Ward Carroll flew F-14 Tomcats for fifteen years after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy. He was named Naval Institute Press Author of the Year in 2001 for his novel Punk's War and is also the author of Punk's Fight and Punk's Wing. He is the host of the popular Ward Carroll YouTube channel.

"With suspense, drama, and action as hot as a fighter jet’s after burner, Carroll's account of modem naval aviation reads like Top Gun on steroids ... will delight the military-techno audience.... Danger aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf provides the backdrop for this tale of swaggering aviators who live on the edge, confounding senior officers and enticing Iranian and Iraqi fighters to come up and swap air-to-air missiles.... Aerial dogfights, nighttime in-flight emergencies, downed aircraft, pilots captured and rescued, court-martial and some nifty flying sequences keep up the pace . . . loaded with. testosterone. . .. Carroll's debut speaks volumes about military careerism, aviation technology, naval operations in harm's way and the men who fly and fight for a living."—Publishers Weekly "Ward Carroll brings you into the fold of a fighter squadron for an honest look at the lives of naval aviators. The thoughts and emotions captured through the characters in this novel are too accurate for Punk's War to be considered fiction." —Monty Ashliman, former Top Gun instructor and F-14 Radar Intercept Officer of the Year

Ward Carroll flew F-14 Tomcats for fifteen years after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy. He was named Naval Institute Press Author of the Year in 2001 for his novel Punk's War and is also the author of Punk's Fight and Punk's Wing. He is the host of the popular Ward Carroll YouTube channel.

"With suspense, drama, and action as hot as a fighter jet’s after burner, Carroll's account of modem naval aviation reads like Top Gun on steroids ... will delight the military-techno audience.... Danger aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf provides the backdrop for this tale of swaggering aviators who live on the edge, confounding senior officers and enticing Iranian and Iraqi fighters to come up and swap air-to-air missiles.... Aerial dogfights, nighttime in-flight emergencies, downed aircraft, pilots captured and rescued, court-martial and some nifty flying sequences keep up the pace . . . loaded with. testosterone. . .. Carroll's debut speaks volumes about military careerism, aviation technology, naval operations in harm's way and the men who fly and fight for a living."—Publishers Weekly "Ward Carroll brings you into the fold of a fighter squadron for an honest look at the lives of naval aviators. The thoughts and emotions captured through the characters in this novel are too accurate for Punk's War to be considered fiction." —Monty Ashliman, former Top Gun instructor and F-14 Radar Intercept Officer of the Year

Ward Carroll flew F-14 Tomcats for fifteen years after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy. He was named Naval Institute Press Author of the Year in 2001 for his novel Punk's War and is also the author of Punk's Fight and Punk's Wing. He is the host of the popular Ward Carroll YouTube channel.

"With suspense, drama, and action as hot as a fighter jet’s after burner, Carroll's account of modem naval aviation reads like Top Gun on steroids ... will delight the military-techno audience.... Danger aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf provides the backdrop for this tale of swaggering aviators who live on the edge, confounding senior officers and enticing Iranian and Iraqi fighters to come up and swap air-to-air missiles.... Aerial dogfights, nighttime in-flight emergencies, downed aircraft, pilots captured and rescued, court-martial and some nifty flying sequences keep up the pace . . . loaded with. testosterone. . .. Carroll's debut speaks volumes about military careerism, aviation technology, naval operations in harm's way and the men who fly and fight for a living."—Publishers Weekly "Ward Carroll brings you into the fold of a fighter squadron for an honest look at the lives of naval aviators. The thoughts and emotions captured through the characters in this novel are too accurate for Punk's War to be considered fiction." —Monty Ashliman, former Top Gun instructor and F-14 Radar Intercept Officer of the Year