Flight of the Old Dog (Patrick McLanahan Series)

Flight of the Old Dog is the runaway bestseller that launched the phenomenal career of Dale Brown. It is the riveting story of America’s military superiority being surpassed as our greatest enemy masters space-to-Earth weapons technology - neutralizing the U.S. arsenal of nuclear missiles. America’s only hope: The Old Dog Zero One, a battle-scarred bomber fully renovated with modern hardware - and equipped with the deadliest state-of-the-art armaments known to man… Publishers Weekly It is not the Reagan Administration that has secretly been developing a Strategic Defense Initiative in this first book by retired USAF Captain Brown, but the Soviets, and as soon as the system comes on line, the Russians flagrantly attack American intelligence and military craft with their laser weapon. The President and his advisors appeal to the UN Security Council; they even dispatch sophisticated B-1 bombers and a new, armed space satellite, but both are thwarted, and the U.S. is left dangerously incapable of detecting a missile launch from the eastern U.S.S.R. Desperate, they decide to send a souped-up veteran B-52 bomber, the Old Dog, and its expert navigator Patrick McLanahan on a crucial mission into Siberia to neutralize the death ray. Brown knows his airborne and naval high-tech equipment and the cockpit bantering of crews, and can tell a basically interesting story. He does not, however, examine the frightening political consequences of the superpowers trading shots. The novel's excitement is essentially that of a boy's adventure fantasy rather than the well-realized suspense of a credible thriller. From Publishers Weekly It is not the Reagan Administration that has secretly been developing a Strategic Defense Initiative in this first book by retired USAF Captain Brown, but the Soviets, and as soon as the system comes on line, the Russians flagrantly attack American intelligence and military craft with their laser weapon. The President and his advisors appeal to the UN Security Council; they even dispatch sophisticated B-1 bombers and a new, armed space satellite, but both are thwarted, and the U.S. is left dangerously incapable of detecting a missile launch from the eastern U.S.S.R. Desperate, they decide to send a souped-up veteran B-52 bomber, the Old Dog, and its expert navigator Patrick McLanahan on a crucial mission into Siberia to neutralize the death ray. Brown knows his airborne and naval high-tech equipment and the cockpit bantering of crews, and can tell a basically interesting story. He does not, however, examine the frightening political consequences of the superpowers trading shots. The novel's excitement is essentially that of a boy's adventure fantasy rather than the well-realized suspense of a credible thriller. 75,000 first printing; $75,000 ad/promo; Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club selections; Military Book Club selection; author tour. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. Product Description Newly repackaged, here is the runaway bestseller that launched Dale Brown's phenomenal career. "A superbly crafted adventure." (W.E.B. Griffin) "Suspenseful and spellbinding." (Clive Cussler) Synopsis: 5 ABOUT THE AUTHOR: 6 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 8 Contents 9 ABOARD A B-52 BOMBER 11 OVER THE SKIES OF KAVAZNYA, KAMCHATKA PENINSULA, SOVIET UNION 23 WASHINGTON.D.C. 25 THE UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK 33 BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, BOISSIER OTY, LOUISIANA 37 FIGHTER WEAPONS TRAINING RANGE, NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 19 -ISO IV 19 44 DOWWOWLY MANHANAN 55 FORD AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA 60 SUNRISE CALIFORNIA 76 SPOKANE, WASHINGTON 79 NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 88 THE UNITED NATIONS 98 FIFTY MILES EAST OF KAVAZNYA, INTRE NORTH NAM 105 VANDENBURG AIR FORCE BASE, CAUFOMM 110 ABOARD THE U.S.S. LAWRENCE 114 THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL, NEW YORK 125 THE UNITED NATIONS, SEVERAL WEEKS LATER 135 THE SPACE SHUTTLE, ATLANTIS 137 WASHINGTON, D.C. 145 DREAMLAND 150 WASHINGTON, D.C. 166 OVER THE ARCTIC OCEAN, NORTH OF BARROW, ALASKA 172 WASHINGTON, D.C. 184 ABOARD THE OLD DOG 185 THE WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM 222 FIFTY MILES FROM KAVAZNYA 240 OVER THE SKIES OF KAVAZNYA 252 OSSOM AIRFIELD 261 ANADYR FAR EAST FIGHTER-INTERCEPTYR BASE, RUSSIA 275 SEWARD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, NOME, ALASKA 303 Flight of the Old Dog is the runaway bestseller that launched the phenomenal career of Dale Brown. It is the riveting story of America's race for technology, overtaken by our greatest enemy's mastery of "Star Wars." The U.S. arsenal of nuclear missiles has been neutralized. America's only hope: The Old Dog Zero One, a battle-scarred bomber fully renovated with modern hardware - and equipped with the deadliest state-of-the-art armaments known to man... When the Soviet Union masters "Star Wars" technology, rendering the U.S.'s arsenal of nuclear missiles impotent, America's only hope lies in The Old Dog Zero One--a battle-scarred bomber fully renovated with enough weaponry and stealth hardware to earn it the nickname, "Megafortress." -From Goodreads The unthinkable has happened. The Soviet Union has beaten the West in the technological stakes. It has neutralised America’s nuclear arsenal with a killer laser that can direct its superheated energy beam at targets across the globe. In a desperate attempt to counter this threat the United States activates the one bomber in its fleet capable of taking out the laser installation before it is too late: Old Dog Zero One, a battle-scarred veteran B-52, stripped of its antiquated hardware and rearmed with the latest state-of-the-art weaponry. In a suspenseful and spellbinding dramatisation of aerial combat, the bomber and its crew will have to challenge wave upon wave of surface-to-air missiles and swarms of deadly MiG fighters. Patrick McLanahan leads a crew of engineers aboard the "Old Dog" to destroy a Soviet ground-based laser site. One of the world's classic military action-adventure novels. Patrick McLanahan leads a crew of engineers aboard the "Old Dog" to destroy a Soviet ground-based laser site