Publisher Description
From the carrier launch in total darkness to the gut-dropping rolls through enemy antiaircraft fire, Peter Hunt puts you in the pilot’s seat for the flight of your life.
Moments after Desert Storm began, bomber pilot Pete Hunt was in the air over the Persian Gulf. Hunt saw it all, and this is his electrifying account. Tested to the max, flying all night, every night for weeks on end, Hunt executed dozens of missions—from carpet bombing to dropping deadly five-hundred-pound cluster bombs with pinpoint precision; from supporting Marines on the ground to bombing fleeing Iraqis along the blood-soaked “highway of death.”
His A-6 jet was a wide-open target for the blazing antiaircraft fire streaking up to destroy it. Escaping this deadly blizzard of fire made setting the A-6 back down on a little deck in a big ocean seem almost easy. But Hunt, like the rest of his squadron, the VA-145 Swordsmen—honored as the premier Attack Squadron in the United States Navy for 1991—was just doing his job: keeping America free.
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About Peter Hunt
Peter Hunt joined the
United States Navy in 1985. After pilot training he was transferred to Naval
Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, to fly A-6 attack jets. During his
active duty, he flew 2,180 hours, 45 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm,
and made 450 carrier-arrested landings. He completed three deployments of six
months, each to the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean, and Persian Gulf: two on the
U.S.S. Ranger, and one on the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk. He left active duty in 1995
and currently lives in Washington State with his wife and children, and works
as a pilot with one of the world’s largest airlines.
About L. J. Ganser
L. J. Ganser is a multiple Audie Award–winning narrator with over six hundred titles recorded to date. Prized for versatility, his work ranges from preschool books to crime noir thrillers, from astronomical adventures in both science and science fiction, to Arctic Circle high school basketball stories. He lives in New York City with his family and dog, Mars.