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Viper Force 56th Fighter Wing
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Lt. Col Robert Renner, USAF (Ret)

Zenith
July 2011 / ISBN 9780760340325
Nonfiction / Military aircraft / History
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Reviewed by Bob Walch

Stunning aerial color photography makes this a book that, once you open it, you’ll find it hard to set back down. From training flights to deployment, this volume follows the training of a Viper “driver” and addresses the many challenges of learning to master this versatile fighter.

The F-16 Fighting Falcon, known as the Viper by those who fly and service it, requires a special breed of pilot to put it through its paces. In this informative and breathtaking volume, the author captures the lives of the Viper drivers in their own words.

A great plane needs a great pilot and you’ll see how these extraordinary airmen acquire their highly specialized skills through intensive training at Luke Air Force Base, home of the 56th Fighter Wing of the USAF Air Education and Training Command located just outside Phoenix, Arizona.

If you are interested in high performance military aircraft, air force history or airplanes in general. this is a book you’ll definitely wish to add to your home library.

Reviewed 2011
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