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[[File:Dale-brown.jpg|thumb|300px|Dale Brown in 2011]]
[[Name's the Same|Not to be confused with]] the ''other'' author named [[Dan Brown|D. Brown]]. Also not to be confused with Dale Brown, former basketball coach at Louisiana State University.
Once upon a time, there was a member of the United States Air Force named '''Dale Brown'''. He spent his days as a member of the Strategic Air Command, specifically a navigator-bombardier. He was rather good at it.
Then he retired and started writing books. These books involve super-planes, such as the EB-52 Megafortress, a [[Military Mashup Machine|stealth escort bomber]]. They also sometimes involve [[Nuke'Em|nukes being let off.]] The main plotline through most of his stories involves USAF bomber navigator Patrick McLanahan and his involvement with the
He made the plot for a [[Real Time Strategy]] game, ''[[Act of War]]'', which features some of the tropes found in his books.
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* ''Flight of the Old Dog'' - in which a Soviet laser cannon threatens the deterrent value of American strategic forces.
* ''Silver Tower'' - in which an American space laser mounted on a space station does battle against space Russians [[In Space]].
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* ''A Time for Patriots'' - in which the US economy goes down the sewer and McLanahan forms a group to keep the peace against terrorists and [[Right-Wing Militia Fanatic|Right Wing Militia Fanatics]].
As a [[Long Running Book Series]] - ''Flight of the Old Dog'' was released in 1987 - '''beware [[Late Arrival Spoiler
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* [[A-Team Firing]] - [[Played for Drama]] in ''Executive Intent'', where {{spoiler|a Mjolnir/Kingfisher [[Kill Sat]] misses its target of terrorists holding on to commandeered missiles and kills many civilians.}}
* [[Aborted Arc]]: The takeover of Sky Masters, Inc. in ''Wings of Fire'' is not raised in the next book.
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* [[Brainwashed]] - {{spoiler|Dave Luger}} after getting captured by Soviets. He gets rescued and fixed eventually, but the effects still linger.
* [[Call Back]] - Occurs a few times, one of these being {{spoiler|Dave Luger}}'s reaction to seeing a former captor in ''Warrior Class''.
* [[Canon
** ''Silver Tower'' has also been seemingly dropped from continuity.
*** Perhaps the events of the book, but the titular space station has reappeared in recent books.
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* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]] - {{spoiler|Dave Luger}} faced this during his involuntary stay as a guest of the USSR. ''Wings of Fire'' has some redshirts tortured to death by the Libyans. {{spoiler|Wayne Macomber}} experiences this from GRU agents in ''Executive Intent''.
* [[Colonel Badass]] - Pat McLanahan spends some time in earlier books as this before his promotion to the stars. He's not the only one though.
* [[Come for the X, Stay
* [[Coming in Hot]] - In ''Air Battle Force'' Pat lands a damaged Vampire on Diego Garcia despite being repeatedly told not to.
* [[Cool Plane]] - the Megafortress. Eventually heavily-modded B-1B Lancers show up. Plus the Black Stallion [[Space Plane|Space Planes]]. The Russians sometimes have these, like the Fisikous/Metyor-179 ''Tyenee''/Shadow. Then there are the real-world ones jetting about.
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* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]] - Pavel Kazakov from ''Warrior Class'' actually makes something of a system for his regular bribing.
* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right]] - At least [[Once an Episode]] from the Dreamland old-timers.
* [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]]: In ''Starfire'', the Russians object to an American invention that collects solar energy in orbit and beams it down to Earth using microwaves because of its potential use as a [[Kill Sat]]. Eventually, they escalate to attacking the space station said device is used on. It is exactly this that leads to the device being weaponised and used in retaliation.
* [[Sergeant Rock]] - Chris Wohl and Ray Jefferson.
* [[Sequel Hook]]
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* [[Straw Misogynist]]: The onscreen ASEAN leaders in ''Sky Masters''.
* [[Strawman Political]] - Oddly enough, both sides- Brown does not like isolationism.
* [[Sunglasses
* [[Super Prototype]] - Averted as later models of Dreamland/Sky Masters/Whatever stuff have better features than the first runs.
* [[Superpower Meltdown]] - A problem with the plasma field-powered Dragon in ''Wings of Fire''.
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* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]] - Yegorov from ''Warrior Class'' is suspected of this.
* [[You Can Barely Stand]] - The titular ''Flight of the Old Dog'' starts with both the plane and the crew not at optimal condition and only gets worse.
* [[You Have Failed Me...]] - One Russian general gets this in ''Plan of Attack''.
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]] - Pavel Kazakov from ''Warrior Class'' threatens and eventually does this. Comandante Veracruz from ''Edge of Battle'' tries this on {{spoiler|Zakharov, prompting an [[Enemy Mine]].}}
* [[You Keep Telling Yourself That]] - Zakharov from ''Edge of Battle'' criticises Comandante Veracruz as not actually believing the ultranationalist rhetoric he spouts.
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