as well as their aerial prowess.

WALTER J. BOYNE is a retired U.S. Air Force pilot, the former director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, a bestselling author, and a world-renowned authority on aviation his-tory. His thirty books include The Smithsonian Book of Flight, Eagles at War, and Beyond the Wild Blue: A History of the United States Air Force, 1947-1997. Residing in Ashburn, Virginia, Boyne is presently chairman of the cable television channel Wingspan.