U.S. Air Force Comics #30

A decorated pilot from the war gripped by fear and self-doubt struggles with his courage when he's deployed to Korea, where Lt. Billy Addams and the rest of his squadron depend on him to fly with the skill and nerve he once had. When enemy fighters appear at altitude, Captain Coleman must choose between the coward he's become and the hotshot pilot he used to be—and discover whether his nerve can return when his wingman needs him most.

In 1942, the Luftwaffe's celebrated ace Fritz Jadl—Hitler's propaganda "Tiger" with 36 credited victories—encounters his match when Lieutenant Dumont, a green American fighter pilot, refuses to break formation during an escort mission over Hamburg. What begins as Jadl's confident pursuit of another notch on his record becomes an intense aerial duel that tests whether reputation and experience can overcome raw nerve and instinct.

A young hot-shot lieutenant fresh out of flight school dreams of bombing runs over Germany, but keeps seeing missions scrubbed by his skipper Jiggs McHale—until he suspects the real problem might be sloppy maintenance from a resentful ground sergeant. When the lieutenant calls Captain Radovich's bluff by forcing him into the air as a waist-gunner, the sergeant finally gets his chance to prove what he's made of during a combat run over the target.

When Captain Bibbs' transport is savagely attacked by a Chinese MIG pilot near Formosa, he survives to watch helpless as diplomats respond with nothing but a formal protest—so he decides to lodge one of his own. Over four days of flying patrols, Bibbs sets an elaborate trap for the golden MIG and its ruthless pilot, determined to settle the score where politics has failed. His unconventional answer to bureaucracy plays out high over the Strait in a tense aerial hunt.

Lt. Colonel Howard Derrick Crawford's televised confession to spying and war crimes—extracted under Communist brainwashing and coercion—threatens to devastate American credibility worldwide, forcing General Hewlitt and the Air Force into an audacious rescue operation. Racing against time and international protocols, a covert team must infiltrate a remote Siberian prison to bring Crawford home and expose the truth before propaganda becomes history. It's a high-stakes Cold War thriller where the real battle isn't fought in the skies—it's fought to reclaim one man's name and America's honor.