Fighter Wing: A Guided Tour of an Air Force Combat Wing

Tom Clancy

HarperCollins, 1996 - Air forces - 331 pages

This is the third volume in the Tom Clancy Military Library. It looks at a US Air Force combat wing - the planes, the technology and the people. Other volumes include Submarine: A Guided Tour of a Nuclear Warship and Armoured Warfare: A Guided Tour of an Armoured Cavalry Regiment.

About the author

Tom Clancy was born in Baltimore, Maryland on April 12, 1947. He graduated with a degree in English from Loyola College in 1969, became an insurance agent, and in 1973 became the owner of an insurance agency. It was not until 1980 that he started writing novels. His works include Red Storm Rising, The Cardinal of the Kremlin, The Sum of All Fears, Rainbow Six, Dead or Alive, and Threat Vector. His books The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, and Clear and Present Danger were adapted into major motion pictures. He also wrote nonfiction books including Into the Storm: A Study in Command, Submarine, Armored Cav, Fighter Wing, Airborne, and Reality Check: What's Going on Out There? He died on October 2, 2013 at the age of 66. His last book, Command Authority, co-authored with Mark Greaney, was published posthumously in December 2013 and made the New York Times bestseller list.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Fighter Wing: A Guided Tour of an Air Force Combat Wing; Tom Clancy military library, Tom Clancy
• Author: Tom Clancy
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: HarperCollins, 1996
• ISBN: 0002555271, 9780002555272
• Length: 331 pages