A combat jet pilot has to gain a positional advantage over his opponent. In basic fighter maneuvers, during a dogfight, a pilot has a split second to make the kill or be killed.
Dale R. Lincoln wanted to write about the United States' entry into the Korean War in June 1950. Have the reader know that North Korea did invade South Korea with the concealed support of the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. With the Korean War starting, he wanted to create another book about war and action. Flying with his best friend in the skies in the Korean War, to make the reader feel the action of dog fighting as the war wages on.
