The Wild Blue: The Novel Of The U.S. Air Force
The Wild Blue - The Novel of the U.S. Air Force, by historian Walter J. Boyne and Steven L. Thompson, was published in 1986.
This book follows the fictitious careers and lives of members of the United States Air Force. We get to follow them from their inception at Basic Training until they leave the Air Force. We also get to glimpse their personal lives. The book, while it is fiction, is a good glimpse at life in the military, particularly the Air Force.
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