Military Aircraft - Flying the F-14

The most versatile military aircraft in the world was the F-14. I am biased about military aircraft because I flew the F-14. Military aircraft can drop bombs or shoot-down other aircraft. Some military aircraft would strike such fear into their opponents that they would turn and leave before they would approach and fight. The F-14 was one such military aircraft.

I flew the F-14 military aircraft for ten years both in the fleet and in the reserves. I attended TOPGUN in 1988, have 430 military aircraft carrier landings, or traps as we call them, and deployed overseas twice to the Mediterranean. After living this life, and seeing just how unique it was I was inspired to write West of the Rock. This book gives a rare, illuminating look into the elite world of Navy pilots.  In a series of powerful and often harrowing narratives, I present their life trajectories, from looking up in awe at the power and glory of military aircraft, facing the ordeals of even “routine” landings at night on a pitching carrier deck, interacting with the comparatively unremarkable world of civilians, and reaching the point they no longer have the edge needed to be fighter pilots. Simply flying a military aircraft is only part of it.

Military aircraft fascinate many individuals. To some a military aircraft means power and excitement. To others military aircraft can define destruction and fear. This book open’s another perspective: The life of a Naval Aviator flying F-14’s. A military aircraft that changed the lives of those that flew it.

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