Hawkeye, Brigadier General Giora EvenEpstein
Hawkeye, Brigadier General Giora EvenEpstein
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Hawkeye
The Enthralling Autobiography of the Top-Scoring Israel Air Force Ace of Aces

Author: Brigadier General Giora Even-Epstein

Narrator: Paul Boehmer

Unabridged: 9 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/23/2021


Synopsis

For more than thirty years, Giora Even-Epstein flew fighters for the Israel Air Force, achieving recognition as a highly skilled military aviator and the highest-scoring jet-mounted ace with the most num­ber of confirmed victories in the French Mirage. Having overcome numerous hurdles just to learn how to fly, he went on to compile a record of Arab MiGs and Sukhoi kills that bettered any other combat aviators' tally in the entire world.

This fast-moving autobiography details his experiences particularly in the intense conflicts of 1967, the Six Day War, and 1973, the Yom Kippur War. The listener shares the cockpit with him as he describes every action he undertook with 101 and 105 Squadron, including the greatest jet-versus-jet air battle in history with four MiG-21 kills in one engagement. His final score was seventeen. After his last battle he became commander of the First Jet Squadron, 117, began civilian flying, retrained to command 254 MMR Squadron in the 1982 Lebanon War, and flew the F-16 at the age of fifty before retirement. His story is of one man's unfaltering dedication to his dreams and his country. As the leading jet ace it is one well worth telling and, critically, it can be told in his own words.

About Brigadier General Giora Even-Epstein

Brigadier General Giora Even-Epstein was born in 1938 on an Israeli kibbutz and spent his early years in agricultural schools. He became fascinated with military aircraft and the aces who flew them. He desperately wanted to fly the French Mirage III but was turned down for flight training because of a heart defect. He tried again, was turned down again, but was incredibly accepted as a paratrooper. After 500 jumps, he tried again to enroll in the IAF pilot training program and was accepted, eventually gaining his wings to fly and fight during the critical periods of the Israel Air Force's combat history. In 2019, after years of retirement, he was promoted to brigadier general and today lives peacefully in Tel Aviv.


Reviews

An absolute blast from start to finish. From the playful banter to the wacky action sequences, Thompson manages to create something special here. The two Hawkeyes bounce off each other wonderfully with their back and forth quips and have a natural chemistry which conveys their underlying mutual love......more

Este segundo volume da Gaviã Arqueira, Kate Bishop, por Kelly Thompson e companhia não é tão sensacional como foi a primeira parte dessa publicação do selo Marvel Teens, mas ainda assim é bom. Começa com o crossover Hawkeye/Hawkeye: Generations, que já havia sido publicado no Brasil na época cronlóg......more

Goodreads review by lucas!!

It was okay, the first portion of the book was pretty good but then it got slowly more boring and got a bit weird at the end.......more

Goodreads review by Joosua

This book concludes the 2017 Hawkeye series and begins the 2018 West Coast Avengers series. In Hawkeye issue #13, Clint Barton returns but the series takes a slight downturn. First of all, I like Leonardo Romero's clean "European-style" art, but for some reason he draws Clint to look the same age as......more