Here There are Tigers: The Secret Air War in Laos, 1968-69
At the height of the Vietnam War, in 1968 and 1969, Reginald Hathorn (call sign NAIL 31) flew 229 combat missions as a forward air controller for the U.S. Air Force. He inserted Special Forces teams into North Vietnam and Laos, completed missions for the CIA, and flew missions with the Lao Army. Most of the time, he flew into Laos and called in airstrikes against targets inside that country--in a war which did not officially exist, about which the world knew nothing, and which the U.S. government denied. |
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... aircraft just what was needed in a mission for that day . Other FAC missions done by the 23rd TASS were sensor- marking missions , in which the FAC shot smoke rockets , Willie Pete white phosphorous rockets , marking starting and ...
... aircraft just what was needed in a mission for that day . Other FAC missions done by the 23rd TASS were sensor- marking missions , in which the FAC shot smoke rockets , Willie Pete white phosphorous rockets , marking starting and ...
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... aircraft can see us from above . Our night - strike aircraft are the A - 26s , call sign of Nimrod . And we also use the A - ls here with call signs of Hobo , Firefly , and Zorro . The Aussies fly for us at night with their B - 57 ...
... aircraft can see us from above . Our night - strike aircraft are the A - 26s , call sign of Nimrod . And we also use the A - ls here with call signs of Hobo , Firefly , and Zorro . The Aussies fly for us at night with their B - 57 ...
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... Aircraft losses began to mount in 1966-67 . Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Base became a staging and logistical support base for operations into Laos . U.S. Navy T - 28B aircraft were sold to Laos in numbers . These aircraft were modified ...
... Aircraft losses began to mount in 1966-67 . Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Base became a staging and logistical support base for operations into Laos . U.S. Navy T - 28B aircraft were sold to Laos in numbers . These aircraft were modified ...
Contents
A Call to Go to War | 1 |
Checkout Time | 13 |
To Find a Way Out of My Job | 17 |
Copyright | |
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23rd TASS 5th Special Forces A-1 Skyraider A-ls Air Force aircraft airspeed altitude antiaircraft Bien Hoa bird Bobcat bomb Butts call sign CBUS Channel 99 chopper chute circle climb cockpit crew Cricket West Dalat degree radial Detroit Four door engine FAC's feet fighter fire flew flight gear ground head helicopter Hobo Invert Jolly Green jungle karst knew Lao Army lieutenant looked MACV-SOG major Mekong miles MILITARY HISTORY SERIES mission Nail 31 night North Vietnam okay Otto Carius Panther Pathet Lao personnel Phan Rang Phanom PHOTO pilots pulled radio river road rockets Roger Route Royal Lao Army running runway sarge Sergeant shot side smoke South squadron STACKPOLE MILITARY HISTORY Swedish K Sweeny TACAN target throttles Tiger told troops trucks turn Vang Pao Vietnamese village watched Willie Pete wings yelled