Tanker Pilot

Lessons from the Cockpit

Mark Hasara

• Publisher: Threshold Editions
• Year: 2017
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781501181689
• Subtopic: Social Science Biographies
• Index: History

From a veteran air-refueling expert who flew missions for over two decades during the Cold War, Gulf War, and Iraq War comes a thrilling eyewitness account of modern warfare, with inspirational stories and crucial lessons for people on the battlefield, in boardrooms, and in their everyday lives. Get a glimpse of life in the pilot's seat and experience modern air warfare directly from a true American hero. Lt. Col Mark Hasara—who has twenty-four years' experience in flying missions around the world—provides keen and eye-opening insights on success and failure, and emphasizes the importance of always being willing to learn.He provides twelve essential lessons based on his wartime experience and his own personal photographs from his missions during the Cold War, Gulf War, and Iraq War. With a foreword by #1 New York Times bestselling author and radio host Rush Limbaugh, this is a military memoir not to be missed.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Foreword by Rush Limbaugh
• Author’s Note
• 1. Drinks for PooBah’s Party
• 2. Klaxon! Klaxon! Klaxon!
• 3. European Liaison Force (ELF) One
• 4. Brute-Force Disconnect
• 5. Haze Gray and Under Way
• 6. Cross-Border Operations
• 7. The Longest Night
• 8. The Kim CAPs
• 9. Korean Air Flight 801
• 10. Combat Employment School
• 11. Clear and Visibility Unlimited
• 12. “The Lick”
• 13. No Plan Survives
• 14. Hawg Drag
• 15. Fuel Elevator
• 16. Air Force Is Conning the Ship
• 17. Six Weeks in Hell
• 18. Release the Hounds
• 19. The Pig Pen
• 20. The Jump into Bashur
• 21. Cyrus Crosses the Sinai
• 22. Killbox 88
• Epilogue
• Photographs
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Copyright