Operation Turtle Rock
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The radio suddenly activated. "Cessna Three Niner Three Four Delta, Phoenix Flight Following." "Three Four Delta. Go." "Three four Delta, be advised, unidentified aircraft one half mile three o'clock your aircraft. No transponder, no radio response. Intentions unknown. Luke is scrambling two F-Eighteens. Martha reported, "It's a helicopter. It's maintaining a position five hundred yards from us." "Jeff, you best take the airplane," the colonel said. "I have the airplane," Jeff confirmed. "The colonel asked Martha for the binoculars he knew she carried in her handbag. She quickly passed them forward. After a moment of glassing the helicopter the colonel reported, "It looks like a Kiowa. There's a guy sitting in the doorway, some kind of weapon in his lap." After a short pause he said, "Jeff, in your training as a fighter pilot did you receive instruction on evading a Stinger missile?" "Yes sir. As a matter of fact I did. Why do you ask?" "I believe the guy in the Kiowa is about to shoot one at as as soon as he gets a nose cone signal. "Colonel, I don't want to upset you, but that training was in an F-Eighteen at Mach One or faster, not an old, tird Cessna One Ninety Five at one forty knots." "I'm sure an enterprising captain like yourself who hopes to make major some day will think of something. I'll back you.."
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Hammoud al-Addadi is a terrorist leader with headquarters in North Yemen. Motivated by an abiding hatred of the United States he establishes dozens of sleeper cells throughout the United States. At a given signal the cells will be activated simultaneously to spread terrorism. Details of sleeper cells are contained in a single notebook kept in a safe in the terrorist's headquarters in Yemen. A young female CIA operative successfully steals the note book. Escaping on a motorcycle she evades capture long enough to bury the notebook. When she continues her escape she runs into a wire almost decapitating her. Rescued by Navy Seals she is taken to a US Army hospital in Germany for reconstruction. Al-Addadi, desperate to recover the, notebook, attempts to kidnap or kill the young agent and the surgeon assigned to her care.
About the Author
Ed Krekorian was a teen-aged US Marine in World War Two. Later as an US Army lieutenant he commanded a platoon of self-propelled automatic weapons in Korea. His platoon created havoc among the enemy. It rescued sixteen wounded British about to be captured. Observing treatment of the wounded at a MASH had a profound impact. He vowed to become a doctor. Graduating medical school with honors he eventually became Director of head & neck surgery at Walter Reed. He completed parachute training before going to Vietnam as division surgeon. Later he commanded a 400 bed Evacuation hospital. Retiring he became a professor of surgery, recognized for expertise managing severe head and neck trauma and advanced malignancies. Other activities: completion Air Assault training, Command & General Staff College, taught rock climbing at West Point and earned a pilot's license.