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Habu Patch
"A SURE-FIRE WINNER!" -- New York Times
Some years ago, the US. Air Force officially suspended flight operations of its Lockheed SR-71 (Strategic Reconnaissance) Blackbird aircraft. At that time, the USAF began the progressive phasing out of the approximately twenty-five SR-71s which had been operational up to that time.
HABU PATCH... Catch this plane if you can.
Apart from two SR-71s detached to forward observation bases at Kadena, Japan and Mildenhall, England, the rest of the fleet of Blackbirds was mothballed, and TR1 and U2 reconnaissance aircraft deployed in those few instances where satellite reconnaissance was deemed unsuitable to the mission role.
HABU PATCH... Danger rides the skies over Russian airspace as a last-ditch military action takes place below. The stakes have never been higher.
No one has written a technothriller about the legendary SR-71 Blackbird quite this powerful or quite this good. The proliferation of satellite-based, high definition surveillance platforms in polar and geosynchronous orbits, combined with the extremely high costs of operating and maintaining the Blackbird fleet were cited by the Air Force as making the SR-71 redundant for the purposes of strategic reconnaissance.
HABU PATCH... Habu Patch is raw-edged excitement ... David Alexander makes the SR-71 stand on its tail and do tricks.
HABU PATCH... A breathtaking achievement by author David Alexander featuring high-adrenaline excitement from cover to cover.
The SR-71 Blackbird is unquestionably one of the most mission capable aircraft ever flown, and in an era of increasing geopolitical instability, the many reports of its demise have often proven to be premature.
HABU PATCH... The sky's no limit for this exceptional mega-thriller from one of the top authors in the field. Habu Patch tells the fictionalized story of a secret operation that saw one of those SRs taken out of mothballs and flown on a clandestine mission that can only be told as a novel -- even today.
Some years ago, the US. Air Force officially suspended flight operations of its Lockheed SR-71 (Strategic Reconnaissance) Blackbird aircraft. At that time, the USAF began the progressive phasing out of the approximately twenty-five SR-71s which had been operational up to that time.
HABU PATCH... Catch this plane if you can.
Apart from two SR-71s detached to forward observation bases at Kadena, Japan and Mildenhall, England, the rest of the fleet of Blackbirds was mothballed, and TR1 and U2 reconnaissance aircraft deployed in those few instances where satellite reconnaissance was deemed unsuitable to the mission role.
HABU PATCH... Danger rides the skies over Russian airspace as a last-ditch military action takes place below. The stakes have never been higher.
No one has written a technothriller about the legendary SR-71 Blackbird quite this powerful or quite this good. The proliferation of satellite-based, high definition surveillance platforms in polar and geosynchronous orbits, combined with the extremely high costs of operating and maintaining the Blackbird fleet were cited by the Air Force as making the SR-71 redundant for the purposes of strategic reconnaissance.
HABU PATCH... Habu Patch is raw-edged excitement ... David Alexander makes the SR-71 stand on its tail and do tricks.
HABU PATCH... A breathtaking achievement by author David Alexander featuring high-adrenaline excitement from cover to cover.
The SR-71 Blackbird is unquestionably one of the most mission capable aircraft ever flown, and in an era of increasing geopolitical instability, the many reports of its demise have often proven to be premature.
HABU PATCH... The sky's no limit for this exceptional mega-thriller from one of the top authors in the field. Habu Patch tells the fictionalized story of a secret operation that saw one of those SRs taken out of mothballs and flown on a clandestine mission that can only be told as a novel -- even today.
330 pages, Hardcover
First published April 13, 2014
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About the author
David Alexander
55 books13 followersDavid Alexander began writing early in life and began writing uncoaxed and spontaneously. His fledgling appearance in print dates to a sonnet published in a New York City daily newspaper when David was in elementary school in Brooklyn. Between then and today, he has written and published in virtually every literary category, including novels, novelettes, short fiction, poetry, essays and film scripts. He received his early education via the New York City public school system. He later attended Columbia University in New York City and Sorbonne University in Paris, France.
In addition to fiction and creative nonfiction, Alexander has written technical papers as a defense analyst for some of the world's most prestigious international defense publications on high-technology combat systems and their strategic and tactical applications. He is as conversant with the global corporate and civilian defense sector as he is with the military side. Few can justly claim the scope and breadth of his knowledge of and familiarity with the international defense community, ranging from weapon systems to global strategic policy.
As an author, Alexander can justly claim to have pulled himself up by his own bootstraps. Never has he benefited from anybody's patronage. There have been no wealthy relatives with connections, no connections by marriage; no favors traded in secret, no hooked-up friends to fast-track his career. Nor has anybody but David Alexander penned the titles published over David Alexander's byline. Alexander is a resident of Brooklyn Heights, where he has lived and written for many years.
In addition to fiction and creative nonfiction, Alexander has written technical papers as a defense analyst for some of the world's most prestigious international defense publications on high-technology combat systems and their strategic and tactical applications. He is as conversant with the global corporate and civilian defense sector as he is with the military side. Few can justly claim the scope and breadth of his knowledge of and familiarity with the international defense community, ranging from weapon systems to global strategic policy.
As an author, Alexander can justly claim to have pulled himself up by his own bootstraps. Never has he benefited from anybody's patronage. There have been no wealthy relatives with connections, no connections by marriage; no favors traded in secret, no hooked-up friends to fast-track his career. Nor has anybody but David Alexander penned the titles published over David Alexander's byline. Alexander is a resident of Brooklyn Heights, where he has lived and written for many years.
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July 6, 2016
Habu Patch tops any ten including the deceased Clancy who unfortunately can't read it to learn a few things.
November 11, 2016
Habu Patch makes many another look like jokes. This includes Clancy, et al.
April 8, 2019
The blurb said "raw-edged excitement." It didn't lie. I rate this thriller very highly.
June 29, 2019
One word: UN-PUTDOWN-ABLE.
July 1, 2019
Not Tom Clancy or Dale Brown for sure!!
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