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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would like to extend my gratitude to George Wieser and Donald I.

Fine, who took a chance on me; to Rick Horgan, senior editor at Donald
I. Fine, Inc with whom I spent many long hours hammering this story
into shape; and to my wife Jean, who gave me the support to get the job
done. Thanks.

This book is dedicated to the thousands of men and women of the United
States Air Force Strategic Air Command who assure the quality of our
nation's strategic deterrent force. I was proud to serve in SAC for
seven years, and I know it is a thankless, lonely,
sometimes frustrating job. They work in old alert shelters,
underground launch centers, dark command posts, and cold hangars-and
they are the nation's best. More Sol than any high-tech machine, it is
the dedication and professionalism of these men and women that insure
the peace and security of the United States.

To all the bomber pukes, tanker toads, missile weenies, sky cops,
knuckle-busters, and BB stackers of the Strategic Air Command-this
one's for you.

ABOARD A B-52 BOMBER

The Strategic Air Command B-52 was ready to begin its final assault.

Though half its bomb load had already been expended.

one gravity bomb and four Short-Range Attack Missiles (SRAMs) still
stood in the bomb bays. So far, the crew of six had successfully
guided their aged bomber through a crucial air refueling-, a
high-altitude bomb run from thirty-seven thousand feet, with a surprise
S.A-2 surface-to-air missile attack shortly afterward; and three
subsequent bomb runs through a maze of hills and valleys.

Up ahead, closing in on them at a speed of six miles per minute, was
the target area--defended by surface-to-air missile sites, radar-guided