Eye of the Viper : The Making of an F-16 Pilot
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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. --Provided by publisher.
- 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. --Provided by publisher.
APA Citation (style guide)
Aleshire, P. (2005). Eye of the Viper: The Making of an F-16 Pilot. Lyons Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Aleshire, Peter. 2005. Eye of the Viper: The Making of an F-16 Pilot. Lyons Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Aleshire, Peter, Eye of the Viper: The Making of an F-16 Pilot. Lyons Press, 2005.
MLA Citation (style guide)Aleshire, Peter. Eye of the Viper: The Making of an F-16 Pilot. Lyons Press, 2005.
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