William Holder

Bill Holder, a Purdue University graduate, is a retired aerospace engineer who worked with the Boeing Company on the Bomarc missile and the Apollo moon program. The Riverside, Ohio resident then completed his career working for U.S. Air Force Intelligence at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Bill has been a freelance writer for four decades, specializing in aviation, automotive, and racing subjects. He has more than 50 published books and several thousand articles to his credit. He has received a number of national writing awards for his efforts. Bill’s aviation/aerospace books have covered all aspects of aviation and space systems. He has written books on the Saturn V moon rocket, the B-24, the F-15 and F-16, the F/A18, the F-22, the F-117, the B-1B and B-2, air launched weapons, the history of aircraft guns, the history of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), Presidential aircraft, and many others. Bill’s aviation articles have appeared in Air Force Magazine, Wings, Air Combat, Air Classics, and many others. He also writes for a number of racing magazines, including Stock Car Racing, Circle Track, and Sprint Car & Midget. In addition to his writing activities, Bill restores old racecars. Presently, his collection includes five cars, three of which are open- wheel racecars that were driven by NASCAR star Jeff Gordon in the late 1980s. This book on Lost Fighters is Bill&’ first book with SAE International.