A review by jfranco77
Final Flight by Stephen Coonts
4.0
A few years have passed, and Jake Grafton is now the CAG (Commander, Air Group) for an aircraft carrier. He still flies occasionally, but as a high-ranking officer, also spends a lot of time on administrative duties.
The plot focuses on a middle eastern terrorist named Qazi, who works for El Hakim, which I guess makes him the Bin Laden of the 80s. Qazi and his team are determined to attack the USS United States (what a terrible name, btw) and steal the nuclear weapons on board the ship to alter the balance of power in the Middle East. Their attack is launched while the USSUS is docked in Naples, and many soldiers are on shore leave. Can the carrier crew fight off the attack?
Certainly an exciting finish, even if the book dragged a bit in the middle. I had forgotten that this book required an interesting piece of retconning.
The plot focuses on a middle eastern terrorist named Qazi, who works for El Hakim, which I guess makes him the Bin Laden of the 80s. Qazi and his team are determined to attack the USS United States (what a terrible name, btw) and steal the nuclear weapons on board the ship to alter the balance of power in the Middle East. Their attack is launched while the USSUS is docked in Naples, and many soldiers are on shore leave. Can the carrier crew fight off the attack?
Certainly an exciting finish, even if the book dragged a bit in the middle. I had forgotten that this book required an interesting piece of retconning.