Part 1 and 2 of the award-winning Hamfist series: Hamfist Over The Trail and Hamfist Down . Now with a Glossary of Terms Hamfist Over The Trail: It's 1968. Hamilton Hancock is the Distinguished Graduate at his Undergraduate Pilot Training class at Laughlin Air Force Base. He is on the fast track to become a fighter pilot, slated to fly an F-100, F-105 or F-4 in Vietnam. Then, the "needs of the service" intervenes, and he is assigned to fly one of...