The Fighter Pilot's Wife: A Military Family's Story

by Gilberta Guth

The challenges that confronted Gilberta Guth as the wife of a jet fighter pilot were many. As his career took them to exotic worldwide cities, she and others like her were shadowed by the ever present danger inherent in piloting high performance jet aircraft. Read this moving account of challenges faced by a military family in both wartime and peacetime -- loyalty, love, anxiety, grief -- and learn about this other side of life in the military.

Genres: Nonfiction

376 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2005

Reviews

[Allie Slocum · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cool story b/c we knew her second husband.

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this book at the Air and Space Museum at Ellsworth AFB, in South Dakota. It is a great memoir and a great read. You will read about the author's courtship with her husband, and her subsequent love of military life, which takes them around the world. I loved the book and I highly recommend it.

[Ramsey Debra · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am about a 1/3 of the way through it. It is a wifes memories through his letter. It starts during the Korean War and will go through his carrer. I am sure I like it because of Jared and the Air Forced but I also like the referenced to the 50's and the old pictures. D

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is amazing how parallel our lives are...especially given the time difference.