The Making Of A Chopper Pilot

by Rick Blackmon

Captain Greg Michaels has always dreamed of going to the US Military Academy at West Point. He receives an appointment to West Point and graduates fifth in his class. He selects Air Cavalry as his branch and is assigned to the US Army Aviation School and becomes a qualified chopper pilot.

On his first tour in Afghanistan he flies support on Search and Rescue missions. He is awarded a Silver Star on one such mission for valor.

After his first tour, he is assigned as an instructor pilot at Fort Rucker but finds he prefers flying combat mission and volunteers for re-deployment.

On his second tour he flies the AH64D Longbow chopper. He and his copilot/gunner fly the Longbow in support for extraction missions.

22 pages, ebook

First published March 12, 2013

About the author

I am a retired computer geek that loves to read. I retired after 40 years with IBM.

I currently live in a suburb northwest of Houston, TX.

I became interested in writing last year. I am currently working on the third book in a series about a US Army chopper pilot. I have published eleven other books, all for sale on Amazon. Four are under a pen name, Susan Leigh Carlton.