U.S. Fighting Air Force #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis anthology issue contains four aviation-themed stories: "Coward's Courage" depicts Air Force personnel dealing with losses and attempting to destroy enemy radar installations; "Radar Roulette" follows a Counter Intelligence Agent named Major Brad Bullet navigating dangerous situations; "Operation Panic" shows U.S. Victory Patrol pilots discovering enemy activity in Korean waters and calling for help; and "MiG Alley Dame" features Major Tod Frost and his men confronting bandits and enemy forces during aerial combat over Korea.
Lieutenant Pete Miller is grounded from close support missions after a botched strafing run in Korea—accused by his fellow pilots of cowardice when he claims he fired on American uniforms by mistake. Determined to clear his name and prove he's no coward, Miller disobeys orders to investigate the same trouble spot again, where he discovers the truth behind the deadly deception. When the moment comes to act, Miller gets a chance to show exactly what kind of pilot—and soldier—he really is.
Mike McTeague, the best line chief in the business, gets a dangerous assignment: go behind enemy lines in Korea and locate the source of devastating radar-controlled flak that's decimating American bomber runs. What McTeague discovers in the field—and the ingenious improvisation he'll need to pull off to turn the tide—makes for a thrilling race against the clock that'll leave you cheering for this gambling Marine's audacious gambit.
Major Brad Bullet of the Counter Intelligence Corps gets loaned to the Navy to solve a mystery that's costing them ships: seven vessels sunk in two weeks by torpedoes with no visible source. When a severed hand from a Chinese soldier turns up in the wreckage, Bullet deduces the enemy is using human-piloted torpedoes launched from a hidden underwater base in the Korean cliffs. Leading a team of frogmen on a midnight raid, Bullet must locate and neutralize the secret torpedo cache before the next attack cripples the carrier fleet.
Major Tod Frost squares off against a mysterious female pilot dominating the skies over Korea—a skilled flyer racking up kill after kill and taunting American forces over the radio as "Peiping Peggy." When the Colonel orders Frost to take her down, the Major finds himself chasing an opponent who's every bit his match in MIG Alley, leading to a high-stakes aerial duel and a crash landing that forces their confrontation to the ground.
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Reprinted in U.S. Fighting Air Force #12 (1955), U.S. Fighting Air Force #9 (1958)
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