U.S. Air Force Comics #5

Captain Dan Burton tangles with a Nazi ME-262 jet fighter that outpaces his P-51 Mustang—and no one believes him when he reports the encounter. When Burton finally gets another chance at the speedy adversary, his line chief riggs his plane with JATO units to give him the edge he needs for a high-speed dogfight over Italy in 1959. It's a race to prove both his sanity and his skill against the enemy's most advanced technology.

Major Al Swingler volunteers for a covert mission that takes him and his crew from Tokyo to a Siberian airfield—where they'll attempt to acquire a cutting-edge Soviet jet under the noses of Russian guards and interceptors. Flying a captured MiG-19 in broad daylight over hostile territory, Swingler and his men must rely on split-second timing, sharp flying, and nerves of steel to complete their dangerous assignment and make it back alive.

Captain Ky Walker thrived at high altitude, racking up nineteen confirmed victories in his P-38 Lightning—until his disdain for teamwork landed him a punishment posting to a ground support squadron in France, where pilots fly at treetop level with no margin for error. Stripped of his beloved sky, Walker must learn that low-altitude combat demands the same skill and courage he brought to his high-flying days, and that sometimes the real victory isn't about going it alone.