Eye of the Viper: The Making of an F-16 Pilot - Couverture rigide

Aleshire, Peter

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ISBN 10 : 1592282601 ISBN 13 : 9781592282609

Editeur : The Lyons Press, 2004

Synopsis

Every year, 1,000 fresh potential pilots undergo the intensive, six-month, 58-flight, USD2 million-a-head fighter pilot basic training where they are pushed to the extreme limits, propelled by the desire to earn their place in a warrior subculture. From the investigative, science and medical writer, Peter A. Aleshire, comes Eye Of The Viper, an intriguing book about the making of an F-16 fighter pilot. Blending intense human drama with a wealth of information about the world's most expensive, deadly, high-tech Air Force, the book follows a batch of fresh new recruits at Luke Air Force base, the world's largest fighter wing and the single most important source of fighter pilots that have made the American Air Force virtually unchallenged in the skies, as they experience the exhaustive six-month training process. Get an insider's look at how these rookies face mental and physical demands, exhilaration and failure, joy and pain, sweat and tears while they are transformed into stealth, fierce, American fighting machines. Each recruit is eager to climb into the jets they love at a moment's notice and fly half way round the world to drop laser-guided bombs down any smokestack the Preside

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À propos de l?auteur

Peter Aleshire is an accomplished historian and investigative writer who has published four books on the history of the Apache Wars. He spent 18 years as a science and medical writer with various newspapers before joining the faculty at Arizona State University. Aleshire has won numerous awards for his magazine pieces and the books about the Apache Wars.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Lyons Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1592282601
• ISBN 13: 9781592282609
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 312
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible