Chapter OneThe Tonopah Test Range Airport tower gave them clearance and they were gone. Control towers didn’t want any return response; they just wanted you out of their airspace. So their helo lifted into the airspace of the Nevada Test and Training Range—the NTTR—and raced away from Tonopah without a word.
“This next part always freaks me out.”
“And you say that every time, Copper.” Vince Jawolski was flying low and fast, piloting their combat search-and-rescue helicopter toward their hold position for tonight’s training exercise.
It was true, she did always say it, but that didn’t make Penny “Copper” Penrose feel one bit less freaked. Not that she was worried about the battle—real or simulated—but rather that there was one in progress and their job was to wait. CSAR aircraft didn’t r
