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

Aleshire, Peter

 
9781592288229: Eye of the Viper: The Making of an F-16 Pilot
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1592288227 ISBN 13 : 9781592288229
Editeur : The Lyons Press, 2005

Synopsis

Hand-picked, pressure-tested, and full of astronaut gung ho, the young pilots of "Eye of the Viper" are poised for the toughest assignment of their career: the exhaustive six month training course at Arizona's Luke Air Force Base, at a cost of $2 million each. Luke, the world's largest fighter wing, is the only F-16 fighter training base in the United States, and each year it produces one thousand pilots who will fly the F-16 from Korea to Afghanistan to Iraq. But being among the elite pilots who are selected for the course is by no means a guarantee that they will earn the right to fly the F-16. Only a few select individuals will have what it takes. Award-winning journalist Peter Aleshire provides a full blast of the rigors and intensity of the course - the personalities, the incredible machines, the irreverence, the bravado, and the toughness, not only of the hand-picked students seeking a place in the warrior subculture, but of the veteran pilots who must teach them how to stay alive.

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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.

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Éditeur
The Lyons Press
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1592288227
ISBN 13 
9781592288229
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
312
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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