Thud Ridge Author:Colonel Jack Broughton USAF (Ret) First Edition — From inside dust jacket: — They called their plane the "Thud," short for F-105 Thunderchief; Thud Ridge was their name for the line of hills they followed to the heart of Hanoi, a target more heavily defended than Berlin during Worl War II. — Thud Ridge is Colonel Broughton's highly personal account of the men and machines that have... more » fought this most violent of the several air wars rampant in that distant corner of the world.« less