استادان آسمان (ABF جلد ۴)

SUMMARY: After the devastating "Flight of the Old Dog", Lt. Col. Patrick McLanahan was virtually exiled from the Air Force's ultrasecret High Technology Aerospace Weapons Center. Now he is offered a chance to test-fly a new, state-of-the-art B-2 bomber--and it is his last chance to prove himself. When Lieutenant Colonel Patrick McLanahan is offered the chance to test fly a new, high tech B-2 bomber in strategic warfare training sorties, he jumps at the chance. After years of virtual exile at the Air Force's ultrasecret High Technology Aerospace Weapons Center, McLanahan now has the chance to reconfirm his flying skills not only to himself but to the brass at the Pentagon as well. Unbeknownst to McLanahan , those skills will come into crucial play as America is forced to react when an international dispute over a chain of oil rich islands erupts onto all-out war. The time is just a few years from now, when U.S. forces have pulled out of the Philippines. The navy of the People's Republic of China has laid claim to a long-contested island group and decimated a Philippine oil platform. Tensions escalate and a volatile skirmish leads to the unthinkable...China launched a tactical nuclear weapon against its enemy's forces. The detonation sends tremors through the Pentagon and to the innermost reaches of the White House, and President Llyod Taylor is forced decide on a response. Responding too powerfully could bring on a global war, while not sending enough force could encourage further strikes against the United States' allies. But China-and a scheming Filipino politician force the President's hand....McLanahan and the newly formed Air Battle Force team up with Dr. Jon Masters, a maverick military engineer responsible for a revolutionary airplane launched rapid-deployment satellite system, and the harrowing counterattack is on. As Masters's satellites and specially equipped B-52, B-1, and B-2 Stealth bombers come into play, the action accelerates to an unforgettable and explosive conclusion When the U.S. foolishly pulls out of the Philippines, China lays claim to this territory and bombs one of their offshore oil platforms. Will war follow?