A Lonely Kind of War Author:Ian Harrison Harrison gives us a well-written account of a little-known facet of the air war over Vietnam. — Air Force Major Marshall Harrison had already served a combat tour as a fighter pilot when he climbed into the cockpit of a lightly-armed OV-10 Bronco prop plane as a Forward Air Controller - one of the most difficult and dangerous air assignments in V... more »ietnam. The enemy called them Bringers of Death. Their fellow fliers called them crazy. In slow-moving prop planes they flew alone over red-hot battle zones, trolling for enemy fire with themselves as bait. They directed U.S. fighter-bombers where they were needed most -- sometimes within yards of friendly troops. Now, Marshall Harrison tells the story of the FAC: the death-defying treetop-level runs, the secret CIA missions in the North, the coordinated bombing runs with six radios going at once and a sky full of bullets and jets, the terror of being shot down. Most of all, here is what it was like to be strapped inside the vulnerable cockpit of a Bronco - and how, amidst the chaos and action, these daring pilots helped thousands of U.S. air and ground forces stay alive.
Contents in Five Parts: Binh Duong Province, Making of a FAC, In-Country, Journeyman, and Over the Fence. Plus Prologue and Glossary.« less