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Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
Rebuilding the legendary Rogue Squadron, Wedge Antilles seeks out the most skilled and daring X-wing pilots, but when the group is ordered to assault the Imperial Black Moon, he fears that they may not survive the mission.
Author
Series
Star Wars novels. X-wing volume 5
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Wraith Squadron sends the new generation of daring pilots, trained by the legendary fighters of Rogue Squadron who destroyed the Empire's Death Star, into a fiery battle that tests their expertise as never before.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Eric Jansen{u2014}call sign Thor{u2014}loves nothing more than pushing his F-16 to the limit. Returning home to South Carolina after a tragic loss, he hopes to fix the mistake he made long ago, when he chose the Air Force over his fiancée. Becca Madison isn{u2019}t quick to welcome Thor back. She can{u2019}t forget how he shattered her heart. But Thor won{u2019}t give up once he{u2019}s set his sights on what he wants{u2014}and he wants Becca. Thor...
Author
Series
Star Wars novels. X-wing volume 2
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
The X-wing pilots of the Rogue Squadron, headed by Wedge Antilles, have a new target-Coruscant, the center of the Empire. But before a full attack can be mounted, someone must infiltrate the Imperial stronghold for vital intelligence information, and risk betrayal and capture by a ruthless warlord called Iceheart-emperor now in all but name!
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Tyrant Ysanne Isard has seized control of Thyferra, intending to use its supply of medicinal bacta for a decidedly unhealthy purpose--to destabilize and annihilate the New Republic. Undermanned and without Alliance support, Rogue Squadron faces an overwhelmingly superior force--and nearly impossible task: to oppose Isard's plans, defeat her Star Destroyer fleet, and free Thyferra from the grip of a madman in a winner-take-all battle.
Author
Series
Jammer Davis thrillers volume 1
Publisher
Oceanview Pub
Pub. Date
[2012], ©2010
Language
English
10) Devotion
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Elite fighter pilots Jesse Brown and Tom Hudner become the U.S. Navy's most celebrated wingmen during the Korean War.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The incredible life story of Eugene Bullard, the first African American military pilot in WWI, who went on to become a self-taught jazz musician, a Paris nightclub impresario, a spy in the French Resistance and an American civil rights pioneer. Eugene Bullard lived one of the most fascinating lives of the twentieth century. The son of a former slave and an indigenous Creek woman, Bullard fled home at the age of eleven to escape the racial hostility...
12) The nugget
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Lieutenant Bobby Steele, USN, is a fresh-faced and eager naval aviator: a "Nugget," who needs to learn the ropes and complex procedures of taking off and returning safely to his aircraft carrier. A blurry night of drinking lands him in an unfamiliar bed aboard the USS Oklahoma; later that day, the Japanese destroy Pearl Harbor. After cheating death and losing his friend in this act of war, the formerly naive Steele vows to avenge the attack. Flying...
Author
Publisher
Dey Street
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"F-16 fighter pilot, American hero, Fold Of Honor founder and family man Dan Rooney delivers a code for living-an inspirational call-to-action to help ordinary people to ascend to the highest level in life CAVU is an Air Force acronym that stands for Ceiling and Visibility Unrestricted. Translated, it describes the prefect conditions to be a fighter pilot, when steel blue skies invite them to spread their wings like a supersonic eagle. Fighter pilots...
15) Night fighters
Author
Series
Hunters of the Reich volume 1
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Biographies of five German night fighter (Nachtjagd) pilots: Wolfgang Falck, Georg Hermann Greiner, Werner Hoffmann, Peter Spoden and Paul Zorner.
17) Catch-22
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
The story of a group of fliers in the Mediterranean during World War II.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"For readers of Unbroken comes an unforgettable tale of courage from America's 'forgotten war' in Korea, by the New York Times bestselling author of A Higher Call. Devotion tells the inspirational story of the U.S. Navy's most famous aviator duo, Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown, and the Marines they fought to defend. A white New Englander from the country-club scene, Tom passed up Harvard to fly fighters for his country. An African American...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Like the A-10 aircraft she flew in combat, retired colonel and fighter pilot Martha McSally is a gritty individual who loves our Air Force and personified its core values of excellence, integrity, and service before self, while standing up to make it a better institution for everyone who serves. How to be resolute, do the right thing, persevere, find gratitude, and learn compassion are just some of the lessons in her inspirational life story." ?Ron...
20) Unmanned
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A psychologically gripping descent into the eerie realm of drone warfare, led by one pilot's risky quest to expose its darkest secrets. As an F-16 fighter pilot, Darwin Cole was a family man on top of his world. Now he's a washout-drunk and alone in a trailer in the Nevada desert, and haunted by what he saw on the display of the Predator drone he piloted," especially by the memory of an Afghan child running for her life. He reluctantly teams up with...
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