as far as lieutenant’s rank, he’d relished the idea of air combat, knowing
that as a U.S. naval aviator he was the best in the world, highly trained ami
exquisitely equipped, and wanting to prove it someday. But over lime hc’il
seen too many friends die in accidents. He’d gotten a kill in Ihc iVisnui
Gulf War, and four more over the Med one clear and starry ni^ht. hui
those last four had been an accident. He’d killed men for no ).!