(Pechs1) wrote in message ...
I know Mr Cooper will blast me for this, but oh well, he has before.

Have any of the aviators that were in the 'fleet'(USN or USAF or even USMC)
during or after the Iran-Irag conflict heard of any of the results that Mr.
Cooper talks about in his book?

I find that even tho I have an SI clearance, and was flying the F-14, even in a
test squadron(VX-4), I never heard of these F-14 results..

Anyone??
P. C. Chisholm
CDR, USN(ret.)
Old Phart Phormer Phantom, Turkey, Viper, Scooter and Combat Buckeye Phlyer

Pechs,

Take Mr. Cooper's information with a grain of salt. He's a known
plagerizer, and most of his conclusions are based on conjecture. I've
long ago learned to ignore his bunk.

I've accumulated a 7000 volume aviation library over the years, and
its apparent where Cooper loots his information from...he never uses
citations.
His Iran-Iraq 80-88 book draws massive portions from Paul Gillchrist's
"Tomcat!"...almost word for word plagerism...he absolutely did not
cite Adm. Gillchrist.

The tables on his website contain information purloined from other's
works and there's no citations. He wants people to think he actually
gathered all of that.

He's a joke. A pure amature punting himself about as a legitimate
historian.
Don't believe me? Go pick up Iran-Iraq war 80-88...I have worked with
gifted 4th grade elementary students who would give Tom Cooper a run
for his money, when it comes to writing. He could have solved his
grammatical issues by running the manuscript through a wordcheck. Much
of his stuff is published in UK magazines which are really targeted
for an unsophisticated audience. I have read many of these (did not
buy). You should too, and reach your own conclusions.

My conclusions of his work? Amature, mis-leading, shallow.
Go find yourself a copy any of his work, you will see for yourself.