1.-fiction 2.-war 3.-pilots 4.-air-force 5.-vietnam-war 6.-combat 7.-fighter-jets 8.-aerial-combat 9.-loyalty 10.-brotherhood 11.-honor 12.-death 13.-adrenaline 14.-camaraderie 15.-rivalry 16.-action 17.-adventure 18.-military 19.-drama 20.-psychological 1950s 1960s action action-packed adrenaline adrenaline-fueled adrenaline-junkies adrenaline-rush adventure aerial aerial-combat aerial-dogfights aerial-maneuvers aerial-reconnaissance aerial-warfare air-combat air-force airborne aircraft airplane airplanes ambition american-literature atmospheric aviation aviators battlefield beautiful-prose beautifully-written beauty betrayal bravery breathtaking brotherhood camaraderie captivating challenge challenges character-development character-driven character-study combat combat-pilots coming-of-age companion competition competitive-spirit comradeship conflict contemporary-fiction courage danger dangerous-missions death descriptive desire destiny determination disillusionment dogfights drama dreams duty elite emotional emotions endurance escapism espionage evocative excitement exhilarating exhilaration existential existentialism exploration failure. fate fear fiction fighter-jets fighter-pilot fighter-pilots fighter-planes flying fraternity friendship glory grief gripping haunting heroes heroism historical historical-fiction honor human-experience hunters hunting inner-conflicts intense intensity introspection introspective james james-salter james-tags:-military korean-war landing literary literary-fiction literature loss love love-affairs love-story love-triangle loyalty lyrical machismo male-bonding male-friendship male-friendships masculinity military military-fiction military-life moral-dilemmas morality mortality narrative nature nostalgia novel novels obsession passion perseverance philosophy pilot pilots poetic poignant post-war power-dynamics prose prose-style psychological psychological-exploration psychological-impact pursuit redemption relationships resilience risk risk-taking rivalries rivalry romance sacrifice salter self-discovery skill squadron strategy struggle success survival suspense suspense. suspenseful teamwork tension testosterone testosterone-fueled the-hunters thrill thrill-seeking thriller thrillers thrilling tragedy training trauma triumph victory vietnam vietnam-war visceral vivid-imagery war war-fiction war-movie war-story wartime world-war-ii wwii young-men