Steve Stone > Quotes

“One of his eyes was half hanging out. His brain had popped out of a small hole in his head and looked like a red mushroom growing out of the side of his head.”
― Steve Stone, Hog Wrath: Close Air Support: A10 'Warthog'

“The planes were meant to level off at about 100 feet but due to a jammed stabilizer on the lead plane and the other three not being allowed to break formation, followed the lead T38 into the ground killing all four pilots instantly.”
― Steve Stone, Hog Wrath: Close Air Support: A10 'Warthog'

“It was during training that Griffin got his callsign nickname of ‘Scorch’, which was due to him having the flare CMDs set to dispense before taking off. As soon as Griffin and his Hog was airborne the weight on wheels detector flipped, and the plane started dumping out flares all over the runway. After being told he had scorched the runway, Scorched was shortened to Scorch and became Griffins callsign.”
― Steve Stone, Hog Wrath: Close Air Support: A10 'Warthog'

“Black Ops also by Steve Stone”
― Steve Stone, Afghan Warrior: SEAL Team Six stories of Valor in Afghanistan; War in Afghanistan 2001-2014