
One Desert Jet Turner
by Earl Heron
"A Perspective on Youth, Fighter Aircraft, and Cold War"
Popularity
2.28 / 5
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Details
War:
Cold War
Perspective:
Pilots
Military Unit:
US Air Force
True Story:
Yes
Biography:
Yes
Region:
North America
Page Count:
252
Published Date:
2002
ISBN13:
9780970418906
Description
Feel what it's like to prepare fighter jets, "smell" the jet fuel, and taste the fighter environment. One Desert Jet Turner is an aviation book introduction to USAF fighter jet culture written by a F-4/F-16 fighter mechanic who shares all. This aviation career book provides information from the same perspective about the USAF Thunderbirds, and accident investigation as observed by the author at Nellis AFB, near both Las Vegas, NV and Area 51. Earl Heron also details the sensational transition from F-16 mechanic to C-130 flight engineer.One Desert Jet Turner is illustrated, but unlike many books about fighters that are primarily pictorial, this work concentrates on the realities behind the images.