U.S. Air Force Comics #28
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis issue features the story "North of T-Bone Hill," in which a U.S. Air Force pilot recounts his experiences during World War II, including an encounter with a Japanese Zero and a dangerous mission over enemy territory. The pilot describes being part of a B-29 crew on a bombing run 1,600 miles from the Mariana Islands to Japan, during which he and his crew engaged in combat with enemy aircraft. The issue also includes an informational feature on Patrick Ferguson and his rifle, detailing the Scottish military officer's life, service in America during the Revolutionary War, and his development of the Ferguson rifle, one of the earliest breechloading rifles used by the British army.
Major Wilhelm Moller of the Luftwaffe has racked up eighty victories and earned Hitler's own decoration, but his reputation rests on a coward's tactic: hunting crippled Allied bombers and damaged aircraft that can't fight back. When an experienced American P-51 pilot calls him out over the radio, Moller finds himself facing a challenge he never expected, forcing him to confront what he really is beneath the medals and boasts.
During the brutal Pacific campaign of 1945, a P-51 fighter pilot assigned to escort B-29 Superfortresses grows resentful of the bomber crews, believing they view their fighter escorts as expendable. When his damaged Mustang forces him to ditch in the ocean far from friendly territory, he discovers that the very crews he's been resenting have quietly organized a rescue operation—and they're willing to risk their own lives to save his.
Major Henry Hank Barron is a dedicated Air Force pilot who leaves the service at 28, trading his cockpit for civilian life in industry and politics—but he can't shake the pull of the skies. When Cuba draws the nation into crisis, Barron discovers he's fighting a different kind of battle: balancing his love of flying with his responsibilities on the home front. As a Colonel tells him, there's more than one way to serve your country, and sometimes the hardest fight isn't in the air.
A cocky P-47 pilot earns a reputation for reckless flying—and big talk—when he downs Nazi aces over Europe in 1943. His brash confidence lands him a dangerous assignment: flying a C-46 into occupied France on a covert rescue mission, where improvisation and nerve become his only allies. When he returns to extract his commanding officer a week later, the pilot discovers that nothing in war is quite what it seems on the surface.
When Major Burrel Jones is shot down over the contested territory north of T-Bone Hill, Lt. Julie Glass makes a daring choice that defies orders—landing his own fighter to reach his fallen commanding officer. With enemy forces closing in and the major badly wounded, Glass must orchestrate a desperate air-and-ground rescue while the full might of the squadron scrambles to keep the Communists at bay. A Korean War mission becomes a test of loyalty that could cost Glass everything, including the respect of the man he admires most.
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