The Eye of the Viper by Peter Aleshire
Every year, 1,000 fresh potential pilots undergo the intensive, six-month, 58-flight, USD2 million-a-head fighter pilot basic training where they are pushed to the extreme limits, propelled by the desire to earn their place in a warrior subculture. From the investigative, science and medical writer, Peter A. Aleshire, comes Eye Of The Viper, an intriguing book about the making of an F-16 fighter pilot. Blending intense human drama with a wealth of information about the world's most expensive, deadly, high-tech Air Force, the book follows a batch of fresh new recruits at Luke Air Force base, the world's largest fighter wing and the single most important source of fighter pilots that have made the American Air Force virtually unchallenged in the skies, as they experience the exhaustive six-month training process. Get an insider's look at how these rookies face mental and physical demands, exhilaration and failure, joy and pain, sweat and tears while they are transformed into stealth, fierce, American fighting machines. Each recruit is eager to climb into the jets they love at a moment's notice and fly half way round the world to drop laser-guided bombs down any smokestack the Preside
Peter Aleshire is an accomplished historian and investigative writer who has published four books on the history of the Apache Wars. He spent 18 years as a science and medical writer with various newspapers before joining the faculty at Arizona State University. Aleshire has won numerous awards for his magazine pieces and the books about the Apache Wars.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781592282609 |
| ISBN 10 | 1592282601 |
| Title | The Eye of the Viper |
| Author | Peter Aleshire |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
| Year published | 2004-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 312 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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