Eye of the Viper: The Making of an F-16 Pilot
by Peter Aleshire
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Author: Peter AleshireEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-11-01
ISBN: 1592288227
Number of pages: 312
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Book Reviews of Eye of the Viper: The Making of an F-16 Pilot
Book Review: Excellent info and enjoyable to read.
Summary: 5 Stars
I greatly enjoyed this book.The author presents a great picture of the workload and commitment it takes to fly the USAF's advanced fighters.
Oh,and to Capt.& Mrs. Quattlebaum,methinks you protest too much!
Summary of Eye of the Viper: The Making of an F-16 Pilot
Hand-picked, pressure-tested, and full of astronaut gung ho, the young pilots of "Eye of the Viper" are poised for the toughest assignment of their career: the exhaustive six month training course at Arizona's Luke Air Force Base, at a cost of $2 million each. Luke, the world's largest fighter wing, is the only F-16 fighter training base in the United States, and each year it produces one thousand pilots who will fly the F-16 from Korea to Afghanistan to Iraq. But being among the elite pilots who are selected for the course is by no means a guarantee that they will earn the right to fly the F-16. Only a few select individuals will have what it takes. Award-winning journalist Peter Aleshire provides a full blast of the rigors and intensity of the course - the personalities, the incredible machines, the irreverence, the bravado, and the toughness, not only of the hand-picked students seeking a place in the warrior subculture, but of the veteran pilots who must teach them how to stay alive.Aviation Books
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