Fightin' Air Force #20

When unidentified aircraft begin probing a remote Arctic DEW-line station, Lt. Sanders and his experimental X-13 Vertijet are rushed north to intercept them—a supersonic interceptor that can do what no other plane in the world can manage. As hostile bogies close in on the base, Sanders scrambles to meet them at altitude, but a tense aerial engagement forces him to make a dangerous choice that could prevent wider conflict—or escalate it beyond control. The story that Arctic airmen still tell around the winter darkness, wondering how much of it really happened.

An eighteen-year-old volunteer from Detroit, Richie Conaboy discovers that true courage isn't the absence of fear—it's fighting through it. After nearly six years as a combat pilot across two air forces, from the Battle of Britain to the final days over Europe, Conaboy learns that calling himself a coward while racking up victories and medals might be the most honest thing a fighter can do.

In "Luftwaffe Victory," Captain Buck Abbot and his B-17 crew push through relentless enemy fire to reach a critical German aircraft instrument factory—only to find their mission cut short when their entire unit is destroyed en route. With the odds stacked against them, they press on, delivering a single, devastating strike before limping back to base, battered but intact.

Major Bennet Tollman faces a court-martial over the death of a fellow pilot, with testimony suggesting he deliberately abandoned his wingman—until Tollman reveals the truth about why he couldn't help. Now returned to active duty in Korea, he must navigate the suspicion of younger pilots who remain convinced of his cowardice, even as his actions in combat tell a different story.