Hogs #1: Going Deep
“James Earl Jones' voice shook the walls of Cineplex. The network's logo spun around and filled the immense television screen had not only given the Devils' squadron room its unofficial nickname but had made it a very popular hangout.
Especially now. Off-duty pilots and most of the intelligence officers who shared the Devils' Hog Heaven trailer complex crowded the room, watching as the TV flashed a picture of the night sky over Baghdad, shot from a downtown hotel room. One second, the night was ...dark, blank, peaceful.
The next second, more triple-A than Skull had seen over Hanoi during the Linebacker raids filled the heavens.
Knowlington listened in fascination as one of the television correspondents described what it was like to watch an air raid outside your window. He'd never been on that end of it.
On screen, the sky erupted with flash after flash, reflections of explosions on the ground. The F-117As were hitting their targets.
“Take that, you god damn son of a bitch!” said someone in the room.MoreLess
Especially now. Off-duty pilots and most of the intelligence officers who shared the Devils' Hog Heaven trailer complex crowded the room, watching as the TV flashed a picture of the night sky over Baghdad, shot from a downtown hotel room. One second, the night was ...dark, blank, peaceful.
The next second, more triple-A than Skull had seen over Hanoi during the Linebacker raids filled the heavens.
Knowlington listened in fascination as one of the television correspondents described what it was like to watch an air raid outside your window. He'd never been on that end of it.
On screen, the sky erupted with flash after flash, reflections of explosions on the ground. The F-117As were hitting their targets.
“Take that, you god damn son of a bitch!” said someone in the room.MoreLess
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