One Desert Jet Turner: A Perspective on Youth, Fighter Aircraft, and Cold War

Book overview The world uses fighters as a tool to defend its airspace.

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 an 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 (maintainer) to C-130 flight engineer.Unlike many books about fighters that are primarily pictorial, this work concentrates on the realities behind the images.

The Kindle Edition includes enhanced illustrations that will display in color on capable devices.