Nighthawk

<p>During his senior year in high school author Bill Bowers needed to make some tough decisions about his life path. At seventeen he made a commitment to join the Air Force. On October 5 1984 he began his military career.</p><p>In Nighthawk A Young Airman’s Tour at Clark Air Base he recounts his coming of age in the 1980s while stationed at Clark Air Base in the Philippines. Through a series of vignettes centered on the antics and comedic misadventures of a young airman’s first tour of duty this memoir offers a mirror of who we are as individuals. It shares real-life stories that explore the ups and downs of service in the military the culture and economy of the Philippines and the actions of a bunch of kids tossed onto an island paradise.</p><p>Nighthawk A Young Airman’s Tour at Clark Air Base focuses on a self-proclaimed screw-up with a moral compass that often causes conflict. It tells how an eighteen-year-old kid fresh out of high school became a man.</p>