Day of the Cheetah

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I would like to thank the United States Air Force Aeronautical Systems Division (ASD), Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, for their invaluable assistance in gathering information on America’s future fighter aircraft. ASD is a dream come true for an ex-Air Force nav, wistful fighter pilot, and fiction writer.

Space prohibits me from mentioning each of the fine persons of ASD that I had the pleasure of meeting, but I would like to thank Lt. General William E. Thurman, commander of ASD, for allowing me the privilege of a visit; Lt. Col. George H. Peck, Helen Cavanaugh, Capt. Brian Hoey, Jo Ann Rumple, and Capt. Jamie Scearse of the Office of Public Affairs for arranging my visit and escorting me through the myriad of offices and labs; Captain Myers N. Drew, AFTI/F-16 Program Manager, from the Flight Dynamics Laboratories, who showed me how a fighter could really fly sideways; Mr. James Pruner, X-29 Program Director, Mr. Ron DeCamp, mission-adaptive wing (MAW) Program Director, Mr. James Kocher, Integrated Close Air Support System (ICASS) Program Director, all of the Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Wright Aeronautical Laboratories; and a special thanks to Dr. Wayne L. Martin, acting chief of the Visual Displays System Branch of the Armstrong Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, for allowing me to try out some of the incredible “Buck Rogers” supercockpit systems that our fighter pilots will be using five to ten years from now. I hope I have done credit to the time you extended to me.

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