The Lucifer Crusade

Decades after a Russian strike has left the United States in ruins, a lone fighter pilot takes to the skies to settle a score. Hawk Hunter, once regarded as one of the best aviators ever, survived the nuclear devastation by retreating into flight. He built a band of airmen into the Pacific American Air Corps, a force meant to stand against a corrupt society. That group first drove back a Soviet invasion, but its leader, a ruthless terrorist, slipped away. Now Hunter has set out after him, painting his jet in colors his enemies have outlawed. Hunted by air forces across the globe, he pushes his aircraft through the sky in search of vengeance, knowing that every pursuer is a potential threat and that his target is the only thing that matters.