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"Two armed men board a 727 all but forgotten at an airfield in Angola. Hijacking the jet, they then slit the throat of the lone crew and fly to parts unknown. The consternation is immediate, as the CIA, FBI, and other agencies race to find out what happened, in the process elbowing one another in the sides a little too vigorously." "Fed up, the president of the United States turns to an outside investigator to determine the truth, an Army intelligence...
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Patrick McLanahan novels volume 10
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[2002]
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Assisting the widow of the assassinated Egyptian president, who goes too far by killing her husband's murderer and then trying to take over Arab North Africa, Air Force general Patrick McClanahan must prevent her from launching her deadliest plan.
4) Battle born
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Patrick McLanahan novels volume 8
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[1999]
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The world in "Battle Born" is on the brink of World War III and a new generation of brash young heroes is playing the flying game.
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Patrick McLanahan novels volume 11
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A handful of American commandos use an untested and unproven force of robotic warplanes to gain control of the oil-rich Republic of Turkmenistan before the country is invaded by Taliban fighters.
7) The tin man
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Patrick McLanahan novels volume 7
Pub. Date
[1998]
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"Dressed in a carbon-filament bodysuit that can instantly harden into stronger-than-steel protective armor, a mysterious figure the public has dubbed the Tin Man roams the urban landscape of Sacramento, California, on a search-and-destroy mission. While some want him dead and others want him decorated, only a handful of people know the truth of who he is: Patrick McLanahan, the nation's most heroic aerial warrior, now retired, who for fifteen years...
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[2022]
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After more than 30 years of service as one of the navy's top aviators, Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. Training a detachment of graduates for a special assignment, Maverick must confront the ghosts of his past and his deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who choose to fly it.
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Patrick McLanahan novels volume 2
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When a KGB mole hijacks DreamStar--a top-secret Navy fighter plane employing artificial intelligence in its cockpit--Major Patrick McLanahan is given the assignment to retrieve the precious machine.
10) Warrior class
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Patrick McLanahan novels volume 9
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2001.
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Russia plans an oil pipeline across the Balkans that will make them the dominate force in Europe. The only chance to stop them lies with U.S. Air Force general Patrick McLanahan, who's rescue mission in Russia leads him to a choice between serving his country and obeying orders.
"The world is falling apart, and there are plenty of people willing to take advantage. One of them is Pavel Kazakov, a Russian oilman with close ties to organized crime,...
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Virgin River volume 20
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Patrick Riordan's plans for a relaxing Christmas--a much-needed break from his work as a Navy pilot--are complicated when he falls for Angie LeCroix, who is visiting Virgin River in order to escape her hovering mother.
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Young and innocent, they came to a place they had barely heard of, prepared for war. They were American fighter pilots, assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges during the Korean War. Trained but frightened, facing an an enemy they couldn't understand, and waging a war they had to win.
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[2010]
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IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 2
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"World War II was over, and Berlin was in ruins. US Air Force Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen knew the children of the city were suffering. They were hungry and afraid. The young pilot wanted to help, but what could one man in one plane do?"--dust jacket flap.
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Twenty years is a long time to be without a father, and, for Navy pilot Annie Peregrine-Goode, the sky has become a home the earth has never been. So when her father calls out of the blue to ask for a dying wishone both absurd and mysterious, no is the easiest of answers. Until she hears that the reward is the one thing she always wanted
15) Tiger's claw
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[2012]
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When China launches the first successful test of its Dong Feng-21D antiship ballistic missile, the future looks bleak for America. Fearing the U.S. will lose its naval supremacy in the Pacific if it does not counter this Chinese threat, President Kenneth Phoenix finds himself in a compromised position. New technology requires money, but the country is recovering from a massive recession, and the president has slashed the military budget to reduce...
16) Pearl Harbor
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"Pearl Harbor is a beautifully written and suspenseful epic saga of love and war. Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker are two daring young pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps who have grown up like brothers and first learned to fly in crop-dusting planes. Rafe has fallen in love with Evelyn Stewart, a beautiful and courageous nurse serving in the U.S. Navy. But they are soon separated by war when Rafe volunteers for the Eagle Squadron, a group of Americans...
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[2011]
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When Marshall Stone returns to his crash site decades later, he finds himself drawn back in time to the brave people who helped him escape from the Nazis. He especially recalls one intrepid girl guide who risked her life to help him - the girl in the blue beret.
18) Starfire:a novel
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2014.
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While leading a team of young engineers designing Starfire, the world's first orbiting solar power plant, James McLanahan Bradley is caught in the middle of a battle that threatens to become an all-out global war for control of space after the U.S. President ignites an arms race.
"With the death of his heroic father, bomber and space warfare veteran Patrick McLanahan, Bradley McLanahan must now fly solo, leading a team of young engineers designing...
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American century series volume 2
Pub. Date
c2006
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Years after leaving their home in the hills of Arkansas to pursue their dreams in the land of opportunity, the three eldest Stuart children are back for a family reunion, but their visit is cut short when an unexpected turn of events forces Lylah and Amos to return to the city as the world is on the brink of war.