U.S. Fighting Air Force #17

Yellow Jack Hawkins carries the weight of a shameful reputation—branded a coward throughout the Navy after a harrowing incident years past—but when a torpedo strikes the carrier Invincible in Far Pacific waters, he volunteers for a dangerous solo reconnaissance mission to locate the enemy sub. Leading jets into combat at dawn to finish what he discovered, Yellow Jack faces not only enemy fire but a wound he refuses to report, testing whether courage and redemption can finally silence his accusers.

Air Cadet Jimmy Stanton carries a secret shame: he's terrified of flying, yet he's enlisted in the Air Force to honor his father's legacy as a decorated pilot from the First World War. When Colonel Colfax, an old friend of Jimmy's father, recognizes the fear eating away at the young cadet, he shares an unexpected story—one about Jimmy's dad's own dark moment of doubt during the Great War, and how a second chance changed everything. As Jimmy grapples with his terror and his sense of duty, he'll discover that courage isn't the absence of fear, but what you do when fear threatens to break you.

When North Korean forces invade in June 1950, Sergeant John Lee finds himself tasked with evacuating a group of WACs and nurses from an airfield under siege—a job that turns into a desperate fight for survival when enemy planes and tanks close in. Lee and his makeshift crew of courageous women discover they're more than just cargo when they pitch in with real skills, and together they race against the clock to get a damaged plane airworthy and escape the advancing enemy. It's a gripping tale of quick thinking and unexpected heroism born from the chaos of the Korean War.