Ron Standerfer

Novelist and Freelance Writer

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Sample Chapter from Ron's Cold War novel

 

Four F-100 Super Sabre jet fighters, looking sleek and mean, circled the target like birds of prey impatient for the kill.

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About The Eagle's Last Fight, Ron's Cold War Novel

 Skip O’Neill’s first assignment as a young lieutenant places him among hard drinking World War II and Korean War era fighter pilots who quickly teach him their ways. During the Cold War and Vietnam War, he proves to be a skillful and courageous pilot who faces dangers of all kinds with equanimity.  But the greatest—and most deadly danger—materializes years after he volunteers to be an observer at an atomic test site.

 

 

The experts agree.  It's a damn good book!!

“This is one of the best books about fighter pilots during the Cold War, life in the military, war and humans who do it."
Major General Don Shepperd (USAF, Ret.), Author and CNN Military Analyst
 

“When one finishes the book, pilot or not, they will find themselves having several moments of quiet reflection, not unlike finishing a Richard Bach book."
Mark Berent,  Author of the Rolling Thunder series


“Explosive! For the serious aviation buff, Ron Standerfer, a veteran Air Force fighter pilot during the Cold War and Vietnam War is eminently qualified to pen this rare, must-have book.”  
Bill Guenon, Author, Secret and Dangerous:  Night of the Son Tay
POW Raid

 

 

 

     

 

 

Ron Standerfer's  twenty seven-year Air Force career spanned the Cold War years between 1954 and 1981. During that time, he flew a variety of high performance fighters including the F-100, F-102, F-105,
F-4 and A-7. He flew over 200 combat missions during the Vietnam conflict and was shot down over Tchepone, Laos in 1969. He retired from the Air Force just as the Cold War ended as a full Colonel after tours in the Pentagon and Tactical Air Command headquarters in Virginia.