Book Preview ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Thanks to all the folks I met and spoke with at the Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate and Airborne Laser Special Projects Office, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Special thanks to my old friend Colonel Ellen Pawlikowski, ABL SPO commander, for inviting me to visit her incredible staff … Read more
Book Preview Dreamland: Duty Roster NURI ABAAJMED LUPO STEPPED OFF THE TRAIN FROM Naples and… AT ROUGHLY THE SAME TIME NURI LUPO WAS SCRAMBLING in… NURI’S HEART DROPPED A BEAT AS HE STARED AT THE… DANNY FREAH’S INITIAL REACTION TO GENERAL MAGNUS’S offer was thanks,… THERE WAS NO GRAND FUNERAL FOR RAFI LUO, NO FINE… … Read more
Book Preview Dreamland: Duty Roster NURI ABAAJMED LUPO STEPPED OFF THE TRAIN FROM Naples and… AT ROUGHLY THE SAME TIME NURI LUPO WAS SCRAMBLING in… NURI’S HEART DROPPED A BEAT AS HE STARED AT THE… DANNY FREAH’S INITIAL REACTION TO GENERAL MAGNUS’S offer was thanks,… THERE WAS NO GRAND FUNERAL FOR RAFI LUO, NO FINE… … Read more
Book Preview REAL-WORLD NEWS EXCERPTS Russians Operate Alone Now – European Stars & Stripes, July 26, 1999 – Russian troops in Chechnya are free to operate in the U.S. sector of Chechnya without an American presence. But NATO may never find a way to change the Russians’ attitude about being Serb allies. Report Says Russia … Read more
Book Preview Very special thanks to my wife, retired Sacramento Police Department Narcotics lieutenant Diane Joelson Brown, for her encouragement, support, and technical advice. This book would not have been possible without her patience, insight, and expertise. The mistakes are all mine, but the credit goes to her. Thanks also to Lieutenant John Kane, disaster-preparedness … Read more
Book Preview DALE BROWN and JIM DEFELICE Dale Brown: The Novels “Death of the Dogfight”: An Interview with Dale Brown Epilogue: Heroes, after a Fashion Other Books by the Authors Bright Memorial Hospital, Honolulu 0302 (all times local) IT LOOKED LIKEan arrow as she turned to get away from it. Breanna pushed hard on her … Read more
Book Preview 2S6M Tunguska—combination missile and cannon mobile Russian air defense system AGM-170D—supersonic scramjet-powered attack missile Almaz S-300—Russian surface-to-air missile system, also capable against ballistic missiles ARB—Air Reserve Base Armstrong Space Station—first American military space station BDU—Battle Dress Uniform, the standard utility uniform worn by soldiers in combat BDU-58 Meteor—releases payloads over a target area … Read more
Book Preview Dale Brown – Storming Heaven Synopsis: Abused by American soldiers during an incarceration in Europe, Henri Cazaux has waited years to exact revenge on the U.s. He uses commercial aircraft to deploy bombs on major U.s. airports–killing thousands, halting air traffic, and creating national panic. Rear Admiral Ian Hardcastle and … Read more
Book Preview SKY MASTERS BY DALE BROWN Flight of the Old Dog (1987) Silver Tower (1988) Day of the Cheetah (1989) Hammerheads (1990) DONALD I. FINE, INC. G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS New York G. P. Putnam’s Sons Publishers Since 1838 200 Madison Avenue New … Read more
Book Preview CHAPTER 1. February 1992 THE PACIFIC OCEAN Three hundred miles east of Tokyo the aircraft carrier CV-64 USS Constellation rode the gentle swells of the north Pacific Ocean. She was cruising at only six knots, barely enough to maintain steerage way. The thirty-year-old, eighty-thousandton Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier was surrounded by an armada … Read more
Book Preview SHADOWS OF STEEL By Dale Brown Synopsis: Death, destruction, and military initials once again fill the air as Dale Brown brings together the surviving members of the crew from his Flight of the Old Dog for his latest adventure. Another Gulf War has begun, this time with Iran, a U.S. … Read more
Book Preview This novel is dedicated to all who make the often difficult decision to do one simple thing: Go For It. When you see it happen, it’s more exhilarating than a space launch, and twice as powerful. Weapons and Acronyms ix Real-World News Excerpts xii “Stand by…ready…ready…begin climb, now,” the ground controller… 1 “Okay, … Read more
Book Preview Prelude: Lost Comrades 1 The Men and Women 406 OTHER BOOKS BY DALE BROWN 0610 (all times local) THE SHOCK OF LIGHT FROM THE RISING SUN STOPPED JEN-nifer Gleason as she rounded the mountain. She raised her arm to ward off the glare, standing at the edge of the trail as her companion, … Read more
Book Preview ROGUE FORCES DALE BROW N Thank you to Kris Thompson for his generosity Contents Cast of Characters v Weapons and Acronyms ix Real-World News Excerpts xv Prologue The dilok, or traditional wedding celebration, had been going on… 1 Chapter One “Masters Two-Two, this is White Sands.” The portable radio squawked… 15 Chapter Two … Read more
Book Preview DALE BROWN and JIM DEFELICE Dreamland: Duty Roster Prelude: Night Shivers An Honor and Privilege Voyeurs at the Edge of Battle Other Books by Dreamland Series Dreamland: Duty Roster Major General “Earthmover” Terrill General Samson has been given a new portfolio by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff—turn Dreamland into the … Read more
Book Preview DALE BROWN and JIM DEFELICE Dreamland: Duty Roster From the Authors: The Story so Far … Prelude: Annihilation Averted 1 II: Lost and Not Found 49 III: Finders Keepers 91 IV: New Sheriff in Town 137 V: Long Day’s Night 197 VI: Borrowed Time 243 VII: No Chance to Survive 287 X: The … Read more
Book Preview DALE BROWN and JIM DeFELICE The Masters of Dreamland iv IV: Unnecessary Risk 177 VII: The Easy Way 409 Other Books by Dale Brown Lieutenant Colonel Tecumseh “Dog” Bastian: A former ace fighter pilot, he’s Dreamland’s “top dog,” a brilliant strategist and a bad man to cross. Captain Breanna Bastian Stockard: Her father’s … Read more
Book Preview This novel is dedicated to the men and women serving as part of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, and to their families and loved ones. Thank you all for your service This is also dedicated to the peacemakers of all nations who are still wise and bold enough to know that … Read more