Independent Series – 04 – Storming Heaven by Dale Brown

Author:Dale Brown [Brown, Dale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: War Stories, Espionage, Fiction - Espionage, War & Military, Fiction, United States, Thriller, Adventure Stories, Technological, Thrillers, Terrorism, United States - National Guard, Intrigue, Terrorism - United States, Adventure
ISBN: 9780425147238
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Published: 1995-05-01T08:00:00+00:00

Don't you think you can pass the White House security check?" "Admiral, I don't think that'll be a problem," Harley said. "I know precisely what my White House security file says--I designed it.

In fact, I've seen the White House's security report on you. I'll even show it to you later on." Hardcastle nodded--he could tell by her confident half-smile and steady gaze that she was telling the truth. This woman was much more than a simple executive assistant--she was obviously Martindale's chief troubleshooter, an invisible insider able to pass through the inner sanctums of the current Administration with apparent ease-- definitely not someone to piss off. "Find anything interesting to you, Miss Harley?" She laughed, pointed a finger accusingly at Hardcastle, and replied, "All I can say is, Admiral, that if you plan on doing only half the things to Henri Cazaux that you did to the Haitian, Bahamian, and Colombian governments while you were with the Hammerheads, Cazaux is in big, big trouble." Fllon Naval Air Station, Nevada Three Days Later Before any aircraft carrier air wing begins a cruise, its crews must certify to the carrier air group commander that they are fully qualified and ready to perform their assigned duties.

For Navy and Marine Corps strike units in the western half of the United States, that means a trip to Navy Fallon in northern Nevada for a very intensive two-month training and evaluation course on aerial gunnery, bombardment, and missile tactics. With thousands of square miles of ranges spread out over three counties, mostly desolate hills and dry lake beds, hundreds of men (and now women) per year streak over the high desert and mountains, line up on plywood tanks or airfields scratched into the hard-baked earth by bulldozers, and drop thousands of tons of live bombs, rockets, missiles, and cannon rounds.

The ranges are also used for operational evaluations of new weapons about to be deployed for the first time.

Because of its very isolated location, Navy Fallon is also one of the country's largest ordnance depots, from which thousands of tons of weapons and explosives are stored, distributed, repaired, refurbished, dismantled, and disposed.

For aircrew members, the eight-week TDY to Navy Fallon is a mixed blessing. Although the base facilities are first-rate, the surrounding town is so isolated and small that, apart from the temptation to visit one of the many legal brothels nearby, there was little to do in Fallon for relaxation or enjoyment. But it was a good opportunity to prepare oneself for a long deployment at sea, where the facilities and chances for rest and relaxation were even less available, and it was definitely some of the best flying around. Crew members actually looked forward to Fallon's open skies, big ranges, plenty of live ordnance, and the chance to show the brass what you can do with the Navy's most modern warplanes.

It was also a weapons smorgasbord for arms dealers and smugglers, if you had the money and the right connections.

After a flight into Fallon Municipal

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