Strike Beyond Top Gun

From the air and seaa new era in air combat training and strategy. The U.S. Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC), located in Nevada at Naval Air Station Fallon, is the center of excellence for naval aviation training and tactics development. NSAWC provides expert services to air crews, squadrons, and air wings in the form of flight training, academic instructional classes, and direct operational and intelligence support. The center maintains and flies a fleet of F/A-18 Hornets, F-16 Fighting Falcons, and SH-60 Seahawk helicopters. InStrike,veteran aviation photographer and author Rick Llinares takes readers into the new era of integrated carrier air wing strike training, where the top echelon of pilots from the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps undertake realistic flight training in electronic warfare, air-to-ground and air-to-air weapons delivery, and enemy evasion tactics. Llinares' unparalleled access to this elite facility gets readers up in the air with F-14 Tomcats and F/A-18 Hornets, and into the cockpit of F-16 Fighting Falcons, F-5 Tigers, and a host of other airplanes and helicopters as they maneuver through an intense course of aerial combat training, battle management, search and rescue, close air support, and naval air intelligence. Llinares' extraordinary, close-up action shots give readers insight into the soaring thrill experienced by only the very fewthe Top Guns of our day.Llinares, Rick is the author of 'Strike Beyond Top Gun' with ISBN 9780760325254 and ISBN 0760325251.