I’m extremely excited and very honored to say that my book, Flying Camelot: The F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia, has been selected as the winner of the 2025 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Gardner-Lasser Aerospace History Literature Award!

This honor is awarded “for the best original contribution to the field of aeronautical or astronautical non-fiction literature published in the last five years dealing with the science, technology, and/or impact of aeronautics or astronautics on society.”

I want to say a huge “thank you” to the AIAA, but also to everyone who helped with this project along the way. There are many people who contributed and supported me throughout that project, and I’m very grateful to everyone who helped me over the years.

Thank you!