If there was ever a comic with very realistic approach to everyday life and challenges of modern combat pilots Tanguy and Laverdure series is exactly that.

Level of details (art by Albert Uderzo) is astonishing. Every airplane, every maneuver (including pilot ejecting or trying to land airplane while encountering technical difficulties) is so clearly depicted that it seems to be ripped from live videos.

Our two protagonists - Tanguy, serious part of the duo and Laverdure, walking-disaster :) (as one of their commander says - Laverdure you could wreck more havoc by just cycling into enemy territory than squad of bombers :)) - get assigned to famous Stork squadron and get to fly on the Mirage III fighters.

Reader is given insight into what actually takes to make modern warplanes do their job - always present ground crews, technicians and controllers. Without them, no matter how advanced, modern planes would forever remain grounded.

Industrial espionage, foreign agents always on a lookout for blueprints for the latest technology from France, blackmails, fights for weapon sales contracts, sabotage teams - these are enemies Tanguy and Laverdure will encounter on pages of tome #2.

Highly recommended for fans of thrillers, aviation and of course our courageous duo. ( )