Redeye Fulda Cold by Bill Fortin
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

West Germany, 1969. The Redeye weapon system is finally functionable and is deployed to the 3rd Armored Division of the US Army. Rick Fontain is freshly drafted out of high school and assigned to the 3rd Division. He has a high aptitude score, high enough to catch the eye of the CIA who in turn draft him into their maneuvers. Along with the rest of the 3rd Division, Rick must execute the CIA missions in order to thwart a USSR-led Russian invasion to the rest of Europe.
While enjoyable, I feel compelled to point out this was less of a thriller and more of a military battle story for me. As a former USAF member, there are also plenty of funny moments that would never happen in real life. The author plainly took many liberties with how the chain of command works, the rank structure and more. This is not a negative mark per se, its just something to keep in mind, that it is not a factual novel. This is clearly fictional.


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