My Unbelievable Journey: The Story of an Air Force Air Crewman

My Unbelievable Journey is a powerful autobiography from a flight aircrewmans perspective. During his service he and his crew were involved in numerous unique and dangerous missions while supporting our country and NATO allies. The flights take the reader on a worldwide journey divulging what our crewmen endure and encounter in their daily lives. It reveals the impact on their families being away from home for weeks while serving and protecting our nation. The story places the reader on the ground both in hostile and non-hostile environments many of which are directly in harms way. Various humanitarian missions are covered from earthquake relief in Japan and Turkey to joint military exercises in Iran and Sardinia. Several special missions are spotlighted like the ill-fated C-5 crash the prelude to the Baby-lift evacuation in Vietnam the Syrian-Egyptian war support in Israel and the transportation of cruise missiles in Europe. At a U-2 site in Europe a real-life spy encounter is detailed along with a massive Iranian evacuation that led to hostages taken. The book describes in depth the survival training which flight crews must complete. The author explains escape and evasion tactics and how to survive a crash at sea. It is a candid narration guaranteed to leave the reader with that feeling of Mission Accomplished.