One Desert Jet Turner-A Perspective on Youth, Fighter Aircraft, and the Cold War

Wings of Gold, Winter 2002

One Desert Jet Turner - A Perspective on Youth, Fighter Aircraft, and the Cold War, by Earl Heron, Jets Press, 718 740-2079, 231 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index, $26.95, soft cover. An interesting look at those who labor to keep the aircraft up and flying from a writer who speaks from personal experience. The author was a crew chief in the Air Force and worked on F-4s and F-16s.