HOGS #5: TARGET SADDAM (Jim DeFelice’s HOGS First Gulf War series) (32 page)

The
STAR retrieval system does exist and works more or less in the manner described—
though I for one would rather walk.

C-130s
of various descriptions performed a wide variety of missions in the Gulf;
though the plane began flying in the 1950s, it remains an important though
often overlooked member of the service.

Al
Kajuk is an invention.

French
aircraft flew a total of 2,258 sorties during the war, roughly 2 percent of the
total missions and fourth among coalition partners after the U.S., Britain, and
Saudi Arabia. While several French aircraft sustained heavy battle damage, no
French pilots were shot down during the war. Naturally, Hog drivers would have
been there to snag their butts and haul them home if they had.

Some
more boring statistics: The day before most of this story takes place,
something on the order of forty percent of the sorties flown against Iraq were
devoted to Scud hunting. That represented a major revamping of priorities to go
against a small though admittedly politically significant threat. If that’s not
an argument for providing a serious defense against ballistic missiles from
rogue states and terrorists, A-Bomb’s a neat freak.

-
Jim DeFelice

This is
the fifth book in the original Hogs six-book series including

HOGS
#1:GOING DEEP

HOGS
#2: HOG DOWN

HOSG #3:
Fort Apache

HOGS #4:
Snake eaters

HOGS #5: TARGET SADDAM

More in the series coming out soon including:

HOGS #6: DEATH WISH

Number
One New York Times Bestselling author Jim DeFelice (
American Sniper
),
writing as James Ferro, originally published this series in paperback for
Berkley in 1999 to 2002. His other books on Kindle include:

Novels:

Leopards Kill

Brother’s Keeper

Havana Strike

Short Stories:

Wolf Flight (WWII)

Ace Combat (based on Ace Combat game)

Military History
:

Omar Bradley: General at War

Rangers At Dieppe (WWII)

Andy Fisher FBI technothrillers:

The
Helios Conspiracy

 Cyclops One

 Threat Level Black
,

Patriot Spy Revolutionary War series:

The Silver Bullet

The Iron Chain

The Golden Flask

You
can also find his co-authored series listed on Jim’s Amazon Author’s page:

Rogue Warrior
with Dick Marcinko

Larry Bond’s First Team
and
Red Dragon Rising
series

Dale Brown’s Dreamland
 and
Whiplash
series.

The first five books in the
Stephen
Coonts Deep Black
series

Find out more on
the author’s website on the world wide web at jimdefelice.com