Military aviation books can depict the technical details of the military and combat aircraft. But military aviation books can also let you look into the heart and souls of those live in that world. It is a world that most people can only imagine, perhaps wish they lived, and the only way to know this world is to read what it is like through military aviation books. Know not the speed or altitude an aircraft can fly, how many missiles or bombs it carries, but know what the pilot is thinking as he attempts to land on a aircraft carrier at night.
This is what led me to write West of the Rock. I flew F-14’s in the Navy for ten years and during that time I learned all the technical information that was required making me qualified to write military aviation books. I was taught how to land an F-14 on an aircraft carrier, and how to drop bombs and shoot missiles. Most military aviation books can tell you all about this as they attempt to let you climb into the cockpit with the pilot. This book lets you climb into their minds.
Most military aviation books never mention the camaraderie, mastery of technique, or the daily contests with fear. Pilots must also contend with the strains on family life during long deployments, the erosion of the motivations they need to face danger, the mounting death toll of friends, and diminishing faith in the nation’s mission and its seemingly endless confrontations around the world. Other military aviation books will never tell you the inside story of what goes on during training and between deployments. This is one of the unique military aviation books that describes the rise and fall of the beliefs upon which modern warriors rely.
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