The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan, #3)

by Tom Clancy

“Mr. President, I will transmit your message within the hour. Please keep in mind, however, the time differential between Washington and Moscow—” “I know that a weekend has just begun, and that the Soviet Union is a worker’s paradise, but I expect that some of your country’s managers may still be at work.

Clancy sure shits on communism a lot in this book, lol

Two F-14 Tomcats The double-zero code number on its fuselage marked the Tomcat as the squadron commander’s personal bird; the black ace of spades on the twin-rudder tail indicated his squadron, Fighting 41, “The Black Aces.” The pilot was Commander Robby Jackson, and his radio call sign was Spade 1.

Clancy really wants us to know he's black, but without saying he's black.