Call-Sign KLUSO - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Call-Sign KLUSO write by Rick Tollini. This book was released on 2021-04-01. Call-Sign KLUSO available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A US Air Force Captain tells the story of his life and service during Operation Desert Storm in this thrilling military memoir. A pilot all his life, Rick “Kluso” Tollini turned his childhood dream into a reality when he became a fighter pilot for the US Air Force. In Call Sign KLUSO, Rick “Kluso” Tollini puts the fraught minutes above the Iraqi desert that made him an ace into the context of a full life; exploring how he came to be flying a F-15C in Desert Storm, and how that day became a pivotal moment in his life. He recounts his training, preparation, and missions, as well as the life of a fighter pilot in a combat zone. He also explores life as an air force veteran, and his turn to Buddhism as he comes to terms with his actions in combat. Rick’s first experience of flying was in a Piper PA-18 over 1960s’ California as a small boy, and his love of flying through his teenage years was fostered by his pilot father, eventually blossoming into a decision to join the Air Force as a pilot in his late twenties. Having trained to fly jets he was assigned to fly the F-15 Eagle with the “Dirty Dozen,” the 12th Tactical Fighter Squadron, at Kadena AB, Japan, before returning Stateside to the 58th Tactical Fighter Squadron “The Gorillas.” Throughout training, Reagan’s fighter pilots expected to face the Soviet Union, but Rick’s first combat deployment was Desert Storm.
Fox Two
Fox Two - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fox Two write by Randy Cunningham. This book was released on 1984. Fox Two available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For the fans of the increasingly popular category of Vietnam nonfiction comes a fighter pilot's bird's-eye view of air combat. Navy flyer Cunningham takes the reader on a heart-stopping flight of daring and strategy, portraying the Navy's air war over Vietnam.
Bogeys and Bandits
Bogeys and Bandits - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bogeys and Bandits write by Robert Gandt. This book was released on 1998. Bogeys and Bandits available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A former Navy pilot takes readers on a thrilling ride in the FA-18 Hornet, weaving superb technological details of the plane with portraits of the day-to-day lives of very real people aspiring to fulfill a dream. photos.
Tanker Pilot
Tanker Pilot - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tanker Pilot write by Mark Hasara. This book was released on 2017-11-07. Tanker Pilot available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "A military memoir with ... stories and moral lessons for people on the battlefield, in boardrooms, or in their everyday lives, by a veteran air-refueling expert, with a foreword by Rush Limbaugh"--Provided by publisher.
From F-4 Phantom to A-10 Warthog
From F-4 Phantom to A-10 Warthog - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From F-4 Phantom to A-10 Warthog write by Steve Ladd. This book was released on 2020-09-30. From F-4 Phantom to A-10 Warthog available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This behind-the-scenes account of a USAF career is “an absorbing read, written with the classic humor fighter pilots seem to have” (Flight Line Book Review). From Baron von Richthofen to Robin Olds, the mystique of the fighter pilot endures. The skill, cunning, and bravery that characterizes this distinctive band of brothers is well known, but there are other dimensions to those who take to the skies to do battle that have not been given the emphasis they deserve—until now. You don’t have to be an aviation aficionado to enjoy Colonel Steve Ladd’s fascinating personal tale, woven around his twenty-eight-year career as a fighter pilot. This extremely engaging account follows a young man from basic pilot training to senior command through narratives that define a unique ethos. From the United States to Southeast Asia, Europe to the Middle East, the amusing and tongue-in-cheek to the deadly serious and poignant, this is the lifelong journey of a fighter pilot. The anecdotes are absorbing, providing an insight into life as an Air Force pilot, but, in this book, as Colonel Ladd stresses, the focus is not on fireworks or stirring tales of derring-do. Instead, this is an articulate and absorbing account of what life is really like among a rare breed of arrogant, cocky, boisterous, and fun-loving young men who readily transform into steely professionals at the controls of a fighter aircraft. “This book will appeal to a variety of readers with its Vietnam War combat stories and accounts of flying the Warthog in Cold War Europe. Fun, flying, international experiences—you won’t want to put it down.” —Aviation News
