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Fightin' Air Force #43 (1964)

Charlton · 1964 · 36 pages

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Contains 5 stories
Clay Pigeon
5 pp · war

When a Japanese carrier task force catches Lieutenant Richards's cruiser and its escort destroyers off-guard, the pilot volunteers to spot targets from the air—only to find himself caught in the crossfire between his own ship's guns and enemy fighters. As Richards transmits corrections for the cruiser's artillery while dodging Japanese Zeros, he realizes his damaged plane won't make it back, and makes a desperate choice that turns the tide of the battle. A tense Pacific war story where duty and sacrifice collide in the span of a single dogfight.

High Cost of Living
4 pp · war

Senator Myron Gooden Shields arrives at an Air Force base convinced that new experimental fighters are wasteful spending, but Major Bud Wilgong and his team set out to demonstrate the aircraft's remarkable capabilities and combat readiness. As the Senator watches test after test—and prepares to vote down the appropriation—a catastrophic malfunction during routine operations forces a reckoning with the true stakes of military preparedness.

The Last Mission
4 pp · war

Lt. Col. Howard Radcliffe's final flight in a B-58 Hustler turns into a tense standoff when the retiring SAC commander—burning with frustration over a critical gap in continental defense—deliberately defies orders and heads his nuclear-armed bomber toward Washington, D.C. As interceptor pilots close in and the crew realizes their commanding officer may not be thinking straight, one airman must act decisively to prevent catastrophe. This gripping Cold War drama explores the razor-thin line between loyalty and duty when a respected leader's judgment crumbles.

They Also Serve
4 pp · war

An airman assigned to guard duty at an air force base discovers an enemy saboteur has breached the perimeter fence with explosives meant to destroy the aircraft. Drawing on his intensive training, he must identify and neutralize the threat before the bombs detonate. "They Also Serve" shows that the air police who protect the base are every bit as vital to the Air Force mission as the pilots who fly the planes.

Demonstration Flight
8 pp · war

Naval Lt. Mike Bolocheek is flying a routine patrol over the carrier when he's ambushed by an enemy fighter—and in a daring gambit, he pursues the hostile pilot back toward the ship itself, forcing an emergency landing that disrupts everything aboard. With senators observing the carrier's operations to decide its military value, this unexpected attack becomes a demonstration of exactly what the task force is designed to prevent, though the aftermath raises troubling questions about what really happened in those skies.

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