All Aces, No Jokers: The Wartime Memoirs of an American Fighter Pilot

by Thomas Littleton

Overview

All Aces, No Jokers: The Wartime Memoirs of an American Fighter Pilot is the must-read first-person account of air combat by one of the most highly decorated, professional, and lethally talented warriors in modern history. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas "Axe" Littleton is a veteran of Desert Storm, Somalia, the No-Fly Zones over Iraq, the Balkan Wars, the Kosovo Air War, Afghanistan, and the second Gulf War. He was highly decorated, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross, six Air Medals, and three Aerial Achievement Medals for heroism while logging more than 600 combat hours during 172 wartime missions. From dodging Surface to Air Missiles, to fighting Migs, putting warheads on bad-guy foreheads, fighting to recover an airplane tumbling out of control over the ocean, and even encountering a UFO, Lieutenant Colonel Littleton tells you what it's really like to be a fighter pilot!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798985187540
Publisher:	Thomas Littleton
Publication date:	04/06/2022
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Thomas "Axe" Littleton, PhD, spent a more than 20 years in the U.S. Air Force, and retired at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He is veteran of Just Cause, Desert Storm, Somalia, the No-Fly Zones over Iraq, the Balkan Wars, the Kosovo War, Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, and Iraqi Freedom during the second Gulf War. After retiring from the Air Force, Tom worked as a test pilot for a major aerospace manufacturer, and as a private military contractor flying high-risk security missions in Central and South America, Africa, the Balkans, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Over the course of his adventures, Tom logged more than 600 combat flight hours while flying 172 combat missions, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, six Air Medals, and three Aerial Achievement Medals for his heroism in battle. In this exciting must-read memoir, the reader will strap into the cockpit of an F-16 and see what it's really like to fly and fight with one of the most highly trained, professional, and lethally talented warriors in the history of air combat!