People want to raise hell about the government taking their guns… what about taking their fighter jets?
Don Kirlin, the owner of Air USA, added to his collection when he purchased 46 more fighter jets from the Royal Australian Air Force. His company is one of the few who provides the Air Force with “adversaries” to help train U.S. fighter pilots.
Turning this into a story: what if there was a guns-for-hire group of fighter jets and pilots? Think “Top Gun” meets “The Expendables.”
Each book in the series would follow a similar script to the classic ‘80’s action movies: they think it’s going to be a simple job until they discover the whole world is at stake.
OR, they just want to do their job until it becomes personal. Maybe a family member is kidnapped (like in “True Lies”).
The hard part would be to make the stakes big enough to require the jets in the first place, but this could be the last resort option, like when the power rangers form up to make Megazord.
Maybe a better show to use as inspiration would be Captain Planet. The fighter pilot group could blow up dams, illegal oil drilling, etc. after they uncover plots to destroy the environment.
Each book in the series would be standalone, with returning memorable characters. In theory, there could be multiple groups like this, from different countries, and the alliances and enemies among the groups could play a role in future books.
For me, there would be a good bit of research into planes, flying, and pilot interviews.
