MaxSez: The “Great Santini” is a real USMC legend! I identify with this Novels theme, it’s based on fact. I knew the real guy the Author, his son, and the era. The puke incident happened! Been there done that!
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Another great aviation book is “Vulcan 607”. No it’s not Sci-Fi but the true story about the RAF operation in the Falklands War (1982) Flying a 7000 nm round trip including complicated air to air refuling operations. Well worth a read.