Team Tornado: Life on a Front-line Squadron

by John Peters (Author), John Nichol (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1994

  $4.19

  A sequel to Tornado Down , this book tells the story of what made John Peters and John Nichol become pilots, what their lives have been like since the Gulf War, and what it is like to be in the RAF, flying immensely complex, million-pound machines and training for war in peacetime. John Peters, now a fourship leader and squadron authorizer, still flies Tornado bombers from a new base in Germany. John Nichol has changed to fighters, going back to basic training in a new craft. And now in the skies, rehearsing for combat, they stalk each other in a deadly game of chess in the air. Life in the RAF has changed completely in the last years. There is no longer a single defined enemy, but many small conflicts, sometimes under a command other than their own. John Nichol and John Peters have had to adapt fast to new ways, to new technical skills, and to new dangers. Tornado Two is suitable for anyone who wants to understand what it is like to be in the armed services in these troubled times; to fly these amazing machines in exercises which can turn into real raids, and in war games that are potentially lethal; and to see what happens to John Peters and John Nichol in the year following the Gulf War.

• Used

  Paperback
  1995

  $3.25

  In Tornado Down , John Peters and John Nichol told of their experiences as Iraqi prisoners of war in the Gulf. This book continues the story with their return to England and their subsequent life in an armed forces which is constantly evolving after the end of the Cold War. Together they give a first-hand account of what attracted them to join the RAF; how they coped with the memories of their ordeal in Iraq; their readjustment to life in England; and a description of the life of pilots in the RAF today including all the excitement of flying.