The book, A Special Salute To The United States Air Force: The Real Heroes, is a pictorial salute to the men and women of the United States Air Force and their dedication and professionalism in the cause of freedom.  The focus of this book is to not only chronicle the pilots of our nations latest fighters, bombers and other support aircraft but to also highlight the miriad of other maintenance and support peronnel that are equally essential to the ultimate success of each mission flown.  For these maintenance and support personnel, their activity is behind the scenes and is composed of hard work mixed with long hours of tedium sometimes interrupted by emergencies of life and death.  In the end, the author's central point is it is not the technological advantges in aircraft design, avionics ansd weapon systems capabilities that sets the United States Air Force apart from similar forces in other countries rather it is the men and women behind the aircraft that makes the critical difference.  This book is 191 pages.  The author is Randy Jolly.  Edition published in 1991.