Winged Warriors: The Cold War From the Cockpit

Winged Warriors is an open and honest account of a man's career spanning four decades, including fourteen years overseas and service on two Tornado tactical nuclear squadrons in West Germany. It is about real people and their experiences, including training and tragedy, and the irrepressible sense of humor that affected a generation of aircrew.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 30 October 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Winged Warriors is an open and honest account of one man's perceptions and fears, his actions and mistakes, from a career that spanned four decades. The author spent fourteen years overseas and, at the height of the Cold War, served on two Tornado tactical nuclear squadrons in West Germany, only fifteen minutes from responding in full measure to an anticipated Soviet onslaught. Earlier, he had flown reconnaissance aircraft on NATO's vulnerable southern flank. He was decorated for gallantry in 1980 and appointed OBE in 1995. Later, as the senior RAF adviser in Kuwait, he witnessed the air war against Iraq in 1998.

Winged Warriors touches on many aspects of military service but is not about war or war-fighting; it is about real people and their highs and lows, ordinary people who found themselves in extraordinary circumstances. And it is about the training and tragedy that affected a generation of aircrew, many of whom gave their lives in preserving peace. It is those crews who stand out in Winged Warriors: true warriors in every sense of the word, blessed with an irrepressible sense of humor regardless of circumstance, a humor that was typically British and very typically RAF.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399077897