Fallout

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Rob Young at the National Air Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for showing me the MiG-29s the United States bought from Moldova. I would also like to thank the Navy Strike and Air Warfare Center in Fallon, Nevada, and TOPGUN in particular, for their kind hospitality. Commander Bill Sizemore of TOPGUN and the other officers there were extremely helpful. I took some license with things at TOPGUN, such as ignoring the contract each TOPGUN instructor signs, promising not to get out of the Navy. I am hopeful they will not hold it against me.

I am grateful to my friend Don Chartrand for his support and suggestions and his shared interest in the problem of nuclear waste.

Mark Juergensen was a great help to me in understanding nuclear fallout and radiation exposure.

I want to thank my editor, Henry Ferris, for his guidance and insight. He made this a better book.

I also want to express my deep appreciation to my agent, David Gernert, for his continued support and wisdom.

Lastly, I want to thank my wife, Dianna, and my children for putting up with my long hours and for giving me their undying support and love.