Ambushed by History

By Aaron David Yeoman

Eleventh Hour Covenant Prequel.

Israel has had a stupendous aerial victory - one hundred Syrian Migs destroyed. For his part, fighter pilot, Tuvia Alon, has become an ace.

But even so, Syria remains a dangerous opponent. The Russians are clamoring for a 'saving face' reversal for their Middle Eastern puppet.

Israel is not content. She wants Syria right out of the Lebanon. Ensconced in his multi-million dollar F-15, the Eagle of the Bekaa takes wing once more.
Radar scans robotically. Contact!
It all begins again.
From soaring unopposed in Lebanese airspace to getting 'down and dirty' in the alien and hostile Bekaa Valley.

The Syrians all the time trying to claw their way back.

Will the young ace's exploits be suitable for the historical record?
In this 8500 word military adventure and political thriller you will witness a suspense-filled day in the making of an Israeli Air Force general... as Tuvia Alon is 'ambushed by history.'

• Language: English
• Publisher: Aaron David Yeoman
• Release date: Feb 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463784358

Aaron David Yeoman

Aaron is an Australian writer of political thrillers set in the volatile Middle East and of military fiction related to the Second World War. He was born into a family of military veterans and immersed from childhood (for better or worse) into all things related to historical and modern warfare. Having a keen interest in both world and Middle Eastern politics, he has contributed to a number of geopolitical publications.His other interests include motor sports, music, sound reproduction and good design in all its forms.

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AMBUSHED BY HISTORY

Prequel to Eleventh Hour Covenant

By

Aaron David Yeoman

Copyright 2019 Aaron David Yeoman

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Table of Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

About the Author

Other Books by Aaron David Yeoman

Connect with Aaron David Yeoman

Acknowledgments

Chapter One

On the evening of the ninth of June, 1982, no-one in Israel was settling down for the night, not in Tel Aviv, nor Jerusalem, and especially not at Tel Nof Air Force Base. For the men who had taken part in the stupendous victory, the sense of euphoria was palpable. One hundred Syrian jets destroyed and almost all that nation’s missile defenses put out of action. The pilots were still on standby in case Egypt or even Jordan attempted to intervene in defense of Pan-Arab pride, but the threat was deemed highly unlikely.

For Tuvia Alon, in his early twenties, it had yet to truly sink in. Apparently unable to heed their superiors’ directions to rest up, the victorious pilots laughed and joked, ate and drank, and, disturbingly, smoked themselves close to nicotine overdose.

And for this one, Tuvia heard in his left ear as a more forceful than polite hand made contact with his tired shoulder, an ace. . . an ace in one day!

Even the whack to his tired body could not quite get the reality through to his critical and still denying faculties.

When he had landed after his final sortie of the day, taxiing the sleek jet to its park, his thoughts were a photomontage of the day’s dramatic events. As he was unbuckled by the ground crew, he tried to tabulate just how much he had achieved, but he could not capture his thoughts. Like the air battles that had filled the skies over the Bekaa Valley, the recollections of the multiple dogfights were as evasive as the enemy’s Migs.

It was only after the squadron’s final debriefing, when all the pilots’ gun camera footage had been examined and the evidence was beyond doubt, that the commander had loudly interjected with the announcement, Tuvia Alon, Ace!

It was a dream come true, to be