Rick Tollini, call-sign Kluso, is a freelance writer, live performer, former F-15C Fighter Weapons Officer, and current F-15C flight simulator contract instructor pilot. Kluso is recognized as an expert in the field of Air Superiority operations and tactics. He has also worked as a feature writer for Pacific Star and Stripes weekly journal, CNN Travel contributor, and has recorded and published over 30 original songs. Kluso’s unique experience as his unit’s primary wartime mission planner for Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm makes him uniquely qualified to speak on this subject matter.
Plenty of memoirs have been written by combat pilots, but Call Sign Kluso is truly one-of-a-kind. It weaves a captivating personal narrative within the context of America's resurgence from the post-Vietnam era, while demonstrating the US military's transformation into the high-tech, cutting-edge organization that defeated the forces of Saddam Hussein. --Mike Guardia, Author, American Guerrilla: The Forgotten Heroics of Russell W. Volckmann