Author Description

All Aces, No Jokers: The Wartime Memoirs of an American Fighter Pilot is the must-read first-person account of air combat by one of the most highly decorated, professional, and lethally talented warriors in modern history. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas “Axe” Littleton is a veteran of Desert Storm, Somalia, the No-Fly Zones over Iraq, the Balkan Wars, the Kosovo Air War, Afghanistan, and the second Gulf War. He was highly decorated, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross, six Air Medals, and three Aerial Achievement Medals for heroism while logging more than 600 combat hours during 172 wartime missions. From dodging Surface to Air Missiles, to fighting MiGs, putting warheads on bad-guy foreheads, fighting to recover an airplane tumbling out of control over the ocean, and even encountering a UFO, Lieutenant Colonel Littleton lets you know what it's really like to be a fighter pilot...strap in and enjoy the ride! --Amazon.com.