The author enlisted in the Air Force during the Korean War. While in basic training, he was selected to attend Navigation school and completed his training in 1954. He was then was assigned to the ...view moreThe author enlisted in the Air Force during the Korean War. While in basic training, he was selected to attend Navigation school and completed his training in 1954. He was then was assigned to the Sixth Bomb Wing of the Strategic Air Command, as a navigator in a B-36 heavy bomber aircraft. The crews in the B-36 aircraft flew missions all over the world, training every day with only one goal—to be ready, when ordered, to drop nuclear weapons on the USSR. The B-36 and its crews were our nation’s Cold War Shield. The author was a part of that team during our Cold War with the USSR.view less