Brad A. Elward

Brad Elward is a retired appellate attorney, former adjust professor, and for military aviation consultant, who also works as a freelance author specializing in military aviation topics. Brad's focus had been on naval aviation topics with special emphasis on the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler, Boeing P-8A Poseidon and Lockheed Martin S-3 Viking, as well as the naval air war in Vietnam. He previously wrote for various international military aviation publications and has served as a media consultant on a major military aviation program.

Brad's first work was a 50-page article on the S-3 Viking for World Air Power Journal. Published in 1997, the article has become the leading work on the Viking. His first book was the McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk for The Crowood Press.

His most recent book, TOPGUN: The Legacy, tells the complete history of TOPGUN since its founding.

He holds a B.S. in Economics from the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, and a J.D. degree (magna cum laude) from Southern Illinois University School of Law.