Lieutenant Colonel Stevenson B. Canyon – Commanding Officer of Big Thunder Air Force Base, California, Steve Canyon is not content to be a chair-borne flyer. Famous as the hottest pilot in the Air Force, Steve stays cool when the chips are down. He's flip about his patriotism and his service but he feels it very deeply. Steve lives in a world of square-jawed, dedicated men who work and fight so that others may sleep without fear of being blown from their beds one night. Far its most dangerous missions and riskiest experiments, the Air Force calls on its ace pilot and trouble-shooter, Steve Canyon!