Lieutenant (junior grade) Pauline "Tinker Bell" is the first woman combat fighter pilot in the navy. She has just finished her training in the RAG (Replacement Air Group) in San Diego, California, and is heading for Hong Kong to join her ship and squadron for sea duty.
Upon arriving in Hong Kong she finds herself embroiled in the investigation of a murder, supposedly commited by a U. S. Navy sailor.
Pauline finds herself torn between the murder investigation and her duties aboard ship, which leads to and life and death combat with the Iranian Air Force.
The murder investigation devolops into terror and a deadly attack from the murderer.
Being a woman in the navy, especially its first combat female fighter pilot, was not an easy proposition.