U.S. Air Force Comics #30

From the cockpit of one jet, a pilot faces a harrowing close call as a U.S. Air Force fighter — numbered 3 and bearing the star-and-bar insignia — bears down in a tense near-miss, set against a vivid orange-red sky. The cover caption cuts right to the heart of the story: "He had every essential requirement… except guts!" with the featured tale billed as "Ex-Hotrock." Charlton's U.S. Air Force Comics #30 delivers this pulse-raising aerial drama with cover art by Dick Giordano and Pat Masulli, while Joe Gill's script and Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia's interior art promise a grounded, human story behind all the high-speed tension.