Foxtrot, We're on the Way! ... San Antonio, Texas, Police Department Helicopter Stories, a Memoir... - Paperback

by Billy Anders (Author)

True stories - real life drama - of Foxtrot, the San Antonio, Texas, Police Department aviation unit formed in the 1970s, today called Blue Eagle... Between 1975 and 1981, the author, a police officer and commercial pilot, helped pioneer the use of helicopters in law enforcement. There were few universal procedures. Flight crews raced to intercept high speed chases, searched for homicide victims, and engaged in a few shenanigans. Read these actual accounts and more... The Day I Bombed Salado Creek - The Body That Didn't Get Away - The Night the Lights Went Out - Sex and the Single Helicopter Pilot - The Dream That Went Bad - The Angry Go-Away Arm - The Shot Not Heard 'Round the World Learn about early leaders in Sgt. Jarke's Final Chapter, and Cedar Posts & Sardines. Dangers are spotlighted in Today Isn't a Good Weather Day, and What Was That Noise? Sum it all up with Burglar on the Roof, Joy in the Heart

Author Biography

Billy Anders had 31 years experience as an outstanding police officer, five of them as a SWAT commander; 28 years as a decorated military officer; a Master's degree in Administration of Justice. He's a graduate of the FBI National Academy. His first 23 years were with the San Antonio, Texas, Police Department, where he finished his career as a Captain; the final period as a Sergeant/ mountain deputy with the Otero County Sheriff's Office, working in and near the Sacramento Mountain village of Cloudcroft, New Mexico. During all that time, his best job ever was flying Foxtrot, the helicopters of San Antonio's police aviation unit. It was a Mississippi country boy's dream come true! In this memoir, he invites you into the right seat to share the thrills!