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Hand-picked, pressure-tested, and full of astronaut gung ho, the young pilots of ""Eye of the Viper"" are poised for the toughest assignment of their career: the exhaustive six month training course at Arizona's Luke Air Force Base, at a cost of $2 million each. Luke, the world's largest fighter wing, is the only F-16 fighter training base in the United States, and each year it produces one thousand pilots who will fly the F-16 from Korea to Afghanistan to Iraq. But being among the elite pilots who are selected for the course is by no means a guarantee that they will earn the right to fly the F-16. Only a few select individuals will have what it takes. Award-winning journalist Peter Aleshire provides a full blast of the rigors and intensity of the course - the personalities, the incredible machines, the irreverence, the bravado, and the toughness, not only of the hand-picked students seeking a place in the warrior subculture, but of the veteran pilots who must teach them how to stay alive.

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. . . allows readers to experience the fascination and the fear of being an F-16 fighter pilot. -- Publisher's Weekly The historian and investigative reporter takes readers into the elite world of the F-16 fighter pilot, illuminating the rigorous six-month training process that prepares a select group of young people to fly this sophisticated aircraft. -- Forecast

The historian and investigative reporter takes readers into the elite world of the F-16 fighter pilot, illuminating the rigorous six-month training process that prepares a select group of young people to fly this sophisticated aircraft. -- Forecast <br>

"."" . . allows readers to experience the fascination and the fear of being an F-16 fighter pilot.""--""Publisher's Weekly"" ""The historian and investigative reporter takes readers into the elite world of the F-16 fighter pilot, illuminating the rigorous six-month training process that prepares a select group of young people to fly this sophisticated aircraft."" --""Forecast"""

The historian and investigative reporter takes readers into the elite world of the F-16 fighter pilot, illuminating the rigorous six-month training process that prepares a select group of young people to fly this sophisticated aircraft. -- Forecast

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PETER ALESHIRE is an accomplished historian and investigative writer who has published four books on the history of the Apache Wars.

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