![]() After retiring, he turned to writing about the aircraft he loves, and is the author of fourteen novels – including the critically acclaimed sequel to The Warbirds: Force of Eagles. He also taught at the Air Force Academy and served as an operations plans officer. WARBIRDS Jet Age Sourcebook Written By Steve Bergeron Produced By Cait Bergeron, Cameron Macdonald, and Ashley Dinning Rapid re Rules By Steve Bergeron and Quinton Oliviero Cover and Interior Art All images are public domain and owned by their respective governments. This is the story of people whose passion is recovering lost airplanes, including one teams amazing efforts to recover a B-29 bomber from the ice in Greenland. ![]() Some of the images have been produced exclusively for the book, while others have. ![]() While on active duty, he logged over 240 combat missions. Booktopia has Warbirds, The Aviation Art of Adam Tooby by Adam Tooby. Richard Herman is a retired Air Force officer who flew C-130s and F-4s. ‘Gripping rvice politics, aerial combat and sharply drawn characterisation combine to make a first rate action novel’ Yorkshire Evening Post Book features images of more than fifty of the. ‘A really fast-moving air force adventure story, with some superb action scenes which glue you to your seat’ Bookseller A photographic history spanning a century of innovation in military aviation. ‘This is the sharp end, with vivid descriptions of air combat, the smell of hot oil and fear’ The Times The Warbirds book by Richard Herman ISBN: 1556110979 ISBN13: 9781556110979 The Warbirds (Book 1 in the Jack Locke Series) by Richard Herman See Customer Reviews Select Format Hardcover 5.39 Paperback 7.19 - 7.49 Mass Market Paperback 4.19 - 4.69 Select Condition Like New Unavailable Very Good 5. ‘An imaginative action story told to perfection’ Clive Cussler This includes turning a superbly talented pilot but loose cannon named Jack Locke into a fighting force to be reckoned with.īecause their country could ask them at any time to fly their F-4s into the eye of the firestorm, to face an overwhelming enemy and brave the flames of hell itself without question and with no support.Īnd there will be no turning back when the heavens explode.Ĭombining the hard world of power-politics with phenomenal air-war sequences and nail-biting tension, The Warbirds is the flying novel of the decade. War Birds records in detail the stresses. His assignment is one that no other officer in the United States Air Force would touch.īut Waters has a fabled stubbornness and dedication unparalleled in the armed services.and the will to make the impossible possible. Springs went on to write this book, an amalgamation of his own recollections and Griders diary and correspondence. When Libya provokes a world crisis, the 45th Tactical Fighter Wing is relocated to a base in East Anglia to prepare for combat.Ĭolonel Anthony "Muddy" Waters has a mission: to mould a company of poorly trained rogues and misfits into heroes.
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